Weekend Recap

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Our photoshoot Saturday was hot, hot, and even hotter. Rory was so pleasant and gave us lots and lots of fake smiles as we wiped the sweat off her face and she tried to maneuver butterfly props. It was pretty funny, and hopefully the photographer got something he can use. Saturday night we took Brian's parents out to eat for Father's Day.

For Father's Day, I cooked one of Brian's favorites meals and made chocolate pie at his request. Unfortunately, he had to take a group of kids to camp Sunday afternoon so it wasn't quite as restful as it could have been, but we had a family movie night and had pizza and popcorn in the living room while we watched The Tale of Desperaux. By the way, this is probably the most boring moving I've ever seen! Camden was glued to the TV as usual (but it only takes moving objects on the TV to keep his attention), but Rory and I played the whole time and Brian slept (surprise, surprise).

We're headed to the zoo today with my friend Kathy and her kids. It's only supposed to be 95 here today with a heat index of above 100 so I'm sure we won't be too warm at all (sarcasm, sarcasm). The plan is to be there at 9:00 when it opens and leave before lunch so I'm hoping we'll not faint of heat exhaustion.

Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

Father's Day picture featuring Rory's new one-eyed smile.

Since it's usually a war zone around here, I was pleasantly surprised to see them "reading" together yesterday morning.

This is what happens when you let a 2 and 5 year old be in charge of the socks and underwear on laundry day.

Comments

MyEbella aka Kim said…
adorable as always.... and we too have a few pictures w/ underwear on their heads!
10:07 AM
Maria said…
The underwear shot is PRICELESS. Print and frame for sure!!
9:21 AM
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