Huntsville with Dad & Rosie

Wednesday night, I received a message from Rosie that they would be in Huntsville on Thursday, and after they were finished taking care of the things they needed to get done, they would like to have lunch with us.  Bobby's working nights this week so he wasn't able to, but the kids and I made plans to meet them.

We met them at Taziki's and had a wonderful lunch.  That turkey club gyro is SO yummy, I can't seem to make myself order anything else when we go.  We chatted about lots of things and then ended up talking about rafting.  If we go for Father's Day, they're going to go with us!  Rosie is making a trade out of it though.  If she does this with dad, he has to go on a hot air balloon ride with her :)

I told them that I wanted to stay in town until that evening.  I've heard about The Greene Street Market and wanted to check it out.  They decided they would stick with us for the day, so we ended up going to Green Mountain for a bit to kill some time.  I made a quick call to Esther to get directions and we were on our way.

We've only been to Green Mountain one other time, with Karen and Keilee and that was over two years ago.  It's such a beautiful place, I don't know why we don't visit more often.   

We only walked to the little log cabin and back out, then we sat in the wooden rocking chairs and just enjoyed the scenery and each other's company.  It's such a peaceful place.  Soon it was time to head on to our next adventure so I plugged the address into our GPS and we were on our way.

Can I just say that city parking confuses me?  There are lots, but you have to have a permit to use them.  Where do you get those?  We circled several times, ended up splitting up and each found parking spots about a block away in opposite directions.  At any rate, we were back together soon and we ran into a friend we haven't seen in forever.  Love those surprises!

The market is bigger than I imagined with LOTS of vendors selling local fresh fruits and veggies, homemade breads, goat cheese, hummus, salsas, flowers, herbs etc.  There's live music showcasing local talent. Oh, and 587 dogs!  Everyone brought their doggies ranging from a Doberman and Standard Poodle to teacup Chihuahuas.

Can you believe I forgot to stop at an ATM?  I went to a street market with NO cash.  I'm such a goob sometimes!  Rosie treated us to these wonderful frozen fruit pops.  Brit picked mango-habanero, Dakota picked a rainbow flavored one, Dad got a coconut (may have been pina colada now that I'm thinking about it), Rosie's was strawberry and I got peach-basil, which was VERY refreshing on a hot afternoon.  Of course, we all tasted each other's and they were all delicious! 

 

Soon it was time for Dad and Rosie to leave, and left me with $20 so I'd buy something.  We picked up a quart of strawberries, a bag of lettuce, a bag of spinach and a small bunch of radishes.  I can't wait to make a salad today!

 

It was a wonderful day.  I called them on our way home to thank them and tell them how much we enjoyed our time together.  Rosie said they were just saying the same thing and how when I was little, Dad had to work so much, he wasn't able to do spontaneous things with me and how he was so thankful he's able to now.  That made me tear right up.  I'm so very thankful for these moments :)

Dad and Rosie

were married this morning!  I've known for about a week, but was sworn to secrecy.  It is now, however, Facebook official :)  Gah, I'm so happy for them!!

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs.  :)

Happenings

I have nothing particularly important to say.  I just felt like jabbering about, and this is the best place to do that.

It's been kind of a slow week.  We met dad and Rosie in Huntsville and they treated us to Taziki's.  Then we went to Southerland Station because Rosie wanted to buy the kids some presents.  She's very gift giving!  Brit got a Webkinz and a set of drawing pencils.  Cody got this really cool R C car.  Plus he bought himself a set of planet stickers.  I picked up a Winnie the Pooh coloring book.  Seriously.  No shame.

On our way back home, we stopped at the hospital to see our friends who had just had a baby.  Goodness.  Babies.  I know a ridiculously large amount of women who either just had a baby or are pregnant now.  His name is Brantlee and he's absolutely precious.  I made them dinner one night this week and took over homemade chocolate chip cookies as a bargaining chip to gain extra snuggles with that kid. 

Britney has gone to three art classes and to two Father of the Bride practices so far.  She's so excited about this play.  She has a pretty major role as far as how much time she'll be on stage plus it's the most lines she's ever had!  Since she is the maid, the director has given her free range of going on stage as much as she sees fit.  She has a lot of freedom in this role and she's pretty geeked about it.  And her character is kind of sassy.  That's seems fitting ;)

The kids and I sat down and discussed things they want to learn and work on.  It's a pretty decent list!

We're looking at ways to cut costs around here, so I'm pretty sure we're getting rid of our cable.  We have Netflix now and will most likely add Hulu.  That will save a good chunk.  We're also trying to sell things.  We have an absurd amount of things we've acquired over the years.  We still have saddles and tack from our horse owning days...like 6 - 7 years ago.  We have old car seats in the garage.  We have the kids' crib in the attic. We have SO much stuff and as soon as possible we're going to have a huge ass yard sale.  What doesn't sell will be donated.  It's not coming back in here.

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I wrote that upper section last week and never posted it.  Oops :)  

Brit is continuing play practice and it's going very well.  They have a photo shoot tomorrow and we still don't have the apron for her maid outfit.  Thrift store?  I bet I could sew one up pretty quickly too.

We met a group of friends at a local restaurant as a send off for Cathy and Lakota.  They're moving to Texas for a bit.  We had a good time chatting non stop.  No one took pictures.  Who'd a thunk? 

We've been hiking.  I took Bobby to Rainbow Mountain, we all walked the Wildflower Trail and then Brit and I met a friend and did part of the Monte Sano Nature Preserve.  Oh my goodness!  We loved it.  I'll get pictures up today.  I love finding brand new to us awesome places within an hour from the house!

We took Bailey and Cooper to the Rhodes Ferry Park for a little bit.  We're trying to get them out more.

We've listed all of the diving gear on craigslist with absolutely NO interest.  Why can't people just buy the things we want to sell...immediately and pay more than we're asking?