Life After Party - A Family Trip.

Life post-party was hard.

I've always had a major clean-up after every event but, with the crazy late night, the impromptu sleepover, the mom-in-law staying the week following and life in general, I couldn't seem to catch-up.

I've cleaned the family room but, in the spirit of keeping it real, I still haven't picked up all of the party decor items in the basement.  Goodness, maybe this weekend we'll take care of it but... eh, whatevs.

I was still playing catch-up when Mommy reminded me of the trip to Georgia in celebration of PawPaw's 80th birthday.  We planned to leave Thursday night, arrive Friday morning and leave Sunday [early]afternoon to return Sunday night.  We have a very ritualistic approach to our visit to Columbus, GA. It typically consists of sitting in each family member's home sharing a meal with some ladies-only shopping sprinkled between house visits.  I wanted to shake it up by researching and trying some activities.

Rustic Wedding - The Intro.

Whata Gwon, Islanders?

Don't go playing crazy, you know what it means.  We've talked about 'whata gwon' a kajillion times as recently as here.

Anyhoo, do you recall the rustic wedding I first mentioned here?  The on-trend barn wedding that we've all seen all over Pinterest?  I found the perfect venue for my bride's vision and budget, The Barn at Aspen Grove:

And then they decided to build an entirely NEW facility for receptions!

Yes, you pay for a venue and months before your date, they announce they will perform some renovations to the facility and landscape.  A few weeks after the initial announcement, you receive an email that says the RECEPTION venue is well underway.  I'm sure you can imagine the panic.  As a matter of fact, my initial post spoke to the panic.  Well, I shared a sneak peak of images (here) so you know all went well day-of.

Now that it's over, I can share the level of panic when we showed up just two weeks before our wedding and saw the old barn was now for the bridal party:

Bridal Suite

Groomsmen suite

The old reception space had become living space for the owners:

Islanders, brace yourself.  What you are about to see is what we saw exactly two weeks from our wedding date:

Recharged.

It was a busy but awesome weekend. Friday, we celebrated Ms Judy's, the mom-in-law, birthday with a family night:

We watched a movie, enjoyed pizza and sipped good wine.  It was a nice chill evening.

Whata Gwan?! The Wrap-Up.

Islanders,

Whata gwan!  Don't act like you don't know what it means, we've had a number of quick lessons (most recently here).

I'm really busy this week - celebrating Hubbs' birthday (May 27), Daddy's birthday (yesterday, May 28), preparing for the Minecraft birthday party this Saturday and recovering from the weekend's activities.

 

What activities, you ask?

 

Hubbs announced this past weekend would be full of cookouts; he wanted to welcome the warm weather with open arms and burnt hot dogs, lol.

 

Friday, we had a couples' night with friends Vick and Amber.  The guys played video games while the girls sipped wine in the kitchen.  DJ Amber had me wiggling to Beyoncé well into the wee hours of the morning; it was a LOT of fun!

 

 

Saturday, I headed for a morning at the spa/salon (facial, waxing, mani/pedi) while Munch went to the pool with her BFF, Jada.  We both got home and got pretty for a cookout in Maryland at one of my Dad's close friend's homes.

 

Farewell Summer

This past week has been nuts.  Between a stomach virus, a busy wedding weekend and work picking up for an upcoming event, LIFE has been crazy.

 

We bid summer a bittersweet farewell right before school started.  Now that it's officially fall, I felt it was appropriate to share the photos of our formal farewell to summer.

 

Enjoy!

 

The song she sang while waiting to see her X-rays.

 

Munchface said bye to the crush, Ravi, with a friendly game of tag:

 

 

 

 

Grandma Judy came and we enjoyed breakfast at Cracker Barrel:

 

 

 

 

We also played a little laser tag:

 

 

Her laser tag "warrior" name was Z-Money.  IDK, don't ask.

 

 

 

 

She spent a LOT of time rocking her little babies to sleep:

 

 

That Sunday, I opened my home for Devona's Tupperware party and, IDK how, but I'll be hosting my own party soon so look out for an invite :)

 

 

 

 

We also had one final sleepover with Chazity and I got my hair done :)

 

 

AND THAT WAS JUST THE LAST WEEKEND BEFORE SCHOOL! 

 

This has been an eventful few months for our little family!

 

Not to mention the back-to-school prep:

 

 

The Sunshine & Lemonade birthday prep:

 

 

Painting and working in my mom's mom cave:

 

 

Updating the dining room:

 

 

The awkward baby shower moment:

 

 

The Georgia Trip:

 

 

With summer officially gone, we are knee-deep in second grade and cheerleading.  Yes, WE are cheering.  I'm no longer air cheering on the sides, I coach.  I know... because I needed something else to add to the to-do list, right?! :)

 

Look, if I'm going to have to sit at the practices for 2 hours, I might as well put my skillzzzz to use, right?!  Plus, the girls just look so cute in their uniforms and are really working hard for competition.

 

GO PANTHERS!

 

 

Happy it's-officially-pumpkin-spice Fall, ya'll!