Wing night

Is extra special when a Birthday Party is involved! Happy 26th (man I feel old) Andrew!






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Monday night

After a long Monday, I had so much fun making valentines with one of my favorite people followed by a great, late night dinner with some my favorite JL GROW friends. Friends and laughter can really turn your day around!

Love these kids...

And their Mommas and Daddies and their Nonna and Poppa (and their Uncle Ray) so much...





























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Friday night fun...

Lily and Layne are spending this long weekend with Nonna and Poppa so I went and spent my Friday night playing trains and Tetris with them. Can't wait for Molly and Mullen to get here tomorrow.

Low key

We've had a pretty low key weekend full of the basics...church (where we sang one of my favorite hymns...Here I am Lord), grocery, laundry, exercise, hair cut, cleaners, etc.  Ray put new breaks on my car so no more squeaking for me.  He had a great 'business' trip to Telluride and has been catching up on his sleep this weekend!   He keeps talking about how we have to go back soon! I'm ready!
I did get a quick play date with some of my favorites!
Layne is into trains...





Lily's last picture with all of her teeth! She lost a top one a few hours later!


Lily and Nonna finally got around to making the rice Krispy gingerbread house!  She so enjoyed it even if it was January 11th!


Now, I'm making a new recipe for dinner and hoping it turns out good so it will work for a dinner meeting I'm hosting on Tuesday night.

Last weekend wrap up..

So much fun was had last weekend.  Aunt Sherry, Shannon and Amanda (Shannon's friend) came to town on Thursday, so once I got off work on Friday it was all fun and family!  They stayed at our house and Molly and Mullen and Emily, Lily and Layne stayed at mom and dads, so it was a party everywhere we went!  It is always great when they come, but there was something extra special about it being at Christmas.  I'll let the pics tell the story, but since I can't get the pics from my phone to load...to recap in words:  wing night, Peabody, Panchos (per their request, but it was delicious), Botanic Gardens for Snowy Nights, Build A Bear, Graceland, Hibachi, tried to go to Starry Nights, Sleepover with Lily, LeftRightCenter and we ended with a huge family dinner at our house (I think we had 33 people) and it went great!  I'm guessing it has been since 1999 that that many people on the Mullen side were together.  

Cheers to 2014...

Since we have both been under the weather, we enjoyed a low key night at home. Made homemade pizzas and watched the guitar drop on Beale street! Today we took Christmas down, went to see Wolf of Wall Street and enjoyed a lucky dinner.

Here's to a wonderful 2014...where I plan to enjoy my ride through life, stay positive, always be thankful, live with energy, enthusiasm and empathy, give of myself, but not so much that I loose my purpose and treat every person as they are the most important person...Happy 2014!