Holy Crap, It's Almost 2012...

I've totally neglected the blog over the past couple of weeks. I blame my family and the holidays. :)

I wanted to post a farewell to 2011...

2011 has had some good times (Hellooooo, New York City! Helloooo, Josh Groban concert! Hellooooo, spending quality time with family and friends! Helloooooo, lots of awesome, fantastic, wonderful things!)...and it's also taught me a thing or two (things that I'm still mulling over and keeping to myself for now).

I've been ill off an on for the past week or so. And tonight, I'm ringing in The New Year by myself. And I'm not sad about it!

I was invited to a couple of parties. Big ones, even.

But big parties have never been my thing. Not ever. (I have an old soul?)

I did go to dinner with a handful of friends tonight. And then I came home.

I came home and: 

*took a bath

*did a face mask

*"watched" Stranger Than Fiction while I...

*painted my nails (toes and fingers too!)

*started writing in my journal

It's been quite a happy, lovely evening, actually. (Stop feeling sorry for me! And quit thinking that I'm a hermit?)

HAPPY NEW YEAR in 3...2...1...

Welcome, 2012!!! I'm gonna OWN you!!!

CHRISTMAS!!!

There is so much to love about Christmas, you know...

Going home and spending time with the family. Playing games. Watching movies. Making tasty food with Mama, and eating the tasty food we made. Driving around town in a winter wonderland to see the lovely Christmas lights. Chasing my cute nieces and nephews around...

(I just realized that most of the things I mentioned can be done regardless of the time of year, but whatever; the fact remains that I love Christmas.)

I went home a couple of days before Christmas, and I did all of the lovely things I mentioned above.

We broke tradition this year, and instead of having turkey for our O-family Christmas Eve dinner, we had pulled pork. (Mom and Dad were given a mostly-thawed turkey a few days after Thanksgiving, and Mom couldn't even think about eating turkey, let alone preparing and baking one.) I had no qualms with that; pulled pork is near the top of my "favorite foods" list. (Let's not go there right now, though...that list is rather extensive.)

YUUUUUMMMMM!

Yeah. Lots of Dec. 23rd was spent in the kitchen with my mama. (I like spending time in the kitchen with my mama.) ALSO, Dad totally went with me and Mom to see the Christmas lights around town. He insisted on driving (won't tell you why--unless you ask), but he totally drove slow enough for us to enjoy the show :)

On Christmas Eve, Brent and I saw the new Sherlock Holmes movie. We totally loved it. (And nobody understands it less than I do, but WHAT THE HECK?! How is it that Jude Law is a stone fox even when he wears a mustache?!? Gah!)

Shortly after we got back from our matinee, I discovered that I wasn't feeling well. At all. Yucky tummy feelings, you see. I figured it would go away, but I felt worse as time marched on.

And by the time my brothers and sisters-in-law and nieces and nephews got to my parents' place for our Christmas Eve party...well. Whatever. I didn't eat dinner with my family that night. The worst part, though, was being in the same room as my cute nieces and nephews and not being able to chase them and cuddle with them and gobble them up.

Definition of self-control:
Being presented with this cute face and keeping my lips to myself.
It was agony, folks.

Anyway...my brothers/sisters-in-law and I did our gift exchange (Brent got me a cool hand mixer), and we watched the kids open a gift from my folks. (I love watching my kids open gifts!)

I ended up going to bed early that night, and then...

Christmas morning wake-up call...

On Christmas morning, Vance, Abby and Jane came over to open gifts with Mom, Dad, Brent and me. Janie got super excited about, I think, every single one of her gifts, so unwrapping took a while (which is fantastic!). I was most excited about my new Magic Bullet. (If you click on that link, I won't lie: it's a dumb infomercial, but I LOVE my Magic Bullet!)

ANYWAY...

Christmas ended up being very lovely (although the lack of snow was a bit disappointing). We went to church, and my little stomach flu (or whatever it was) went away (ish), so I was able to eat a bit of leftovers from Christmas Eve. We played games and watched a Christmas movie (I think?) and relaxed and totally enjoyed ourselves.

Aaaand I also enjoyed the rest of my trip to Utah.

I went with Mom and Dad to babysit Aaron and Amy's boys while they went to dinner and a movie...and since I was feeling better, I got to play with my nephews! (HOORAY!)

