8/4/12

Well, today was a bit different. We decided head to Perkin’s for breakfast today. It was quite chaotic, and loud, getting everybody settled in. I’m sure the other customers were not too happy when they saw our group coming, but whatever. Once everybody had their food, things calmed down quite a bit, so we got it all under control…eventually. Amelia and Brooklyn did have to be separated though, they kept fighting over everything, and Amelia was trying to hoard all of the jelly and cream...

 After breakfast, we brought the girls over to my mom’s. Today is my BFF’s birthday, and they had a little adult only BBQ/get together to celebrate. When I first talked to Dawn about them coming, I mentioned this would be the only hiccup in their visit, and they were perfectly fine with doing their own thing tonight, so it all worked out great.

As we dropped the girls off, our houseguests made their way to IKEA for the day. We got a little rest in when we arrived home, and then got ready for the party. They arrived home shortly after we left, so they had the house to themselves all night, and I’m sure they appreciated a little less chaos after the last few days (especially after a trip to IKEA with 3 kids!). Christian and I had a blast at the BFF’s house. I was able to chat with her and her sisters and goof around for a while, while Christian and the boys did dumb boy stuff. We watched Kari and Jay’s wedding video, which was super fun. I can’t wait until she finally gets her wedding photos back; I want to see them so bad!

We left the party around 9:00 (I know, party animals!), picked up the girls, and made our way home. Much to our surprise, and HUGE APPRECIATION, our friends had cleaned the house. They picked up, cleaned the kitchen, washed dishes, picked up some pretty flowers for the table and Dawn got me a really sweet card to thank us for having them. She has this eerie ability to find the most PERFECT greeting cards, it’s crazy. It was such an amazing surprise to come home to; I just love them to death! Tim was getting the kids settled in for bed, then we all spent some adult time chatting and watching some Olympics before bed.