A Crazy Week!

This is a busy one folks...
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Yesterday we stopped by Auntie D's work to get some apples to help fatten up our meat birds. Hubby plans on doing some butchering this weekend (ewwww!) and he wants them to be a little meatier before they get the axe!
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Then it was a quick stop to see Nannie & Papa, a quick stop at Auntie D's then a quick stop at the library - whew! Then back home to get dinner on the table.
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Today, tomorrow & Thursday Jimmy will be here so that already makes things a little more crazy than usual :) But, as if that wasn't enough....
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Today we're headed to play/swim/chat with H & her boys. Tomorrow Mel & her boys are coming over to play, Thursday, ummm well, Thursday isn't quite planned out yet, and Friday I'm meeting Auntie D & Aunt J at Nannie & Papa's to start cleaning out the garage for the party we're throwing in 2-1/2 weeks. YIPE! It's coming right up!!!
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I might have pics, I might not....we'll see whether I remember my camera (and my brain, for that matter)
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PLUS - we're supposed to be having some GREAT weather! WAHOO!!!!
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Have a good week!!!
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A GREAT Weekend!

Saturday morning we packed the van & headed up to G&B's house. They got married in January in St. Thomas and Saturday was their wedding reception.
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The Wedding *

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I don't know how they managed it, but the weather was GORGEOUS! Probably the first sunny Saturday we've had all summer!

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Bumpy & Grammie were there :)

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STOP taking my picture!

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The BEAUTIFUL cake B made herself! I was so impressed!

and it was delicious!!!

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This sweet girl came along too and was VERY well behaved :)
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The Happy Couple
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We got home late Saturday night but I was up early Sunday. After all, Bumpy brought me a prize and I had work to do...
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It took me about 20 minutes to pick them all...
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......but, Mmmmmmmm...it was WORTH it :)
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Sunday afternoon I snuck out for a little me time and, while I was out, bought a new pair of sneakers & a carpet cleaner (SO excited to finally clean our rugs!!!)
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Iz was kind enough to model my new kicks :)
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Whew! It was a great one!
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*picture stolen from B's FB page :)

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Playdate :)

Iz & I headed to NH this morning for a play date with "S" and her kiddos...we did a LOT of chatting and not much picture taking, but here's a few:
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You already know this crazy girl!

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Z being super sweet...messy face & all :)

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The A-man at his best!

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3 silly kids
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Can't wait for our next visit!

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The Fruits, well...VEGGIES :) , of My Labor

Yes, another boring post about my garden :) Did you miss the others? Click HERE
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Iz and I headed out to the garden this morning and look what we picked!!!
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I know it doesn't look like much (and, really, it isn't) but it's a BIG deal for me!

"Ms.Brown Thumb," actually grew something EDIBLE! and there's more to come!!!

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They were YUMMY!

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*Sorry to Hubby, who was at work when we "harvested"...maybe next time he'll get a taste :)

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She Makes it IMPOSSIBLE!

On a spur of the moment yesterday I made Iz an appointment to have her pictures done. I haven't taken her in since last Christmas and she's changed so much in the past 6 months so we drove to the "big city" yesterday afternoon. We stopped at my old work to visit a few "ex" co-workers (BIG shout out to K for the egg cartons - THANKS! and it was SO nice to see CB!). Hubby was there too so we got to chat with him for a few minutes. Then it was picture time!
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Iz is like a ball of clay when she's photographed. She stays in the position she's "molded" into and then smiles right on clue. Our appointment was at 3pm and by 3:15 she had her picture taken 15 times (including a change of outfit!). Then came the fun part...deciding what to order. UGH! Out of 15 pictures I LOVED 8 of them. There weer only 3 of them that I wasn't too keen on. That left 12 pictures to choose from. A WHOLE DOZEN! Yipe! In order to be able to show my face at home that night I curbed my spending to about 40 bucks and still ended up with a few different poses and enough pics for family and friends - but, let's be honest, I could have probably spent well over $100 and still wanted more! She's just so darn CUTE! They'll be ready to pick up on the 3rd and I can't wait for them to be hanging all over the house :)
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Here are a few of my favorites *
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My ABSOLUTE Favorite!
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See why I say she makes it impossible?
.*pictures courtesy of Sears.

