The last week has been fun, busy and a little chaotic! I'll start with last Friday at the Battle Creek 5K family fun run. I volunteered to help out and it was so fun. The kids had fun, their families had fun, and the staff and our families had a great time as well. Patrick even brought Emily so that the kids could see her again and that I could spend some time with her before her bedtime. The kids absolutely adored her. In fact, I would go so far as to say that she was the star of the fun run!
My sister was in town last weekend and on Saturday we cohosted a baby shower for my cousin Michelle. Everything with the shower worked out and it appeared as everyone had a great time. We're so excited to meet our cousin's new baby in July!
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| Fun favors! |
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| Mini foods from all around the world for the "It's a Small World" theme! |
Sunday was my first Mother's Day. Patrick and Emily let me sleep in and then surprised me with some gifts. We then went to the Harrisons for brunch followed by the Mulfort's for dinner. We weren't only celebrating Mother's Day at the Mulfort's; my brother Pat was graduating from the University the next day so we took the opportunity to celebrate that occasion as well.
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| My little girl! |
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| Three generations |
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| Love her so much!! |
On Monday I decided to treat myself to my own Mother's Day gift and take the entire day off. I started the day by bringing Emily to day care. I then went to Home Depot to pick up some flowers to plant. After the flowers were planted I cut the grass, did laundry and got caught up my grading. 10:30 came and Patrick came home to go to Pat's graduation lunch with me. Patrick, myself, my mom, Karen and Pat enjoyed a lovely lunch at Annie's Parlor on the U of MN campus. We then headed to Mariucci Arena to attend his graduation. It was a nice ceremony and surprisingly short, just over an hour! It was followed by a reception at TCF Bank Stadium. Around 3:30 we had to leave to head out for Emily's first conference. Her conference went well, we'll see what her teachers say at her conferences in 13 years! It was weird to be on the other side of the table though : )
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| Gopher pride!! |
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| Congrats Pat!! |
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| So proud of my little brother |
This weekend was fairly low key. On Saturday morning we went to Best Buy and purchased the new Canon Rebel. I love the new camera! Next time I see you don't be surprised to see me shooting away, sorry in advance : ) We then went to Patrick's boss's house for a summer kickoff party. We had a good time and since we were with the early crowd, babies were welcome. Emily enjoyed herself as well.
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| I like this swing! |
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| Swinging with Harper! |
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| hanging out with daddy |
We also have a quick update on Emily's foods. She has tried peas, avocado, squash and apples. Avocado is by far her favorite followed by peas, apples and in last place, squash. We're looking forward to a quiet Memorial Day weekend and are counting down to the end of another school year - 3 weeks!
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| Emily NOT loving squash |
As always, more to come!
The Harrisons
