Tuesday, August 31, 2021

August 24th (Ella's New Dress/Chick Fila Day/Original Pizza/Sand Volleyball)

Ella looking cute in one of her new dresses!!
One of her favorite colors is black.
The girls are off to school and I ran around looking for volleyball shorts all day. 
Then I decided it was Chick Fila day for me! Yummy. Haven't eaten it since they had closed off 119th st. So glad they are back.

Ella and I headed to get Original Pizza for dinner since Nick and I have sand volleyball!! We are on a team now...its so fun!!
I think I bought a bigger than I thought one...lol. It is so yummy!
Ready to play!
Our team!! It's so fun to play sand volleyball, but also tiring!! Lol. Only 6 of us on a team and we play two teams each Tuesday night! 




 

August 22nd (Sunday at Home-New Organizer/Swimming w/Neighbor Friends







This afternoon our neighbors came over to swim with Pierce and Jake! Ella was excited to swim with friends!
It took Nick almost all day off and on to put this organizer together! Looks great. Can't wait to organize all the business stuff.
Feeling accomplished this weekend on organizing things around the house and cleaning!

 

August 21st (Oak Park Mall As A Family)

While Nick looked at rings I took the girls to the Merry Go Round, well Ella really wanted to go so we did. Ha.
Nick's ring broke after 14 1/2 years...kind of surprised it lasted that long with how he works.
So we headed to Oak Park Mall to get a new one and do a little shopping.

He picked it and loves it!
We also hit up a few stores. We found shoes for Nick and Adelyn.
Then last we went to JcPenney and found Adelyn an outfit!

 

August 19th (Fake Baby)

Doesn't this baby doll look so real??
I want one eventually...I know I am crazy.

 

Thursday, August 26, 2021

August 18th (Sushi/CT Volleyball/Shrimp Fajitas/Ella's Stacking)

Went to Sam's club today and grabbed me some sushi for lunch!! Yummy!
I was anxious all day today since Adelyn has had tryouts for CT volleyball for the last 3 days and she will find out tonight if she made it!!
Ugh the waiting is killing me!!
Finally a little after 6 pm we could see the list.......SHE MADE IT!!!!!
I was SOOOOO EXCITED AND JUMPING UP AND DOWN. LOL!!

I am so proud of her...she did awesome!! She had really improved and she said her serves have been really good! Yay Addie! 
My CT Volleyball Girl!!
Shrimp Pan Fajitas for dinner! These are so yummy and easy for dinner.

Ella making a stack with cups!!
Great day of getting things done for the household and Adelyn making the team!!

 

August 17th (Ella at the Playground)

Ella with friends on the playground today! 

Love that Mrs. Heather sends me pics!! 
 

August 16th (Ella In Art Class)

Ella making a cover for her Art Cover, of course using black her favorite color.

 

August 15th (Day 3:Going Home)

One last shot of all of us with our new sunglasses!! Yay! Great trip ladies!

We stopped at Mcdonald's to go potty and grab some lunch!! 

Got home around 2 pm! The girls and Nick were swimming.


I missed my family but didn't miss having to clean up my super messy kitchen and house!
Wish Nick could have at least cleaned up their messes!! Oh well!

 

August 14th (Boat Day-Captain Marty/Coving Out/Red Heads/Jeff Lyons/Cellophane Ball/Pepto Shots)

I was going to get up at 8 but didn't set my alarm so once I saw it was 8:20. I got up to get some breakfast and get my suit on.
We headed out bright and early this morning at 9:30 to the marina.
Going on the pontoon boat we rented and we also got a Captain to drive it for us for the next 8 hours.
These ladies are ready to go.
Ruth and Dana are in matching suits! How cute are they!!
Sarah and I ready to get this boat ride started!
Pamela, Erika and Carey at the back of the boat.
Marty our boat captain.
Marty took us to a nearby cove to swim!! Yay.
Pamela is the first one out!

Erika, Ruth and Pamela looking cute!
Sarah dove in!
Carey, Dana and I are the last ones on the boat. (I had Sarah braid my hair for me!)

Having fun in the sun!

Everyone's in but me. I got everyone their drinks then I got in!

Thanks Marty for taking out picture!

Back on the boat to give into getting a drink before 11!! Haha.


A really cool old boat came in the cove! 
Got one of my mini bottles of champagne out to drink! yum.

After a few hours we got back in the boat to go get some lunch at Red Heads!

Getting some drinks while we wait for a table.
Time to get some lunch! Yum...we are hungry! This place is good! So many people up in here!

My Grouper Sandwich and Fries!!
The pizza looked amazing also.
Dana putting water in her eye since she got something in it at the table.
After a couple hours we got back to the boat to go to another cove to swim near a bunch of million dollar houses.

This house was still getting all the way finished, it was HUGE!!
This one was gigantic also!
Time to get in the water.

So graceful getting in the water! Hahaha.

I decided to run across the mat. 
Carey captured the amazing shots of me...haha. I mean it was so amazing. Lol.


And can't stay up straight. haha.

Wow look at those amazing photos of my white body...hahha.



And then I fell into the water!

Love it!

Pamela and I trying to stand on the mat. Harder than it looks. Well for me, Pamela did better.


My neighbor Jeff Lyons came down to the lake with his brother. 
So he met up with us and got in the lake for awhile.
We had to leave to have Marty take the boat back for us. 
Then some of us minus 2 went with Jeff Lyons on his boat to go for some more lake fun!!
We headed to his house to show the girls.
Snuggled up with Carey in the front!
Being silly.

Thanks Jeff for a fun boat ride!!
Love having neighbors that love the lake.

Sarah looking cute!

I moved to the back of the boat since to let Carey and Sarah enjoy the front...my favorite spot.
Ruth is eating snack mix because she was feeling nauseous! 

We made it to Jeff's house! Having fun on the dock! Love hanging with these ladies.

Jeff showing off his new wave runner and trying to get rid of debris floating in.
After an hour or so we got back on the boat to go back to Margaritaville.


These girls joined me at the back of the boat on the way back.

Ruth with the Soon To Be Bride from the house next door. We gave her a margarita and chatted to her, she was a little tipsy! Ha.
After this Pamela informed us that Marty, our Captain was texting Pamela to meet up for drinks and said a few inappropriate things. Oh geez, well maybe he wasn't as nice as we thought. Ha.
(He also told us about Hedonism a nude resort he likes to go to in Jamaica, oh geez!)
We all took showers then ate from our buffet of snacks and dips!
Ruth's belly was hurting and she didn't have any gas-x so she had to have some Pepto Bismal in a shot glass!
Shot, shot, shot, shot...we sang the song for her. I mean who needs alcohol when you have Pepto!

She really liked the taste...not.
Time to get real crazy....Cellophane Ball time!! Let the "Real Fun Begin"!!



Lets do this!! Go Go Go!





Erika got my funny gift, a plastic pee boy cup. So we can pee standing up! Ha.


So funny!
Some of the prizes.


Time to have some laughs, Animal Mask Time!! Lol!! We all were dying laughing.
Dana-Tiger
Pamela-Dog
Carey-Fox
Ruth and Erika-Creep Clowns, I mean Penguins
I was a weird, not cute Pig!! Sarah was a Bunny. Haha. The creepy clowns were the best. Haha.
What a great night of many laughs!!Love hanging with these women!! 
(Ruth's belly still hurt so we ran to 3 gas stations to find gas-x but couldn't but then she realized she had some upstairs in her makeup bag...lol! Oh Ruth!)
We headed to bed around midnight!!