Kid-Free Weekend....Pictures...and LOTS of 'em!

And, so ends our "Kid-Free" Weekend - and it was GLORIOUS!
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What did Hubby and I do? - a whole lotta nothin' :)
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Iz, however, was very busy "upta camp" with Auntie D, Uncle S & J....and Auntie D took about 70 pictures to prove it! I didn't post them all (you're welcome!) but I posted the best ones.
(you can click on any picture to see it BIG!)
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Day One:
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Ahhhhhh...the VIEW :)

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The River

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Iz & Uncle S - "twins" with their camo shorts & white shirts...

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only Uncle S didn't wear his pink sneaks...what's up with that?

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Iz & Kiko
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Iz: "See this acorn?"
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Iz: "If I throw the acorn into this little creek it will float downstream....
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...and then Kiko will get it" :) Now that's FUN!
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Practicing her rowing
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Not sure how she knows how to row, but I think she's ready for the Olympic Team already - look at that form!
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Playing a little ball with Kiko
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Now what is that girl up to?
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Ready?
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Set?

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JUMP!

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(DEFINITELY click on this one so you can get the full effect of how HIGH off the ground she is!)
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Ahhhhhh....

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Out at the campfire:
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Day Two:

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Rainy & therefore a lot of movie watching/relaxing :)
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They also went canoeing Sunday morning before heading home.

(but Auntie D forgot her camera.....sound like someone else you know?)
When asked how much fun she had this weekend on a scale of 1 to 10...Iz gave it a 16!!!

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The one thing I DID do this weekend was meet a friend from school who I have literally not seen since the day we graduated! We met for coffee and 2 hours of non-stop chit chat (although I think I did most of the chitting AND chatting....Sorry!)

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I captured it on film....much to her chagrin...

(what is up with my GIANT head?

is the angle of the whole self portrait thing or is my head REALLY abnormally larger than other peoples'??? )
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What a nice weekend for all of us. Here's to hoping Iz gets invited for a weekend at camp again (soon!) and also, more importantly, that I make it "upta camp" for a visit even SOONER!!!
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Happy Monday!

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Update

I finally uploaded some pictures from our Hike - check 'em out!
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I'll probably be adding more...when Aunt J emails them to me:)
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Check back in tomorrow for pictures from Iz's weekend "upta camp"
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KID-FREE WEEKEND

The cutie we'll be missing for TWO.WHOLE.DAYS.
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Oh yes, you read the title right....Hubby and I are kid-free...for the...

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WHOLE WEEKEND!

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I dropped Iz off at Auntie D's this morning and they headed "upta camp" until Sunday :)

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What are Hubby and I going to be up to all weekend you ask? Well, unfortunately, not a whole heckuva lot. Tonight we're headed down to Massachusetts to pick up a work truck for Hubby. Driving down together and then he'll drive the truck back and I'll drive his work car back....UGH! I'm seriously lacking sleep from HP last night (don't even ASK..it was THAT BAD!) so I'd really like to be curled up on the couch instead of making a 5+ hour round trip tonight but, alas, I have no choice :(

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Tomorrow morning Hubby is bringing Callie to the vet - I plan on sleeping in! - then we have zero plans for the rest of the weekend! It's our last party/get-together free weekend until Labor Day so I think we're staying pretty close to home!

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I'll be back on Monday!

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Hiking

We picked up Aunt J and A yesterday morning and went for a hike :) up a "real" mountain. The weather was GREAT! and we even saw some wildlife ... a little baby porcupine walking towards us on the path. We gave it PLENTY of room, especially since we had Aunt J's dog, Mocha with us. YIPE!
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Today is going to be a hang out at home day...Jimmy's here and the weather is iffy so we aren't wandering too far.
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Tonight I'm *fingers crossed* going to see HP with Mel *BIG GRIN* Can't wait!!!
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We'll have to wait and see how all these big plans pan out...
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