Happy Shrieking

Our family loves to play games.  We received 2 games from Todd's parents for Christmas.

The first was Story Cubes.

We played this one last night after dinner and had a fun time making up stories together.  What we did not expect was how much Lilyanna would enjoy this.  And she was GOOD at it.  She understood what to do almost immediately!  We were frankly surprised at what a good story teller she is and especially how well she incorporated the visual prompts from the cubes into her stories!

The second game was Suspend. 

 Again, we all enjoyed it, but didn't anticipate just how much Lilyanna would.  Here is a video of her and Todd playing earlier this evening.  (Warning: if you watch this, you'll want to turn the sound down!)

The Wedding

Nicky-poo's wedding (I've been calling him Nicky-poo for years now. He's too tough to smile in any pictures taken in the last decade, but he responds to Nicky-poo. Go figure...) was a black tie affair. This meant that my boys were the cutest things EVER in their tuxes. I have millions of pictures of the kids and I think one picture of the bride. And none of Nicky-poo my brother-in-law. Because kids are cuter.

Okay, I also took a few pictures of grown ups. Jenny and I left the pool early to begin the transformation process from beach bums to elegant ladies. It took hours.

I told Nick that I loved him so much I would brush my hair before coming to his wedding. Then Jen went wild with a curling iron. It's fun to have sisters in law.

Seriously. Cutest Boys EVER. My three monsters and their cousin, Charlie were the life of the party. They kept the dance floor awesome all night and were completely unabashed in their enthusiastic dancing. I'm so proud.
Check out the totally hot guys I live with. You know you're jealous.

Tell me these ladies aren't gorgeous!! That's my niece and her Momma. Beautiful ladies.

More beautiful girl. It's so nice having a niece to shop for.

What to do when it's just too much party to handle? Pull out the board game you conveniently happened to pack along with you, of course.

You have to like a beautiful bride who is confident enough to be photographed with a pink plastic pig. Welcome to the family, Erica.

Me and Jen post party and back in our comfy pajamas.