Our weekend!

We spent Saturday at two high school graduation parties which was so fun!  I love going to graduation parties it's so great to see everyone and each one is unique.

First up was Pat's.  I loved the sign his parents had made for him.

 

Next up was Maeve's.  I loved the cake at her party!

 

Poor Ava has been going to fitness camp in the mornings.  The poor child is exhausted and her legs hurt so much so she has been using  my roller to roll out her sore muscles. 

 

Sunday I went to Ithaca with Lisa and Sabrina to visit Cornell University and to go to a state park.

Cornell was beautiful.  Here is a picture of us in one of the old buildings.

 

At Cornell there are several suspension bridges the go across the gorges. Sadly they recently put up netting to surround the bridges because students were jumping off the bridges to commit suicide.  So so tragic.

Here is a picture of us on one of the bridges.

 

After our quick trip to Cornell we raced to Tremain State Park for lunch snd some swimming.

Isn't it SO beautiful?! 

 

The water was so cold only 62 degrees! The kids loved it but I only went in up to my waist because  it was so chilly!

 

After an afternoon at the lake we raced home to get ready for our friend Melinda's card party.  We played Pitch.  We were paired up with our husbands and we played all 12 couples during the night.  Sadly Graig and I lost :-(. We had a great time though and I can't wait to do it again!

 

Hope your weekend was great!

Xoxo

Hospice Concert

Last night was the Hospice fundraiser featuring Pat Benatar.  It was SO fun!  It really is one of the craziest nights of the year  in our little town.  

The night includes the concert, delicious food and beverages. 

Graig didn't go so we took a quick pic before I left. 

Sabrina and me :-). This was the only time we sat down all night. 

 

The night consisted of talking and taking pictures. I always love this event because I know so many people that go and we always have a great time. 

 

The opening singer was Lindsay Ell.  We got to go back stage and take a picture with her!

 

Graig's boss was there so we took a pic

 

It was a celebrity party and the celebrities were ESPN people.  I had no idea who they were but I thought Graig might so we took pictures with them too.

 

 

Ava's basketball coaches and my friend Teri in red.  

 

 My four bff's :-). I love these girls so much!

 

My beautiful friend Kacy 

My friend Monica and me :-) 

 

 

After mixing and mingling we made our way to the very front of the stage for the concert.  We manage to get in the front row every year and it's great!

 

Lindsay Ell the opening act ahe was fabulous!

 

Front row craziness!

 

 

 

I love this picture of my  friends. I wish I could crop myself out I have no idea why my mouth is open and I'm not smiling.  

 

Pat Benatar  was amazing and she played all of her hits. I loved the concert so much!

 

After the concert  the guitar player he gave me his drum sticks because he said he could tell I had the best time dancing and singing. It was nice he came down and took pictures with us after the show. 

 

Here's one last pic from our wild and crazy night.  My friends Lynn and Rachael.  We had so much fun and I can't wait til next year!

 

Xoxo

Weekend fun!

This weekend was a fun one for us!!!

Friday morning Ava got her braces off!  She was so thrilled.

Here she is before 

 

And here we are with the doctor after she got them off.

 

After that we raced home to get ready for strawberry picking! We like to go every year. It's so fun.  It took us an hour and we picked 4 quarts.

 

 

 

After that we were SO hot we decided to go swimming at the lake.  

 

Ava and I went with my friend Rachael and he two boys.  They had a great time playing in the sand.

 

 

Sunday I went to a baby shower for my friend Faith.  She's having a little boy in August.

 

After the shower I went to a little pool party at my friend Lisa's.  It was a fun way to spend the afternoon!

 

 

This week we have a few fun summer things planned!  Hope you had a great weekend.

Xoxo

8th grade graduation

Monday we celebrated Ava's 8th grade graduation.  It was s fun day and our little fashionista took ALL day to get ready.  Thankfully I was off work so I drive her to get a mani/pedi and then to my friend Rachael's house for hair.

We had a party for her at our house after the ceremony. I decorated our chalkboard and the hutch in our dining room for the festivities. 

 

I hung up pictures  of her throughout the years and I also got out a few of her baby picture books.  Everyone had fun looking at the pictures. 

 

 

Ava wore a striped dress to the graduation so I decided to wear one too!  Twinsies!...... I'm totally kidding she would have been mortified.  But I did wear a striped dress to run errands on Monday before graduation so we took a quick pic together before I changed clothes. 

 

 

Here are Graig, Ava and I before the ceremony.

 

Ava got a presidential gold award for having a 90 or better average in middle school. here she is getting her award.

 

After the ceremony we took lots of pictures with Ava and her friends.  It was cute to see them all dressed up.

Ava and Kelly.  Kelly rides with Graig and Ava to school every morning.  

 

 

Branch and Bloom {Body Scrubs}

Friday  we had our June craft night.  This month we made organic body scrubs.

Here are the tables all set up waiting for our crafters.

 

 

Our crafters loved making these scrubs! They each made 4 so they had a few extras to give away as gifts. 

 

Here is the recipe in case you want to make your own scrubs.

Organic Sugar Scrub

Combine 1/2 cup sugar (brown or white)

with 1/4 cup oil (coconut or olive)

5-8 drops essential oil (to your liking)

Mix well, scoop into jars. Enjoy! 

 

Here we are with out finished scrubs!

 

It was a great night.  And a big thanks goes out to my friend and business partner Rachael.  She did all of the work for this months craft.  Thanks Rachael :-) Next month we are making birdhouses!

Xoxo