Memorial weekend!!

We had another crazy busy but fun weekend! We started out the weekend going to dinner with our friends, the Toppins, to plan a couple's shower that we are having in June for the Tris... it went very well... we decided on a menu and are good to go! On Saturday morning we hit the Farmer's Market in St. Paul with my parents and decided to start a vegetable garden! I love that place! We bought tomatoes, snap peas, lettuce, banana peppers and green peppers to start. Lots more to add though! Matthew had a great time helping MeeMee plant! Saturday night we headed to Ashley and Jordan's to Jordan's grad party... he got his MBA! Yea for Jordy!! Sunday was my mom's b-day and today is my sister in law Mary's bday! So Kristin and I had a family party for them at Kristins... it was the most perfect day... we had great food and enjoyed a few vodka/lemonades! On Memorial Day, my mom, Mary, Kristin, Kim and I headed to Grand Ave for some shopping and lunching! This was to celebrate the bdays again but with no boys and no kids! It was so much fun! We had an awesome 2 1/2 hour lunch at Salut. It is always so nice to have an uninterrupted adult conversation with the girls! lots of laughing that's for sure! We had such a great time until my mom tripped over a crack in the sidewalk... the poor thing! She scraped up her elbow and got a puncture would in her knee from her "fancy pants". Once we knew she was OK, we got quite a kick out of this! She had on a very cute pair of jean capris that had beading at the bottom... when she biffed, the bead made a puncture wound under her knee cap and pulled out a little piece of fat, which we thought was a tendon or a ligament or something... so we brought her to the ER (since it was a holiday) and they told us it was just a piece of fat. So we were in the waiting room and she decides that she is fine, she said as long as it wasn't a tendon she didn't think she needed to see the doctor. So we busted her out of the ER and were on our way. Needless to say we had a lot of laughs over this! My mom is so incredibly funny and can laugh at herself like no one I have ever met! I love her to pieces and I am so lucky to have her. What a riot! Thank goodness she is OK and just had some bruises and scrapes and not a broken leg or hip! Anyway, enough rambling! Below are some highlights!

We also went to the zoo last week... here is a pic of the kiddos! Ava Matthew and Lukey

Ava, my 4 year old niece took this picture! isn't it cute?! So impressive!
Here they are planting the vegetable garden... pretty pathetic, we have about 8 plants! Check out Matthew's gloves that about 10 sizes to big.
And the cute birthday girls!
This was our fun lunch before my mom took her tumble. Mom, me, Mary, Kim and Kristin