A couple of weekends ago I was blessed with the opportunity to go on a small road trip with my BFF Becky. First we headed to Kokomo (with our husbands and sons) to the Vietnam Veterans Reunion to see my dad and others. It is an annual thing they go to and let me tell you it is a sight to see. I always have a blast. It is basically a big drunk fest with a bunch of hilarious old men. You really cannot describe this event, you just have to see it for yourself. So I knew our friends Becky and Jon would love it and the boys too. They got to ride on a golf cart and see the military helicopters fly around. We were even fortunate this year to go up to one of the helicopters and the boys got to get inside of it. Of course Caedmon wasn't having it but Adrian loved it. A good time was had but to sum it up the old men will tell you, what happens in Kokomo stays in Kokomo. :-)
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| My dad and my uncles |
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| Dad and I |
After a couple of hours in Kokomo, Becky and I said bye to our boys and we continued our journey up north to South Bend. The main reason for the trip was for me to attend a bridal shower for a wedding I am in. I invited Becky along for the ride so I didn't have to go alone, for a little girl time, and so she could see where I grew up. We swung by my dads house so she could see the one and only house I grew up in and to pick up a couple of things. Then since my dad was in Kokomo for the weekend we decided to crash at my first sis-in-law Heather's house and have girl time. We may or may not have had too many margaritas that night and went to bed at 3AM. At least this time we only watched Sweetest Thing once. This is becoming Heather and I's new tradition to watch this movie while drinking margaritas. Last time I hung out with her we watched it 3 times!!! We weren't really paying attention because we were busy talking and we needed background noise.
The next morning we managed to get up, get ready, and head to the bridal shower brunch at 11:30AM! It was a very nice shower with good food. And I was asked to make the bouquet with the ribbons for the wedding rehearsal. At first I panicked and didn't know what to do since I was sort of put on the spot. But after a little assistance and getting it going I got the hang of it and was very proud of myself for it. I thought it turned it out great and the bride appeared to be excited with it.
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| Me and the Kuklas (aka my cousins) and the bouquet |
After the shower we headed back to Indy as our boys were attending the Annual Lobster Fest held by our friend Dave. We agreed to make it back there to visit for a bit and relieve our husbands of kid duty for them to have a good time there. Dave is from Connecticut and has his pilot's license. He flies himself to Connecticut and the day before Lobster Fest buys fresh lobster right off the boat very early in the morning. After Becky and I left we came back to my house and played with boys and hung out for the rest of the weekend. It was a very busy and eventful weekend to say the least. :-)
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| Lobsters on the plane! |
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| Crap! One got loose! |
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| Best Buds! |
