Wedding Bells

Our friends Patrick and Bonnie got married this weekend on Long Island and Pat and I took the the weekend and spent it celebrating with them! We had a great time spending time away and with friends celebrating the wedding. The mass was beautiful, the reception had delicious food, great music, good company and just tons of fun!!

Congratulations to Patrick and Bonnie!

The Wine Boys

Pat, Patrick and Danny

Holly and I

The Wine Wives

The Gary's Alums

We all worked together at Gary's in Madison...many, many, moons ago!

Halloween Rehearsal

Today was our Halloween Rehearsal, aka Nicholas' Halloween Parade and Trick-or-Treating at Lafayette Village!

I took a half-day from work and spent the afternoon at Nicholas' school for his Halloween festivities. The entire school gets dressed up and they parade around the parking lot and then head back to their classrooms for their parties. Nicholas was Buzz Lightyear- a costume he chose MONTHS ago- and he was so excited to be in the parade and be dressed up!

After the parade, we headed up to pick up Daddy and Addie- who had been at Addie's Halloween parade that morning. Addie dressed up as Jessie from Toy Story this year. She chose her costume months ago, as well, and both kids were so excited to wear their costumes that we kept them at Grandma and Pop-pop's house since we bought them. Once the kids were re-costumed we headed over to Lafayette Village, a group of shops by us, that was hosting trick-or-treating for the kids. They went from store to store getting candy and lots of smiles and laughs. They had a great time and enjoyed practicing for Sunday!!

Fall Fun

Pat has been on vacation this past week and while I would have liked to be home, too, I had to work and Nicholas had school. But since Daddy and Addie spent the days together we were able to meet up when I was done with work each day and do something fun!

One day we met up in Sparta at Panera and the kids got to decorate cookies with the local radio station and one of their DJs. They had a great time frosting and decorating their delicious pumpkin cookies and then, of course, devouring them!

Sunday

After celebrating last night, I had to get up to work a soccer tournament and then I met Pat with the kids at the family restaurant. The kids and I had some delicious food and got to spend some quality time with grandpa and uncle Matt. After that, I took the kids over to the Imagination Station playground. They LOVE going here because there is just so much to do and always a ton of kids to play with! I love it because it's fenced in and nearly impossible to lose them! We ended the day with ice cream from Cliff's and then headed home for an early bedtime to get ready for a new week!

Busy Celebrating!

Another busy weekend was on tap for us!  This weekend was all about celebrating and being outside!

Pop-pop, my dad, turned 60 today and yesterday we surprised him with a small dinner party at his and my mom's house.  I think he was really surprised and I know that he had a really good time- as did we all!

We celebrated all night with lots of food, fun, family and good friends- really, it was the perfect way to spend a 60th birthday!

Pumpkin Picking 2010

Another gorgeous fall weekend has led to another fun Fall outing with friends!

We spent today at Heaven Hill Farm with our friends Connie, John, Frankie and Leah.  We rode a bunch of carnival rides and saw some animals and then we took an awesome hayride out to the pumpkin fields and scored some pumpkins that are just begging to be carved!!

After a gorgeous fun afternoon we stopped for some delicious eats and then parted ways.  Pat and I decided to try and tire the kids out some more so we headed to the playground to round out the day!  Definitely another wonderful Fall Sunday!

Columbus Day Weekend

Columbus Day Weekend began early for us this year!  Normally, I don't even get off for Columbus Day but this year we have Monday off and I took Friday off, too!  Nicholas' school was closed today so I decided to use a personal day and spend the day at home with everyone.  Pat had the day off too, unexpectedly!

We spent the morning sleeping in and then I had to run into work to bring something to a co-worker.  After a quick stop at my work, we headed to the park where the kids got to run around and play!  Nicholas even ran into a few kids from his class and had a great time with them.

After the park we had a late lunch and some ice cream and then we headed back home.  Really, it was the perfect way to spend a day off and kick off the beginning of what should be a beautiful weekend filled with lots of Fall Fun!