SMILING BIG

I honestly don't know if I am going to be able to express just how "perky" I am! My Melly is here and how I am enjoying her. She arrived about 9:30 Sat. night and the two of us sat up chatting until almost midnight before it occurred to us that we have A WHOLE WEEK to chat, haha. It really is funny how much better a conversation is in person. Don't get me wrong, I am grateful for the telephone, text messages, and facebook, but they really do pale in comparison. Anyway, we finally headed off to bed. The next day as we were getting ready for Jess & Phil's engagement party, I was reminded how wonderful it is to have her in the house to get ready with. She fixed my hair for me and I modeled all my tops for her to get her opinion. We finally headed off for Long Beach and wonderful time at the party. It was at the Long Beach Yacht Club and it was such a nice day with beautiful surroundings. They had soo many hors douvers that looked sooo wonderful I am not going to lie, it was VERY DIFFICULT for me to resist them. But I am happy to report that I did, sticking to the fresh veggie tray which was really pretty good. It was just such a fun day. The future bride and groom were happy and darling to watch. Jess & Mel were glad to see each other and had a good time together as always. We left the party about 7 and went to have dinner at Kings Fish House. I had a wonderful Salmon, and was quite the happy camper. By the time we got back home we were all pretty tired and headed off to bed. Today Mel & I had the WHOLE day to ourselves. Soo wonderful. We had our breakfast and coffee together chatting away in our chairs like she had never left. Then we headed out for a little shopping. We had a good time as always. She tried on clothes and I sat giving my opinion. We bought nothing but some makeup and then went to get Sushi for lunch. The food was wonderful, but the company was wonderous. We talked and talked. After lunch we decided to see a movie and went and saw Remember Me. It was actually quite depressive, but we both enjoyed it anyway. I loved sitting with her at a movie again while whispering back and forth about what we thought. We were practically alone in the theater (apparently not the popular thing to do on a Mon. afternoon, haha) so don't think our "talking" bothered anyone. After the movie we stopped to get a frozen yogurt before heading back home. Tonight she is having dinner with her 3 good friends and will spend the evening catching up with them. This gave me the opportunity to make up the slide show of the engagement party and post this. I am just soo grateful that I am feeling 100% this week. God is soo good. I know I will probably go into somewhat of a slump when she heads off again in a few days, but I am refusing to not let myself go there and take from any of the good times that still lay ahead. I am just so giddy.

I am going to post a couple of pics that didn't fit very well in the slide show slot, or that I thought were just good enough to get another posting.

Mel & Jess at the party.  They looked soo cute.  It was just beautiful outside.

Just thought they looked soo cute here

My sisters and Mel & Jess

Full length shot

Mel & I and Jess & Danae.  We try to take our pic together at major events in our life.  We have just a few of this "pose" of us together since the girls were really little.

I can't believe I am actually posting this, lol....We call this the Class "lemon face" We have a few of these unformately as well.  Our kids think it's quite funny.  I DEFINITELY have the most lemony look of the group, haha

The girls have been doing this silly pose since they were about 10 years old.  No occasion is complete without it apparently, lol

Ok, now here is the slide show...Remember to turn off my music on the right hand side and click full screen to watch.  Hit the escape key on your computer to exist.  ENJOY....I'll post more pics (I am sure you are all on the tips of your seats, haha) if I get the chance later in the week.  Meanwhile know that this gal over here is smiling big....

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