Meet Lucy and Loopsy

 The girls have been begging for some kind of pet to have. We're just not ready for a dog right now, a cat is ABSOLUTELY out of the question (sorry cat lovers), and so we opted for a fish. After finding out that the easiest fish to take care of would probably be a beta the girls got to each pick one out. We prepped for this experience by learning a little bit about fish, doing a fish craft and then finally bringing one home. Jessie chose the name Loopsy for her red fish and Tegan wanted Lucy for her blue one (even though it is a male). They have loved checking in on them and Jessie has even read to Loopsy a couple of times. Sadly, I think Loopsy might already be on his way out. Tom and I are trying to figure out how we're going to break that bit of news to Jess.

This weekend was Tommy's birthday weekend. He go to celebrate it for several days in a row. We started out on Friday night with a delicious dinner at an Italian restaurant we've never tried with friends and games afterwards. All went well, except that I ate too much and found myself clutching the toilet at 2:30 in the morning as a consequence. Won't do that again, probably....

Saturday we continued his celebration vicariously through his friend Blake who also had a birthday celebration.

 Jessie is taking a swing at the stubborn pinata

 Finally had to stab a hole in it to get the goods

 And four pregnant ladies..

 Here's the handsome birthday boy. I've got to say he gets more and more handsome with age. Sunday we had his family over and some of mine for a little bit more celebrating. We did things Cafe Rio style and you can't go wrong with that.

The cousins played their little hearts out while we ate our guts out and we enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day.

Happy Birthday to sweetie. Sure am glad we found each other many years ago!