Partied Out!

We have had such a busy weekend. And all my weekends in October are filled. It's odd how October and May seem to be my busiest months of the year - showers, get togethers, and everything...and the most expensive months too since most of the plans need a gift. We started out the weekend on Friday night with Katie's lingerie/bachelorette party. We had such a great time, but I felt kind of awkward considering all her other friends were single and young. Only 4 of us were married women. Needless to say, it got interesting - games AND conversations. [Plus, it was weird thinking that all these things she was getting was for her and Ray's honeymoon. That's my brother!] We all received a new name to go by while we were at the party. Mine was "Trix", Mom's was "Hot Tamale", and a few others were a touch risque, but quite creative. And she had a trunk full of "bling" - fake jewelry, tiaras, boas, beads, etc. that we had to wear while we were at the party. It was a fun girls night out, but deep down I was missing being with Jason and Gavin. Then Saturday morning, we got to celebrate Caroline's birthday with her other friends and family. Kelly is so creative. We had such a good time playing, grabbing candy from a busted pinata, and making things. Thank you Kelly for inviting us!

Then tonight, we celebrated MY Kelli's birthday. She is approaching 36 - next weekend. We had to celebrate her birthday tonight because someone else has chosen to tie up our time next weekend...Ray. We had dinner - of course - everytime my family gets together, we eat! We ate black eyed peas, cornbread, collard greens, and chicken & dumplings. There were 16 of us eating at Mom's house!

Birthday Girl

We decided to take a group picture - Take 1. We look so happy.

All of us - Take 2.

Imagine all these people in one dining room around a dinner table!

We are definitely partied out!

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So, tomorrow is Monday - another day to fill. We'll be off to find Gavin some clothes for the Fall. He has plenty for Winter - but we can't find pants that fit right now, plus he needs some t-shirts to play in. (Most of his summer stuff was sleeveless.) Then we'll head over to Christian Supply to pick up some stuff. And hopefully we'll do something super fun since Jason will be with us until he heads to work tomorrow night.