Because People That Have Known You Since You Were 13 Are The Very Best People

Ten adults, five children, one hell of a weekend

Every winter, my high school girlfriends and I get our families together for a weekend getaway. We've been doing girls-only sleepovers for the past 10 years, but we decided a few years ago that we wanted to get our husbands and kiddos in on the fun. So we all converge on a condo-style suite in the Wisconsin Dells for food, fun, swimming, and (once the kids are in their pajamas asleep) drinking.

The craziness quotient has increased exponentially since we started adding kids to the mix, but it's an absolute blast. The kids play. We lounge, laugh and cook for one another. We splash in the water park and play the Newlywed Game. We remind ourselves of why old friends (and their families) are some of the very best people in the world.

Cheers to a great weekend, guys! I can't wait for next year.

Squeee!

I'm so, so, so happy to report that Ben and I got the house we wanted!

If I could make out with a house, it would be this one.

Things were looking a bit dicey there for a while... the seller's were playing hard ball and there was another buyer potentially in the mix. We're paying slightly more than we wanted to for it, but it's a great house in the perfect location. It's basically move in ready, minus needing a fence for Stella and paint in Will's room (currently pink). The decor is a little bland right now, but as a dear friend put it, "I can't wait to see you Sam that place up!" Right on.

Here's a few shots from the MLS site. Sorry they're such low resolution. Hopefully I can snap some better shots at the home inspection next week.

Dining room. They have a chair in there, which we think is weird.
But we love the fire place! The chairs you see in the foreground
are for the kitchen island.

Kitchen. We'll eventually upgrade to black or stainless appliances,
maybe new countertops and a tile back splash.

Living room. Does the fireplace look familiar? It's a two way fireplace
between the dining room and the living room. Love!

So Busy

Will's an incredibly busy boy, and he's not even fully crawling yet! He definitely can't be bothered to sit still for photo shoots anymore.

Oh, you want to take a picture of me in this darling ensemble?

Wait, what's this over here?

Bye bye!