Happy Sunday, friends. What a weekend it's been! Our courthouse was closed last Wednesday and Thursday for a major sleet-storm... so as the ice finally began to melt from our roads this weekend, I joined Mom and Dad and Charlene for a road trip to Frisco to see the Texas Mueckes. To my memory, I hadn't seen them since 2019 -- much longer than usual, thanks to COVID. So it was a treat to get to hang out and catch up with everyone... here's our family group pic, thanks to me insisting on it - I had to take up Nancy's usual role since she didn't make it for this trip. lol We're in front of the fireplace in Gus and Marilyn's lovely new home!
After she looked through Mom's scrapbook, I got to catch up with Charlene a bit on the drive, then we stopped at Babe's Chicken for lunch. Each person chooses a meat and then the sides (biscuits, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, and corn) are all unlimited and family style. Everything was really good! Dad and Alan told our waitress it was Gus' birthday (technically that was January 31st, but this was our first chance to celebrate it). We didn't know they went all out like this for birthdays, but it was entertaining! lol
This was also our first time meeting sweet 9-month-old baby Emma! ❤
I rode with Mandy from Babes to her parents' house, and it was good getting to talk and catch up with her! They moved in December, so we got the full home tour from Marilyn - really beautiful! Michael and Melissa and their girls joined us there, then we all sat down for bundtinis and ice cream and more catching up on everyone's lives... work promotions, moving stories, embryo adoptions, upcoming surgeries, divorces, home studies, gun collections, supply chain issues and shipping delays, cancelled travel plans, future hopes, etc. A lot happens in two years. We got a group pic and then headed back home - Charlene rode with the Myricks for the drive back, so it was just me and Mom and Dad. I worked on editing and posting the pictures, then I slept a little, which was nice!
...I zoomed in a little too much for our first group shot, but still pretty cute!
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Today, I went to church with the fam and then I picked up Rays BBQ for an at-home lunch with my cousin, Ashley, and her son, Miles!! Miles turned two on February 13th, and this was my first time meeting him - again, crazy it's been that long, but I'm grateful that's finally changing! Ashley texted on my birthday and said to let her know next time I was in town, and I did. =) Ashley and I had lunch and got caught up on life from 1-2, then Miles woke up from his nap and joined us!
So much cuteness - his hair made me happy! He wasn't too sure about me at first, but hey, I brought him a grilled cheese, so how bad could I be!? lol
He warmed up pretty quickly! The three of us went for a happy walk around their neighborhood, then came back and he showed me his car toys, danced to some of his favorite songs, and got his Curious George book out for me to read with him! ❤
I love the joy in this pic of them playing in the recent snow... she wrote a FB post I really loved about how grateful she felt on this day, so I made a photo gift out of it (yay, Walgreens). It was nice to catch up on the past two years and hear her thoughts on the joys and trials of motherhood!
So it was a busy but good weekend of catching up with family I hadn't seen in way too long!
My Song of the Week = Something Just Like This, a 2017 Coldplay hit that I'm just now really getting into thanks to Peloton playlists... so great!!
Hope you've had a good weekend! See you tomorrow for a February recap!!
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