Wine & (Mac and) Cheese Party

For years our college crew has gotten together for our annual wine and cheese party. I do have to say that throughout the years we have welcomed new faces as well as said our good-byes to others. We have also welcomed lots of little babies. It is so fun to watch our little group grow.

{Madelynn & Em ily-24 mo, Aubrey-17 mo, Jacob 4 years, Bryson-5 years, and Haley- 11 mo}

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And while our wine & cheese parties may look a bit different these days, we had so much fun enjoying this controlled chaos and baby play date. So here's to many more Wine & (Mac and) Cheese Parties. Enjoy our afternoon of friendship fun and baby play in pictures.

 {Haley & Auby playing Legos}

 {Adam & the hubby}

 {The kids enjoying a mac and cheese picnic}

 {Steph & baby Haley}

 

 {Kids will be kids}

 {Jacob & Bryson fun}

 {The Ladies Traditional Deviled Egg Photo}

I truly love these deviled egg photos. I also am so thankful I have a bestie that makes them. Love you K!

 {The Boys & the babes}

To great friends, to good food, to fun times, and to memories that will last a lifetime. Happy Wine & (mac &) Cheese Party!

Say Cheese & Family Karaoke!

Each month someone from our college group of friends puts together an exciting activity. With the craziness that is life, it is so nice to all get together and catch up. This month, our friends really outdid themselves. It was such a perfect combination of our group's favorite activities. My morning started off with a great breakfast date to Chick-Fil-A with one of my besties. I love catching up with her and her sweet family. For several of our friends including the husband, their Saturday began with an afternoon at Comic-con at the Irving Convention center. From cosplay characters, signings, Q&As, raffles, and so forth, they sure had a blast. That night we met at our friend, Mike's house for a wine and cheese party.

 

Our friends even bought me sparkling grape juice so that this preggo mama could join in on the fun.

 

During Comic-con the Dukes won free movie tickets to see the new Star Trek movie; however, they had seen it the night before. Adam was so sweet to give the husband and Mike tickets to go on a bro date on Monday before Mike returned to Arkansas. Can you feel the excitement?!?!  We then ate dinner at Mi Cocina and afterwards made our way to Family Karaoke in Dallas. This is of course one of our favorite places to gather as a group. Enjoy some fun pictures of our evening.

 

Sending a big thanks to our sweet friends for setting up a fantastic college group outing. We sure did enjoy our night and of course missed those that were unable to attend. I'm so thankful for these sweet relationships... over 10 years in the making! I can't wait for our next gathering...

Mike's House Warming/ Wine & Cheese Partay

This Saturday we joined our friends at the Wiley Manor to celebrate Mike's house warming with a little Wine & Cheese Partay. He had a fabulous assortment of eats... but I think these pictures pretty much say it best.

 
His house was gorgeous and pretty much gave me lots of good ideas for our own house "wish list." Plus you never know what you'll find...

...or what crazy pictures will be taken. 

It's hammer time with Ray and Mike!

From a house tour, wine and cheese sampling, photo opts, and playing with these two little friends, it was definitely another great opportunity to celebrate with friends! I am so thankful for this group. We've shared an amazing past, and will continue to embrace a really exciting future. Enjoy photos of the house warming wine & cheese partay!

The ladies with their two sweet little men.

The gents

Duckee loving on the boys:)

Sampling the eats

Two of my favorite ladies

Jacob look'n like daddy. I love this sweet smile!

Happy House Warming and celebrations with friends!

Merry New Christmacheese!

Last night we rang in the New Year with an epic theme party. It included typical celebrations incorporating a wine a cheese, white elephant Christmas party, and of course 2012 New Years bash. We enjoyed a Rudy's BBQ dinner party, appetizers of pecan tassies and deviled eggs, our annual deviled egg picture, white elephant gift exchange, giant jenga, dance parties, karaoke to Toto's Africa, and many opportunities to celebrate the blessings and possibilities that a new year will bring with great friends.

So here it is... a huge picture post to begin our brand new year... a year of continued traditions, but plenty of new ones will be created. It was a wonderful end to a great year. Many of these friendships have lasted almost a decade. It has been amazing to watch us all grow up throughout the years. I sure love growing old with these fabulous people. Happy New Year!