Lalu Bean

whoa.

i'm not even sure the last time that we accomplished so much in one weekend.

are you sure you can handle it?

ok then.

my sisters stayed with husband + i over the weekend

because my parents were out of town.

this also happened to coincide with hollie's prom

+ kirby's sleepover on saturday night.

but i'm getting ahead of myself.

on friday afternoon we managed to touch up the paint on the house outside

{that was long overdue}

+ plant some flowers

before the crew came over for

margaritas on the deck

+ pizza + beer + a bonfire.

good times.

......

on saturday i woke up early to help host a bridal shower for jennifer.

it went off without a hitch

+ she got some really amazing stuff.

she really loved the hot air balloon ride

that myself + a couple other girls got for her + andrew.

meanwhile husband was taking care of the girls.

hollie had makeup + hair appointments.

by the time i got back from the shower

we were on our way to meet brian's brother at my parent's house

to move our new {read: their old} couches to our house.

YAY.

that took about 45 minutes + then we immediately 

had to start getting hollie + danny ready for prom.

dresses + shawls + heels + jewelry + touchups.

i was glad i got to be there for her to get ready for her first prom.

+ then sent kirby off on her sleepover.

+ then we were off to meet danny's parents to take some photos.

aren't they gorgeous?

a ton more photos here.

{by the way i'm leaving out the million trips 

back + forth across town that consumed my day-

i think i literally went through 3/4 a tank of gas}.

by the time we were back from pictures i was exhausted.

but i had to re-arrange the living room with new couches first of course.

then aaron + kathy came over for a low-key night in.

lots of wine + how i met your mother + really good times.

......

sunday morning i was feeling a little rough

{cough::too much wine::cough}.

but we got up + got stuff done none the less.

+ oh boy, did we?

tons + absolute tons of yard work.

planted more flowers + cleaned the gutters.

hung new shutters + a trip to lowes.

filled the tiki torches + hung new birdfeeders.

+ of course cleaned the house.

{i feel like i'm leaving out a billion other things

but you get the idea}.

after 10 hours of all this work

we crashed.

taco bell covered our entire coffee table

+ we all pigged out + watched tv.

it was a really great weekend

+ especially awesome to get so much stuff done.

but combine all of that nonstop running with today-

dropping sisters off at school. cleaning the house some more.

{sisters are messy}. bridesmaid dress fittings.

editing prom photos. + picking sisters up from school.

i am wondering where the heck the time has gone?

the end.

happy monday.

xx