Silly Seth

You better believe I planted my lips on his cheeks as often as possible...

Wow...Jackson looks so much like his daddy!

 Umm...what else? I hung out a bit with Vance, Abby and Jane...

Oh, how I love my Janie...

The biggest bummer is that Goose and his family were gone for Christmas (they were visiting Janel's family in WA), so I didn't get to chill with them and chase their little ones around...

BUT! I met up with my dear friends Julia and Jamie for lunch the day before I headed back to Idaho, and that was LOVELY! 

And now...I'm back in Idaho. I got my hair did this morning, and I've fallen ill once again. (Not a stomach thing this time, but still...what the devil is this all about?!)

Already looking forward to the next time I can spend some more time with my stupendous family...

Essence of Cinnamon, and Ugly Sweaters

I went to an Ugly Sweater Party this evening.

Jess made some homemade hot cocoa, and was sprinkling cinnamon into the mix (score!).

Seeing the cinnamon reminded Keri of something. "I've heard that if you put either teaspoon or a tablespoon of cinnamon in your mouth, you can't swallow  it."

Shalene wanted to know if it was true, so she volunteered to try it out herself.

Jess handed her the little jar of cinnamon, and I grabbed my camera...

She was a good sport, right? She was totally choking on essence of cinnamon for about ten minutes afterward (plus gargled, ate a brownie, and sipped water to help control the coughing). I asked her if she was sorry she did it and she said, "Nope. But I'll never do it again!"

I LOVE YOU, SHALENE! :)

While I'm at it, I might as well post the pictures that I took. (Unfortunately, I didn't get pictures of everyone's ugly sweaters.)

Shalene, Brookie, Keri and Beth

Melissa rocked her Rudolph sweater!!

Keri, me, Brooke and Beth

I'm totally bummed because people told me my sweater was kind of cute (which is depressing to hear at an ugly sweater party!), but I tell you what, the neck was nasty, and it's got, like, a metallic glint to it! I'd never wear it under normal circumstances! In fact, I put the sweater on about an hour before the party began, and I sat on the couch reading trying to read; my sparkly sweater was so shiny that it TOTALLY distracted me, and I had to pull my blanket up all the way so I could concentrate on my book. 

PS I'm still reading the Hobbit; it's not that I'm not enjoying it--Tolkien is a stupendous writer, but I do NOT give myself much time to read! I'm almost done, though! Bilbo and the dwarves have already met Smaug; they're currently hiding and trying to figure out where he is and how to defeat him--meanwhile he's off trying to destroy the closest village. I'M GOING TO FINISH THE BOOK WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS, because I still need to read "A Christmas Carol," but I can't just push The Hobbit aside, or I might never finish it! Gah!

Sorry for that tangent.

Turns out, maybe I lent my ugliest of ugly sweaters to Beth and Kari...

Kari and Brooker

 Hooray for Ugly Sweater parties, and for fun friends!

Christmas Lights...

Last night as I was driving home from the Temple (at about 9:20pm), I noticed lots of houses decked out in Christmas lights. And I totally loved it. I actually took the long way home (and may or may not have gotten slightly turned around in the process), driving around (unfamiliar) neighborhoods and subdivisions to really revel in the Christmas spirit that was so prevalent in my heart last night.

A few days ago Nearly two weeks ago, I posted about the things I love so much about this Blessed Season...

I forgot to mention another O-fam tradition, started in the early days of my youth.

A few evenings before Christmas, my family would pile into the Ford Aerostar van, and we'd drive around town to look at the Christmas lights.

This picture was taken on my phone a couple of years ago
on a drive around town with Mom and Brent.
ISN'T IT AWESOME?! It's, like, a real-life gingerbread house!

Some of us enjoyed this tradition more than others.

Now, I'm not going to name names, but...okay, yes I am. MY DAD was one of the fellas who didn't particularly love this tradition. (To each his own.) But he was a good sport, and he was typically the one in the driver's seat.

I honestly can't remember exactly when it happened, but one year (was I still in elementary school?), Dad was particularly unexcited about driving around to see the lights. He didn't really grumble much (or maybe he did?); what I remember distinctly about this time in particular is that Dad drove by each house at warp speed, and the lights seemed more like a blur of colors. There was absolutely NO slowing down to enjoy the lights, not this time. The entire trip (which took in a good portion of my hometown) took a total of something like 15 minutes--including loading all seven of us into and out of the van.

