be-a-greeny: matthiessen with the meyers

so after a short week back to work (3 days) it was time for my 'stay-cation' with the girls! a week straight of the girls staying with us! yahoo!! since we had just went to the dells and we're going to madison in august, we didn't make any big plans for a big vacation. and that was just fine with us! i wanted to do some fun stuff, but not be constantly running around! i wanted to try to relax a bit and just hang out!

so friday night we hung out and watched the opening cermonies of the olympics (sidenote....i absolutely love love love the olympics!! and i was pleasantly surprised to learn they were starting on my first day of vacation! bonus!!) the girls didn't really care about them - they wanted to watch the actual olympic competitions! lol! so basically we just played all night! fine by me!

saturday the girls went back to their dads so i cleaned all day. then i had a graduation party to go to and then ryan & amy's couples shower! turned out to be a really fun day! watched some olympics while cleaning (of course) and had a great time at the parties!

sunday jesi and i headed up to the city for a free photography class!! we decided that since we've had our 'fancy' cameras for so long now (me...over 2 years) it couldn't hurt to learn how to use it a little! lol! so off we went! all in all....glad we went! we got to hang out all day, have some delicious lunch, and we even learned a thing or two about our cameras! we're both almost certain though, that we wouldn't pay for a class with this dude! like i said, we did learn some stuff, but the guy was so arrogant and just rude at times! grandiose was the term jesi used. it's hard to explain, but wow!

so after a wonderful day with my bestie, it was time for the girls to come back for a whole week! how wonderful!

on the agenda for monday.....a girls day with my mom.....pedicures, lunch and shopping!! we had such a wonderful time!!

as we were putting together some shelves for the playroom, michele texted me and asked if we wanted to go hiking....but of course!! the girls are always up for hiking, and always looking to have a date! so it was perfect! we packed some sandwiches and snacks and back to matthiessen we went! we've been there 3 times in the last month or so and each time we went to a different entrance! so each time was a new trail, a new adventure! it was a little warm, but it was in the evening, so it wasn't terrible! and the kids didn't mind! they kept chugging along!