So I “Hit You With the Food First” in my last post and I never returned to update you on the important stuff - family and friends. April was so full of fun family and friend events that I didn’t have time to blog about it. So here’s my Post-Easter Catch-Up.

4/14 - Cat’s Bridal Shower, Great Falls, VA
Cat’s shower was beautiful and so much fun. Steph Smith was in town for it and we got to spend some QT together on Friday night working on the games for the shower. At the shower I met almost all of Catherine’s bridesmaids and they were all so nice and beautiful. I even snapped a very low-quality video of gracious Catherine getting a little verklempt. (Reference to the Mike Myers skit, Coffee Talk, from Saturday Night Live, oh come’ on you have to remember that skit!) To see all of my pictures, see Stacey’s Shutterfly Site - link in the right panel.

4/21 - BBQ, Missy & Justin’s House
I got to see Missy & Justin’s remodeling job for the first time, met Missy’s neices for the first time, visited with Kimberly & Carlos, Lisa, Jewel, Gary & Terri, Cindy & Allison, Mom & Chris, enjoyed delicious ‘make-your-own-kebabs’, and I apparently forgot I had a camera! I didn’t take many pictures at all - bummer. I’m glad I had this chance to visit before Justin’s surgery (hope you’re feeling better soon Justin!).

4/27 - Dinner with Holly & Keith, Sweetwater
Friday night we hung out with Holly & Keith and had a yummy dinner at Sweetwater. Although Holly was the one with the knee brace on (she just had surgery and had an infection in her knee), I almost fell down the stairs walking to the bar. Keith is having surgery soon too - what’s up with all these people needing surgery? Someone drank too much wine - can you guess who it was? Name rhymes with with Facey.

4/29 - Mom’s Birthday Brunch, Mom & Chris’ House
Man I’m mad at myself for not taking pictures. Chris and I planned a birthday brunch for mom. Chris made the omelettes, I brought the fruit salad and cooked up Cooking Light’s Lemon-Blueberry Muffins and Herb-Roasted Potatoes from Vegan with a Vengeance. David and Jill came out to the ‘Burg, and we all enjoyed mimosas and catching up with each other. Happy Birthday Day, Mom!

5/1 - Becca’s Birthday Dinner, Melting Pot
Becca had her SWEET SIXTEEN yesterday. I can hardly believe that Becca is already 16, wow time flies. Georgia coordinated a very fun dinner at the Melting Pot in Reston and we ate some fondue and celebrated Becca’s birthday. All of my pictures from last night are posted in my Shutterfly Site. Want to hear us sing to Becca? Watch the video. The table next to us was having a retirement party and joined us in singing Happy Birthday to Becca!

*Note to self - take more pictures and no more mass updates!