Girlfriends Weekend and Miscellaneous Fun

Two weeks ago I headed to Holland with my two sisters, Joan and Denise, and one of my sisters-in-law, Beckie, for our annual Girlfriends Weekend - oh, such a fun time!! We literally run to try to fit in as many events as we can - from contests and drawings, to jewelry making, glass painting, photo shoots, meditation sessions, cooking classes, wine tasting, fashion shows, a delicious breakfast buffet at Alpen Rose, and more and more. Something new this year was martini tasting - oh, my! We were each given 8 samples!! That makes for 32 samples on one table! Needless to say we didn't drink a fraction of them but it made for a great picture!

We just got our goodie bags are we're ready to start our shopping:-)

We had a 'little' rain on Friday!

We were missing mom so we took a picture and saved a spot for her!

The tables were decorated with all things from the 80's for our party on Saturday night.

Check out those cool gloves - pretty groovy, huh?

We learned how to make these yummy appetizers at a cooking class.

Martini tasting night - 8 samples for each of us was about 7 too many!

I've had enough!!

Denise and Beckie toasting to a fun night!

We had a delicious breakfast buffet at Alpin Rose on Sunday morning.

Ryan and Heather's kids, including precious baby Luke, who was baptized last Sunday.

Elijah and Jacob celebrated their birthdays last week. They were both 6 for a few days. Jacob turned 6 on the 3rd and Elijah turned 7 on the 8th. We took them to Chuckie Cheese and we all had lots of fun!

It was also Zippora's birthday last week - she turned 5 on the 5th. She came in with Ben in the morning and we spent the day together. We baked cookies, made crafts, she opened her gift, we did her nails, and then the highlight for her was our tea party. She brought along a fancy little dress that Erica made her with all little ruffles on it. She kept saying over and over all day that it was "the very best day of my whole entire life!"

Elijah has been keeping the tooth fairy has been busy lately!

I hope that your life is as full of blessings as mine is.