It is officially my mother’s birthday and she doesn’t look a day over 31. You go girl. I praise God for you. You are the most awesome mother. You have not only been my friend, but a great role model as to the way a woman should be. I love you dearly and I pray that I have made/am making you proud!

Have an awesome birthday!

Today my little sister is celebrating the finding of her apartment. She is having an apartment warming party extravaganza. I am mandatorily invited (funny how my sisters keep making my invites mandatory LOL) and get to go with the Kid AND the Man, which is a treat. She only lives about 1/2 hour away from us so it’s pretty awesome that I get to see where she resides and rejoice with her. She is doing such great things. She is holding down a job (or 2), has her own apartment ALONE, is flying through college with good grades, pays her own bills, buys her own food. She is living the all american independent woman’s dream (minus the million dollars LOL). I am so proud of her and the progress she has made. She has a goal and she is working for it. I love it love it love it!!! Keep on moving forward, little sis. You are doing awesome.

So last night we decided to head to my mother’s house for some family fun and fireworks. My husband had to work *pout*, but my son and I drove over around 3. We had a good time with my mom, sisters, and father… and we decided to get ourselves over to the county fair to have the boy ride rides and then watch the fireworks.

There was no shortage of dust, people, and used Harleys! The boy went on a good number of expensive rides and attractions. Their tickets were a dollar a piece, and they didn’t give you any free ones for buying in bulk *gasp*. The main thing is that 21$ later, he had all the fun he wanted to have, saw some awesome fireworks and got stuck in the rain and lightning.

We were totally soaked! Thankfully, the rain waited until after the fireworks were done before they started. It was great timing for the fair, too, since the rain didn’t really start to pour until about 45 minutes before closing time.

Even with a minor glitch in the works (my son and his cousin got into a cousin-provoked fight), we had a great time. Pictures to come later.

I can’t even tell you about all the food available over the weekend. The local fare, the care package in the hotel, the hors d’ ourves at the wedding banquet, the catered barbecue. It was a little overwhelming. If I had known there would be THAT much food I might have made sure to eat some sure fat burners before I got there.

The wedding feast brought clams, scallops in bacon, quiche, fruits, salads, dips, shrimp, and all kinds of little things that could be eaten quickly. There was plenty of wine and spirits from the time you walked in to the time the party ended. Then there was the dinner! Fabulous, melt in your mouth sea bass was my entree. My husband got the filet mignon, well done of course. He said it was one of the best he has had. I don’t like asparagus, but I found out how much each plate was costing in passing and so I ate everything that was edible on my plate. Waste not, want not.

The picnic on Saturday afternoon was catered by a local clambaker called Captain Clamcakes. I didn’t have their clams (I abhor them) but their burgers and fresh salads were good. Their workers were a bit too fond of my nephew, but who can blame them?

that’s how we got to the wedding from our hotel. I looked up the site for the service they came from, hoping to find a picture. Alas, there are none. The service was Rockstar Limo. The driver we had was friendly and very quick about his job. It was nice to not have to worry about how to find the wedding spot. It was pretty remote and back in the woods.

But not for long. We have a trip coming up to go to the Poconos on Saturday, Canada next month, and who knows…we might end up looking at cruise deals before the end of the summer. We had a more than awesome time together up in Rhode Island. The wedding was great, even though it tried to rain on us. The food melted in your mouth. The entertainment was impeccable. I have so much to say and not enough words to speak it all out. I have a heaping load of pictures, too. Stay tuned!

WHEW what a weekend! Saturday was my cousin Tag’s big wedding. He and his wife had been planning it for months. It went off an hour and a half late without a hitch, and everyone had great fun at the reception. Here are the pictures that I took, but I am waiting to snag more from other people as they upload them.

After the reception, we went to pick up my son at my in-law’s house, but stayed to chit chat with the Man’s brother & wife. We didn’t get back until around 3 in the morning. Then we set the alarm for 9 AM for church.

I was the first up, and got everyone else in gear to get to church. The Man stood for his blessing and prayers as well as his present. I didn’t get a picture of us up there because we were ALL up there LOL. After that, it was off to the Powwow, then we hi-tailed it to his parents’ house for the rest of the FaBirthday Festivities (his brother turned 38 yesterday).

We had so much fun, I can hardly tell you about it all.

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Tomorrow we get to attend the Father’s Day festivities at church, then grace the Powwow! YAY for us! I can hardly contain my utter glee. I have waited nearly 2 years to go. I didn’t get to go last year, but I don’t remember what blocked us. This year, the Man gets to come with us! I am so excited! The Kid is excited, too.

Church should be nice, too, since they are giving honor to father’s along with our Heavenly Father. They give out little presents, and my son is eager to stand with his father in the sight of God to receive it. Fun stuff.

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