Father's Day Weekend

We had a pretty relaxing Father's Day Weekend. Patrick took Friday off to go shopping, and the girls and I headed to the National Zoo to meet Cousin Jacque, who was in the DC area with her dad (Mitch) visiting her Aunt Heather. Jacque lives in California, so we don't get to see her very much, and we had a GREAT time visiting!




Saturday we met with Long Fence to get an estimate for a wood fence to keep the girls in the back yard and out of the busy street. This has been a project on our list that moved up very quickly in priority when one of our neighbor's daughters got hit by a car 2 weeks ago. She is OK, thankfully, but we were reminded how easily that could have been Mia. Mia can unlock and open our outside doors, and has been known to head outside without an adult.

Saturday night we attended the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Man and Woman of the Year Gala, which was sponsored by Patrick's Company, Accenture. It was so nice to be able to get dressed up and go out!! We were at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium which was beautiful and decked out in gold leaf, huge columns, statues, and coiffured ceilings.

There was a silent auction, where we bid on a portrait session for the girls, and a fun auction game where we bid on a jewelry box with unknown contents. We got a beautiful amethyst.

Both girls took to the babysitter right away and were asleep when we got home, which took me by surprise! We will go out more often now that we know how well they do with her! Ha ha!!

Father's Day was a laid-back day outside by the pool. We had the neighbors over to play as well, and Patrick got the nozzle on the hose going for Mia, who loves to play in the spraying water. Then, after naps we all played in the living room and made a banana cream pie for Patrick. It was a pretty nice day, and a great weekend!