true boy tales: You can never have too much Candy...

Sunday, July 17, 2011

You can never have too much Candy...

At least this kind. My best friend (for 10 years now!) came for a quick visit from Cali last weekend. She left her 2 kiddos at home so I made sure to have plenty of childcare lined up and we had all kinds of fun.

Day 1: Lunch downtown (my new favorite place--Proof. We didn't stop thinking about that lunch all weekend) and shopping in the East Village (also found my new favorite store--Porch Light. Tons of adorable vintage stuff). An afternoon coffee and dessert at Smokey Row, then we went out to dinner and to the Funny Bone comedy club that night with Jon.

Day 2: relaxing day at the pool. The Colyers had some family in town so they planned a day at the pool (seen here). Jon was so sweet and kept the boys that morning so we could go over by ourselves and have a couple of glorious quiet hours to read in the sun. The rest of the family joined after lunch.

Some neighbors had some puppies for sale. I'm a huge sucker for baby animals (but not at all a sucker for full grown animals so I'm totally fine with just cuddling them and letting somebody else take them home)

Day 3: Gateway Market for lunch (free kids meals all weekend! Have you had the french fries there?? Ummm, yeah. Pretty sure I dreamt about them that night) then Jon tagged along with the ladies to Jordan Creek mall for some more shopping.

There were a couple of movies in our theatre room and a pint of Ben and Jerry's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch in there somewhere. The next day we headed to Omaha for an early dinner at Twisted Fork in the Old Market (delicious- i definitely recommend it. And I loved the cowboy chic decor.) and then we said farewell at the airport, most likely until next year. It was a perfect weekend (and thanks to my moms for keeping the boys!). I'm so blessed to have a friend like her but always wish it didn't require a plane to see her. Maybe we'll be next door neighbors in heaven.

4 comments:

mandaJuly 17, 2011 at 1:50 PM
What a SUPER fun weekend!!! Food, shopping, and reading...what could be better?!?!?
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CandyJuly 17, 2011 at 8:15 PM
Best blog post ever!! :) I keep re-living the weekend in my mind, and there is just not a thing I would change. I loved eating, reading, sleeping in, talking, laughing, and shopping!! Thanks for everything. Love you Best friend.
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NikkiJuly 18, 2011 at 7:28 AM
Proof is the best ever! Brent works two-doors down from that place and I love meeting him there for lunch! What a fun besties weekend! And, I love posts about food. Maybe I'm crazy, but reading about food is almost as much fun as eating food.
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The CottagerJuly 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM
fun fun fun...and candy, you are very talented at making faces:) those are great!
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