A Weekend Well Spent

Why can't weekends be longer?

Seriously?

Why?

This weekend was a full one and yet it was really relaxing...It started off with a quasi-surprise, when daniels sister showed up unannounced from Alaska. I say quasi because she posted on facebook the night before that she "couldn't wait to surprise her family & friends"...let's just say keeping secrets isn't her forte, even when they're her own. :) She's in the Coast Guard & is about to fly to Virginia for training, but decided to take some leave and visit the familia before she heads east.

Ru snugglin' with Auntie Amanda

We had already planned a BBQ for Sunday nite, with all of daniel's old college roommates and their ladies, and now we had sissy too. It was definitely a good time. Ru wasn't much into letting anyone hold her, unless of course you had food in your hand, or your name was Rob. Apparently Ruby & Robby are bff's from way back, or at least that's what one would have guessed by the way she went to him. All the girls wanted to hold her, but she would have nothing of it, she only had eyes for Uncle Robby!

Hangin' with Robby while scopin' out some watermelon...

It was fun having everyone together for the first time in a long time; in addition to daniel's roommates, we had a few softball peeps including Shaun and his wife Eva who are recently home from being stationed in Alabama. Ruby got to meet their little one, Miss Amelia for the first time and now has another bff to add to her list.

Off-roadin with Amelia...

The boys had an especially good time catching up and telling tales of things long ago in a far away place called Prescott...aggh how i hate arizona...ALL of it!

Boys will be boys...

After fun with friends we decided to make today a family day and headed off to dog beach with the beebs and two small canines. Lots of cute pics of Ru, but sadly not one of Broccoli & Summer. I'm pretty sure they had the best time in the bunch. They ran till they were ragged and slept all the way home until danny gave them baths in Ruby's inflatable pool. They had "a very big day" as we like to say. Ruby was a little tired for our excursion, but L-O-V-E-D all the dogs. Every time one ran by she would laugh and when they barked, she gave her best attempt at returning communication. ;)

me and my girl...

not wanting her feet to touch the sand...

totally okay with the water though...

We had such a good weekend, that on the drive home from the beach I remarked to Daniel that " I couldn't believe tomorrow's Monday and I still have one day left in my weekend" to which he sadly (but necessarily) rained on my parade and reminded me;

tomorrow is indeed Tuesday

...back to work...

drat!

weddings, birthdays & vegas oh my!

because i just couldn't resist...

So the last two weeks have been packed full of activity & though we've had lots of fun, i'm very much looking forward to getting back to my homebody ways! Last weekend we went to San Juan Capistrano for my cousin mikey's wedding. It was HOT, but very beautiful. We might return for another weekend getaway at some point seeing as how there is a mission, an antique mall and an old school train station, all things that hold relevance with our family for different reasons... (i am a wannabe mexican-the mission, i love all things old- the antique mall, and my grandpa worked for the railroads/mom worked for amtrak-the train station...just in case you were curious).

Last wednesday was daniel's big 3-0. We went out to dinner with his parents to celebrate and then left the angel with the grandmas and headed out to vegas to celebrate with his old roomy robby, who also just turned 30. We saw the Cirque du Soliel show KA which was amazing; how anyone ever dreamed that up let alone made it into a reality is beyond my comprehension. The next day we hit the mall. My only must while in Vegas, was to find a dolly for Ru and did i ever. We visited FAO Schwarz & i found this beauty that we named little Lulu. Ruby seems far more infatuated with her over sized shoes than her pink hair, but whatever...i chose her because the expression reminded me of ruby.

Our last night in Vegas, Robby's parents were kind enough to treat the entire group to a dee-licious dinner at Tao Restaurant. Afterwards, we visited the Tao nightclub which was amazing, could have danced the night away, BUT, i am married to a man who does NOT dance, so instead nicole and i danced a few songs and then we headed back to the hotel.

dinner at tao...

the dirty thirty...

he's a looker! ;)

So that's about it, you are now officially up to date on the where-abouts of the Green family... We're back home and getting back into the routine of daily life...not nearly as exciting but it's my favorite place to be!

my birthday boy...