This last weekend

One of favorite families came to visit. Did I say FAVORITE? Do you know why? Because we each have a playmate when they come! She is my best friend. He is Erik's buddy. Our oldest have grown together since they were wee little ones. They even took a bath together in the sink of a teeny, tiny little cabin we rented once upon a time ago at Rush lake. Our middles go with the flow, one loves the puppies, the other might just have his  eye on their littlest girl. We all adore baby Talia. But you know what the best thing is about this family? When we are together there is 4 adults, 6 children, 2 dogs, utter CHAOS and it is just so easy. Relaxed. For whatever reasons our families can go out to dinner, visit water parks, go to Twins games and we ALL have a really good time. 

This past weekend we started it out with a BBQ and got to see more of my favorite people. Kami brought the girls, Kris brought Lucy and Mike-who is now my favorite too because he treats her like a princess. All 9 kids played in the backyard while we were able to catch up and enjoy some good food. We were blessed, because even though we typically have snow right now it was in the 70's. All kids played in a sandbox and had ice cream cones versus building snowmen and hot chocolate.

Saturday we all put on our best green and headed out to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Rhombus Guys Pizza was worth the wait. I was super classy with Talia in her Ergo Baby Carrier and a green beer in hand. I had to get in the spirit with everyone else. Once lunch was done we headed over to the parade, WOW FARGO, you did an AWESOME job! All kids left with a mob of candy. Some from earning, others from strangers who felt sorry for the little lad pouting because his brother took his. Thank you crazy lady standing on your chair catching candy like a pro, Alex is forever indebted to you.

Saturday night Erik and I biked downtown to meet our friends. That was a wild ride! About 6 miles round trip and we had a BLAST! More than anything trying to coach each other that we can indeed do this and celebrating with getting there as well as getting home without any major injury. We did make a pit stop at Spicy Pie for a slice of pizza and pitcher of green beer to people watch before we made our way back. It felt as if we were in downtown St. Paul. People watching is definitely one of my favorite past times. To all the girls wearing the 80's spandex dresses, please ask a friend-one that you know will tell you the truth no matter what before going out of it looks good.