Moms Gone Wild!

On Monday, I took a "mental health" day off of work and got together with some girlfriends in Harper's Ferry, WV, to splash in the river and soak up some rays! It was such a relaxing day!

The Gang

BFFs

And then we got this crazy idea to do yoga in the middle of the river (three of us are doing P90X)...

Mel showing her mastery with the scorpion pose (excuse the self-afflicted bruise)

Me doing the Tree pose.

Me doing a non-pose, I dunno what I'm doing here.

Me doing Warrior 3.

And of course, after all that hard work, we had to end the day with some frozen custard

It was the perfect summer day without jobs and kids for just a few hours! I've concluded that I must take random days off like this more often! I never take time off unless one of my kids is sick! Taking a day here and there for myself will leave me much-refreshed and rearing and ready to go!

What Memories Are Made Of

This weekend was filled to the brim full of family, friends and fun! Indeed, one of those weekends where memories are made!



On Friday evening, I hosted a BBQ at my crib for a bunch of ladies from my mommy-board! There are about 100 women on my board, and we all try to meet up "in real life" whenever possible! Friday, we had a lady from Texas, a lady from Iowa and a lady from Massachusetts, and their families!!!

This is a picture of my best friend Melissa, her son Elijah, and Bennett and I.


Saturday night, Ace's sister bought us tickets to the Jason Mraz concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion for Ace's birthday. It started out the perfect night for an outdoor concert - and the the heavens opened up and we got DRENCHED!!!!










He we are trying in vain to stay dry under our picnic blanket! That lasted all of 10 minutes...












And here we are post-downpour, using our ponchos as make-shift green houses to stay warm! It never felt so good to get home and peel off the wet clothes!

But it was so worth it - Jason Mraz was awesome and sooooo talented!!!!









Sunday, we went with Ace's family to Medieval Times to celebrate Ace's 31st birthday (yep, old dude!) and my sister-in-law's birthday as well.









Both boys really loved it! Bennett was clapping and cheering the whole time! Carter was pretend sword fighting in the aisle!










And a bonus picture of Bennett giggling with his uncle!!!!!!!!!!!!