It was a total bummer.

And we haven't let Dad live it down ever since.

Anyway, last night as I was driving around looking at the lights, I called my folks at home--and who do you think answered, but my dear Dad!

I told him that I had a stellar idea: to drive around Brigham City the evening I get home for the holidays. And that I sweetly requested his presence. He told me, "I'll consider it," no less than five times.

Then he handed the phone to Mom; I asked her if he told her of my awesome plan (which he hadn't, probably because he's not excited about the idea. At all). But Mom likes my plan. And she heard Dad say (no less than five times!) that he'd consider it!

I think between the two of us, Mom and I can coerce Dad into coming with us.

And one of the girls will be driving; Dad will have to passengate (that's a word Mom came up with on the spot: a verb, meaning "the act of being a passenger." I get my brains from my Mama).

I'm still a little over a week out from heading on home for the holidays, and I've been excited about it since, roughly, the day after Thanksgiving.

And I'm kinda getting sentimental for our upcoming drive around town to see the lights this year...

AVIATOR?

I bought a vest last week. From Target. (Oh, how I love The Target!)

I wore it to work on Thursday, and didn't realize, until Nicolas mentioned it, that my vest has a very...aviator look about it. No harm done, though. He said he liked it, and I felt like I was wearing it well.

Fast forward: I got back to work after lunch and saw Jami at the front desk as she waited fir a client to no-show. She looked up and said, "I like your vest." And then she started to laugh. Heartily.

This got me thinking that maybe I wasn't wearing it as well as I originally believed?

Jami assured me that she really did like it, but that it would be fun if I wore a pair of aviator sun glasses, just for fun. While she took a picture.

It just so happens that our friend Dustin (who works with us) had a pair out in his car. So he got them. And I put them on. For a picture.

Jami and Dustin wouldn't let me look at myself in a mirror until after the picture was taken...

I totally pulled it off, yes?

Not sure what's up with my face, however. I want to say I was winking...but I'm not entirely sure if that's accurate...

Number Eighteen

A couple of days ago, my friend shared a link on Facebook; a link that listed America's 25 Coldest Cities.

Some of them weren't exactly surprising: Fairbanks, Alaska; Fargo, North Dakota...

But do you know which city made the list?

Idaho Falls, in her subarctic glory, sits in her throne in the number eighteen spot.

Now, I'm not sure how they went about making this list, but apparently the stats for 2009 (a cold year indeed!) are as follows:

Average winter temperature 2009: 24.5 degrees
Coldest day: -16.6 degrees, December 10
Warmest day: 59 degrees, March 28
Days with snow: 42%
(source)

I laughed to myself when I read through the list on Monday evening; of all the places, right?! Because I LIVE HERE!

I was laughing much less on Tuesday morning when I went out to turn on my car, and defrost/scrape the ice off my windows.

We've experienced negative temperatures in the mornings here. And it's still only the first part of December! (Those temperatures are reserved for January, people!) Also, if you factor in windchill, it's felt even colder.

IT'S FELT EVEN COLDER THAN NEGATIVE.

Yipes. Looks like I may go through lots of hot cocoa and hot apple cider in the coming months...

Ginabean Loves Christmas...

You guys?

It's December 3. And do you know what that means?

THREE WEEKS UNTIL CHRISTMAS EVE!

I love Christmas SO MUCH! I love going home to spend time with my family. (I could actually stop my list right there, and my Christmas would be COMPLETE.)

We have some fun traditions (and maybe some silly ones?). When we were little kids, my brothers and I always got to unwrap a gift on Christmas Eve, and it would always be a new pair of jammies. (Now? We're all grown up...but the still-single children of my parents--namely, me and Brent--still get a Christmas Eve gift, but it's something more sensible. I'll leave it at that.)

Also, each Christmas morning, we'd wake up (no earlier than 6am), gather round my folks' bed, have a family prayer given by Mama (that always seemed to last SO LONG!), then go to the front room and find our stockings. Then Dad would give us our gifts one at a time so that we could watch everyone open each gift. Also, each year we get our own box of cereal. (Where was the year that we all opened our individual boxes, and we all got frosted mini wheats--except for Goose, who got Fruity Pebbles. Can you guess who helped Dad pick the cereal out that year?)

