monkey see monkey do

I left this sweet pea for the weekend...

so i could go with the girls to celebrate Sus' 30th birthday party bash!

She did not know we were coming along with several other family members.

This was her face when she saw us at the party Friday night...

What a surprise it was to her. There was lots of tears and hugs to begin the night.

So glad we could be a part of her 30th "golden" birthday!

Saturday was the Kentucky derby... We continued the birthday celebration at Arlington Heights to watch the horse races. We rocked our derby hats...

met up with great friends...

and bet money on the Des Moines horse...

Patty O'Prado.

Patty came in 3rd place so we were close to walking away with some extra cash.

We had a great weekend with the McKinney family. There was 25-30 people who made the trip to celebrate the big day!

I came home to a hoarse kiddo who had coughed all weekend and lost his voice. I stepped out of the car and received the biggest running hug ever. What a great feeling that was...

He had a great weekend with dad and grandma/grandpa Wilson despite all the coughing.