The Mellens

We have had a busy weekend going on around here. It’s been fun, of course, but really busy.

On Saturday, our good friends The Herrings had an Easter Egg hunt and cook-out at their house. It started at 11am and we got there just about that time. We had a wonderful time – especially the girls who LOVED hunting Easter Eggs with friends!! Everything was just fantastic and we enjoyed it very much! We hated to leave early, but we had to make our way home a little after 1pm, so I could get Mariana dressed and ready for a princess birthday party.

Saturday adventure number two was a birthday party for Mariana’s preschool friend, Katie. She had a princess party and all the little party guests wore their princess finery. Mariana chose to be Ariel (aka – the Little Mermaid) and I put on her costume from Halloween. Sister has done some growing since Halloween, let’s just say, so I had to put on some blue shorts under her dress. All the little princesses looked so adorable. The birthday girl and here family were very gracious and fun hosts. Mariana had a wonderful time! She was positively exhausted by the time we left, but in the best way possible.

I didn’t feel like cooking last night, so Mickey went and picked up some “hot and ready” Little Caesar’s pizza and crazy bread. You can’t beat $10 for a meal, right?! We had pizza and vegged at home last night. AHHHH!!

The girls went to bed without so much as a peep last night and were up ready to rock and roll again this morning. We are going to see Macey’s school chorus’ production of “Beauty & the Beast” this afternoon, so we’re quite excited about another adventure this weekend.

OH! While Mariana and I were gone to the princess party yesterday, Mickey and Macey worked on Macey’s bike riding skills. She is doing SOOOOO well on her big bike now! She’s still learning, but she made some major progress yesterday. Woo hoo! GO MACEY GO!!

Hope the weekend is great for everyone. I’ll have pictures to share soon.

Blessings,
Kelly

We went out to dinner with our friends, the DeDona’s, this evening. We went to one of our favorite local BBQ places. The food was delicious, as always. The company was even better. We love getting together with Dave, Christie and their daughter Rosemary. It’s always so much fun!! The girls have a ball hanging out together and us adults always laugh like hyenas over all sorts of crazy stuff. Never a dull moment.

After dinner, we went to Yogli-Mogli which just opened in our area. Oh my goodness – that place is amazing! They have several different flavors of frozen yogurt plus just about any topping you can fathom. (They even had Fruity Pebbles although I didn’t get that. Gack!) I had peanut butter mixed with chocolate yogurt with granola and bit of caramel. Hello…YUM! What you do is get as much yogurt and topping as you want and then pay by the ounce. That place was packed and steady with business. It was really cool and FUN!!

Here is a picture of all three girls at Yogli-Mogli. Rosemary has just lost her first tooth which you can tell in the photo. So cute!! Macey is wearing her favorite scarf – note the peace signs. And, Mariana is cheesin’ to beat the band. I love it!

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Thanks, DeDona Family, for a really FUN evening!! Can’t wait to get together again!