Ahhhhh! TRADITION!

Since we've all grown up, we've...adjusted some of the traditions at the O-household. Now we usually get together on Christmas Eve for dinner and a gift exchange and all that jazz. (Yep. I'm excited for Christmas Eve.)

Other stuff I enjoy about the Christmas season?

MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER Christmas albums. I grew up with Mannheim Steamroller and I own most of their Christmas albums, and their music just lifts my spirit. Every time I listen to them. Especially Silent Night and Greensleeves. Honestly: they're both so beautiful I  could cry...

Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL is spectacular. Aaron introduced me to the tradition of reading it every year. I usually read it shortly after Thanksgiving. This year will be my fifth year. I love the story and its message. (I haven't read it yet because I have to finish reading The Hobbit first.)

Speaking of A Christmas Carol...it ain't Christmas without watching THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL. I don't even care if you judge me that I think this is the best Christmas Carol movie I've ever seen; I think nothing can touch the Muppet version. Nothing. I watch it at least twice every Christmas season. (Seriously? What's better than combining the genius of Charles Dickens with the genius of Jim Henson? NOTHING!)

Also? For some reason, Muddy Buddies make me think of Christmas...

Aaaand also: SCARVES. I love scarves. Dressing in layers is my thang anyway, and I don't love feeling cold, so covering my neck is an idea I can get behind. (And I totally do.)

This is what Christmas looks like at our place:

O CHRISTMAS TREE, O CHRISTMAS TREE...

Lovely...

Oh, yes. I love scarf season.

THANKFUL!

I'm a little bit late in writing this post, but better late than never, right?

I have so much to be thankful for it's borderline ridiculous.


I AM SO THANKFUL FOR MY FAMILY! I know I've mentioned them a time or two in the recent past, but it's with good reason! My family really are my best friends. I joke that my brothers have ruined me...that I'm not sure I can feel love unless it's through teasing--but I love them and the fun, dynamic relationships I have with each of them! I adore my sisters-in-law; they make me smile, and they share their awesome children with me. My nieces and nephews are each stellar individuals, and I almost can't believe that one day, when they come, I'll love my own children more?! Then there are my parents. My daddy is AMAZING; he's such a good man, and he's totally set the bar high for what I expect in my future husband. He's mostly a serious guy, but totally sweet, and we can usual coerce him into playing games with us. Aaaand I cannot forget my mama. My mama is fantastic! We talk and laugh and have fun, no matter what it is we're doing! I saw a quote on Pinterest that sums up how I feel about my mama: "The truth is, even if she weren't my mum I'd go out of my way to be friends with her." Pretty much...

I have stupendous friends. Seriously, I don't know how I always luck out, but everywhere I go, I seem to find really awesome, funny, caring people, and they always seem to let me hang out with them, and even like me back! We have fun adventures, sometimes traveling far away from our beloved Idaho...and sometimes making our own adventures at home. I LOVE MY FRIENDS!

I LOVE MY CAREER; I've said before that graduate school was the worst thing I've ever inflicted on myself, but that it's also the best thing I've ever done for myself. Being a Speech-Language Pathologist is totally rewarding (even if, some days, particular clients make me earn every cent of my paycheck!).

I'm thankful for Thanksgiving (and other holidays that "force" the world to focus on others, and on happy, blessed events). I spent the majority of last Wednesday in the kitchen with my awesome mama; we made apple pie from scratch, two pumpkin rolls, a broccoli cauliflower casserole, and homemade pizza, while Mannheim Steamroller Christmas CDs serenaded us in the background, and it was probably one of the happiest, coziest days of 2011 for me. Good food, good company, good tunes...*sigh*...a splendid day, indeed!

I'm grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm so thankful to have been raised to know my that I am a literal spirit daughter of a loving Heavenly Father; I know that He knows me personally, and that He desires for my happiness. Maybe I'm not exactly where I thought I'd be at this point in my life (married with a baby or two?), but I also know that God's in charge of my life, including the little details. I'm thankful to Him for blessing me so abundantly, and I'm thankful for an open line of communication with Him in this crazy world! I'm thankful to my Savior and brother, Jesus Christ, for His selfless atonement. I love the gospel...the guidance and direction it gives, and the peace it brings! Also, I love this gorgeous world He created for humanity to enjoy (and take care of)!

first time i've ever done a lattice top. i love apple-y goodness...

pumpkin roll (with a touch of cinnamon in the icing! it's magical!)

jackson loves to be squished. i love being the one to squish him.

kayleebug was saying "cheeeeese!" right here. so cute...

kiss. my. cheeks. (done aaaand done!)

we talked dad into playing hand&foot. brent and i lost. we lost hard.

