craftacular weekend.

i am still recovering from this weekend.  rather, i need to recover, as i don't know if that's really started yet. it was a great weekend, but super busy and with emme kay up at night because of that pesky tooth, i am beat.  i also need to maybe do some sort of physical exercise to help with my energy levels, but i digress.

friday night, we met the riders for dinner out.  it was fun to see them, as always, but we were a little later than originally planned and e was not a fan of missing her bedtime.  no matter, she went down without a hitch, and loved being in a high chair and part of the whole dinnertime scene.

saturday morning, aunt kerry anne came over and we went for a stroll since it was pretty much the most gorgeous day of all time ever.  ek loves her surrogate aunties and ka is a true baby whisperer.

after that, we headed to shady grove to meet the pippins family.  more outside time, but my favorite part was watching ava make emme laugh.  it was adorable.

saturday afternoon, aunt genna came over and we had more outdoor porch time.  blowing bubbles and watching the dogs and catching up.  a great day.

saturday night was a craft explosion.  i am taking a class at the stitch lab in june (yay!!) that justin gave me a gift certificate for for mother's day.  i had a few dollars leftover from the class, so i picked up a little bit of this adorable alexander henry fabric and made a little somethin' somethin' for the little miss.  i'm really pleased with how it turned out, especially for how easy it was!  i also sewed a pillow from a shirt i bought justin in dubai that is too small (apparently the middle east sizes things differently).  i don't have a pic of that here, but it was the easiest project EVER, and super fun just to have my machine out and making stuff.

sunday we took the dogs and emme to the park, where emme wore blue jeans for the first time (some cute hand-me downs from one of kk's bosses).  she also wore a precious texas onesie my cousin made for her.  we had lunch at mike and kim's with the perques.  laing's homemade pizza on the grill is always a treat.  after that, justin shot a wedding (ceremony only) in the evening, i put emme to bed and frantically cleaned the house to get ready for the week.

 all in all, a whirlwind.  but a good whirlwind.  it was really nice to catch up with so many friends and to enjoy the pristine weather.