Bucket List

Last weekend, long time friends and ex-neighbors, Stephanie, Tommy and Marren came in town for a visit!  It was such a fantastic weekend, except lil Marren ended up getting the sniffles before she left :(.  

 She is a very cute and very active eight month old.  In fact, I had to borrow this picture from her Mommy's Facebook page because every picture I took was just a little blurry because she didn't sit still for very long.

I think this was the longest road trip that the McCain family has ever made.  At least they were coming to a very child-friendly house, with all the toys and entertainment any infant or toddler could ever need!  We even got to witness her first real crawl.  Yay for baby milestones!

One of the main reasons they decided to come, was The Dirty Guv'nahs were having their CD release concert in Market Square...for FREE!  Somehow we met some folks that worked for the band's record label and ended up getting to meet them.  HELLO!  I wouldn't be surprised if they don't make it big in the next few years.  Stephanie, Tommy and Marren, we had a GREAT time and look forward to our next visit really soon!

This weekend was busy with all sorts of chores and outdoor fun.  My little yard hand discovered Jiminy cricket hitching a ride on the wheel barrel when we were raking up the piles of grass left over after I finally got to mow the Serengeti...I mean my yard.  I thought we were going to have to make a jar home for him (fully equipped with a twig and a leaf and holes in the lid), but I was able to convince John Thomas that Jiminy had to go home to eat dinner with his family.

I also made a purchase this week of a used Fender acoustic guitar.  Learning how to play the guitar has been on my bucket list for a few years now, so when the opportunity presented itself--I had to take advantage of it.  I will be looking for someone to give me lessons in the very near future, so if you know anyone, please let me know.