Aaaand now I'm back to real-life. My week away from reality was amazing, and a nice reminder of all I have to be grateful for!

Cheers!

Before I Resign Myself to the Kitchen...

It's been over a week since I last posted.

I'm back in Brigham with my family, and I've found LOTS of other things to fill my time with...

INCLUDING...

*Chillin' with Vance and Jane while everyone else is at work
*Going shopping with Mama
*Seeing Goose and Janel's new place
*Taking Marshall on a belated birthday date (and then lovin' on Kaylee for a bit)
*Squishing Emmett, chasing Seth, and going on a walk with Jackson
*Partaking of an awesome Slurpee (Sprite flavored, thank you very much)
*Raking the leaves into a humongous pile and then jumping into them (for the first time in something like 15 years; ah, that was refreshing)
*Fun with CamWow (with Aaron and Seth)
*Other stuff I can't remember

Aaaand...here are some of the pictures:

First: the Temple is really making progress!

Emmett and Janie

Mr. Sethington

Me and Marshall on our date

Lying in the gigantic pile of leaves

Brent wanted a turn too...

I call this one "Megamind"

Kind looks like he has a goatee...

 So. Yeah. It's been a fun week.

I'll post more later.

But for now, I think I'll get going on the apple pie and pumpkin roll...

Longest. Tuesday. Ever.

This day...?

I'm not lovin' it. Somehow it feels like Second Monday, and that hardly seems fair.

But...according to my Mama (who is really quite wise), "You find what you're looking for," so guess what? I've found a silver lining in this day. (It was actually hand delivered by Jami The Great!)

BEHOLD:




It's no secret that this ginabean loves cinnamon.

And cinnamon combined with chocolate?! EVEN BETTER!!!

These little puppies are so delicious! At first you bite into it, and you're like, "Hmm. This tastes exactly like the milk chocolate version of M&Ms...wait. Hold on just a minute...!" And then this excellent taste of cinnamon is suddenly there, and it's WONDERFUL!

Yeah. If Cinnamon M&Ms exist, I can handle this Second Monday.

I think...

Two Weeks Later...

Finally getting around to posting Halloween pictures...

I wasn't going to dress up at all, but I went to Utah that weekend and saw Abby wearing something super cool and super easy, and she totally let me borrow it...

Jami is Repunzel from Disney's Tangled, and I'm totally a Ghostbuster, with proton pack and all!

Because I took Halloween off of work (best. decision. ever.), I was able to stay another night in Utah. Which means I got to see Janie in her Halloween costume.

Jane was an octopus...

Oh my heck, I love this kid...

Bwa ha! Isn't she a cute little octopus?

 Also, here are a few pictures of Aaron's family all decked out in their Halloween attire...

Seth was a bat; Aaron was Hagrid; Amy was a witch...

And Emmett was the cutest little monster I ever did see...

 Lots of people have told me I'm lame for not being more enthusiastic about dressing up for Halloween. I got into a few years ago when I dressed up as a Star-Bellied Sneetch (that Dr. Seuss was a genius!). And I thought I looked pretty good, too...

Clearly, I'm the one on the left. You know, the one who looks like a Sneetch?

Anyway...I went to a big Halloween party dressed all Seuss-y, and approximately 5 people even knew what I was. It made me wonder if the rest of the people (those who didn't know a star-bellied sneetch when they saw one!) were so uncultured that they'd never even heard of Dr. Seuss. (Apparently "Sneetches and Other Stories" is not one of his better known books?)

I could go on about how disappointed I was over that one (and I have gone on about it); I had been planning that costume for a full year. And the fact that nobody recognized my costume kinda took the wind out of my sails...

Anyway, I had fun dressing up (at the last minute) and may get more excited about it next year (but I make no promises).

My Halloweekend in Utah...

