The Granny Diaries and More: Good food, great company, old friends...

It has been such a nice weekend. Lyndsey and Jud came in on Saturday because we (Lyndsey and I, along with 6 others) hosted a bridal shower for Kristen, one of Lyndsey's oldest and dearest friends, who is getting married in October. Jud got to go stay with his Aunt Kristin and cousins Aden and Eric during the shower. Later in the evening, there was a lingerie shower for Kristen, which Lyndsey and I also attended. Jud got to stay with his PaPa Smith and Tina for a couple of hours while we went to it.

Today has been the laziest of days...ordered pizza in, took naps, watched a Ranger baseball game, and enjoyed a nice amount of rain. Doesn't get much better.

Events like these are bittersweet to me -- on one hand, I am so happy and proud to see these, my favorite girls, falling in love, getting married, having babies -- but on the other hand, I would like to turn the clock back to when they were just little girls. And, well, big girls, too! I'm talking about the boy crazy, slumber party, wrapping houses, telephone calling, summer camp attending, clothes borrowing, note writing, hurting each other's feelings, learning to drive, prom dress shopping, cheerleading, lifeguarding, going off to college kind of days.

I miss them.

I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked, but as I'm sure you all know, its hard when the event is at your house. So, here are a couple...

Beautiful Kristen...she will be a gorgeous bride...