Do you ever get to feeling that, although life is fantastic and you're grateful for all the blessings and people who surround you every day, you just GOTTA GET THE HECK OUTTA DODGE?

I'm not going to lie, I get like that every so often (but I'm not gonna say how often)...

Honestly? I love my life. Maybe I'm not exactly where I thought I'd be at the ripe-old age of 29 (married with a child or two?), but my life is awesome!

*Great job? (check)
*Amazing friends? (check, a million times over)
*Stupendous family? (check, check, check, check, check, check, CHECK!)
*Dependable car? (umm...sometimes? PS After my one post, I went to get my tires rotated, only to be told it was definitely time to purchase new tires. Several hundreds of dollars later...BLAH! Oh well, safety first! Oh yeah! CHECK!)
*A lovely home with lovely roommates? (check, check)
*Lots of other stuff? (check)

You get the idea: it's great to be me!

Having said that...the last weekend in October, I was definitely at the point where I needed to get away from my everyday life and to chillax in the land of my inheritance.

Spending time with my family is about the best thing I can even think of. And I got to see every member of my immediate family (plus all their offspring!) that weekend. Win/Win!!!

Dad, Vance and Jane came with me to babysit my awesome nephews in L-Town while Aaron and Amy went to SLC for Emily and Chris's sealing (so happy for them!).

I also got to spend extra time with Abby and Jane; they came with me to drive to Provo so I could hand deliver a (belated) birthday gifty to Lisa just after she finished her half marathon (darn me for not getting any pictures of me and Lisa!).

Then...I don't even really remember what else went down. (Maybe that sounds like a wasted trip to some of you, but I think sometimes those weekends are the best!)

Oh yeah...I watched True Grit with Vance, Abby and Brent. I thought I didn't really care to ever watch that show, but it turns out I was wrong. It's really pretty good! (That Jeff Bridges is a good actor.)

Also, I went to Regional Conference with my family.

Painted mom's toe nails and visited with her until most people would think we'd be sick of it, but we weren't, and we just kept right on chatting.

Dad was offered the job of his dreams! (You are lucky to have him, Deseret Book!)

Also, I stayed in town Sunday night and took Monday (Halloween) off. Just so I could spend some extra time with my stupendous family.

Yeah. Getting out of dodge was fantastic!

The proof is in the pictures, I suppose...

This fat little Emmett? He's got my heart.

Stealing kisses from Seth. He was totally asking for it...

Jumping Jackson...

This cute little cherub loves him some french fries...

Ah, Seth is such a handsome kiddo...

Me and my Janiebug

We went for a walk...and Jane liked keeping her hand on Emmett's fuzzy head, for some reason :)

On Friday night, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle showed up at Mom and Dad's place...

And lately, this little muffin has turned into a DANCING MACHINE! As soon as she hears music, she gets this adorable goofy grin on her sweet face, and she shakes her groove thang. So cute!

Also, Goose got Kaylee laughing pretty hard.

I love the sound of her laughter!

I got a few pictures of Janie and Aaron's family in their Halloween costumes, but I think I'll save those for my next post.

I sure did love my time in Brig! Thanks, family! I love you!!!

Jackson Hole, WY (Finally!)

Throughout the summer, Jami and I talked about taking a day off and heading over to Jackson Hole just to play.

Then summer faded to autumn (my favorite!), and our trip never happened.

And that was a bummer unto us.

So we decided to take a half day off of work, and we headed on over to Jackson Hole to celebrate Jami's birthday a few days early.

It was a cold and lovely day in Jackson on October 27. We got there mid-afternoon and walked around town and around the shops. Ah, spending time with Jami is always fun...

Moooooose! Jami in a cute little moose beanie...

I'm not entirely sure what this little number is, but Jami kind of wears it well...

Yes, Jami loves hats. Even yeti hats from Eddie Bauer...

Jami totally wants a pair of Moon Boots. And I totally teased her. (But she looks cute in them!)

/Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto/ As it turns out, Moon Boots are ridiculously comfortable...

This here is a huckleberry truffle. So tasty I very nearly cried.

Jami also loved the truffles...

 After frolicking around in the shops and walking around in the cold, we had a tasty dinner and then headed back home.

It made for a terrific afternoon and evening!

Happy birthday, Jami! Thanks for the fun time!