The past couple weekends have been fun, but busy. Visiting Mitchell at school, Bake Sale in Miami... it was nice to spend a whole weekend with the hubs!

Friday night we were treated to the McNeelys! They are a long-time family friend of the Bakers who moved back home to Canada in 2011. I keep trying to think of the last time I saw them, and I think it was 2011 - crazy. We sure do love them, and hope they have an amazing two weeks at the BEACH.

Lookie - they brought us real Canadian Maple Syrup!

We slept in on Saturday morning (did I mention how amazing it is to have a dog who also enjoys sleeping in?), and then slowly got our act together. Later that afternoon was our friend's Quatro de Mayo party, and she goes all out.

I was an epic fail at the pinata - I didn't even hit it.

But I dominated Twister!

The sun finally showed its pretty little face for a bit on Sunday, so we took full advantage. After church, we leashed up Ruthie and walked down to the Square to check out the Farmers Market. They didn't have much, so we decided to go exploring around our neighborhood... one of my favorite past times! That's one of the many things I love about where we live - you can get lost in all the streets surrounding us.

Speaking of loving where we live, I love our home, but I really don't like hate our front yard. We had these random skinny bushes in the front and I could not stand them. So Adam ripped them out and we made the spontaneous decision to finally get some sort of garden-y thing started. We jumped in the car and headed to Pike's Nursery having no idea what we were doing. With no direction, we naturally didn't ask for help, threw some things in the cart and headed home.

Before

Freshly planted!

Silly me, I was under the impression that the bushes would be full size by Fall... Adam informed me it would take about four seasons. WHAT? At least we've got progress, people. (Now aa long as I don't kill them...)

Well, hey!

I can't believe how long it's been since my last post - whoops! Lassiter Baseball is in the playoffs, so that has kept us pretty occupied (Round 2 starts tonight!). I'll just give you a quick overview of what's been going on with the Bakers lately...

Went to SocialSLAM with the Hens and Unkie Glenn. Party time!

Ruthie got a new collar.

Lassiter split the doubleheader of the 1st round of the state playoffs against North Forsyth...

...so I got a nice little sunburn watching them play (and win!) the third game in the scorching heat on Cinco de Mayo.

Celebrated Cinco de Mayo with friends at Chepe's.

Ruthie died and went to Heaven when Maddux and Avery came over for a playdate. Which means I didn't get to take the nap I was hoping for. 

Part of a huge tree fell in our backyard. Thank God no one/dog was outside when it happened. Reminds me, I need to call the landlord to get that sucker REMOVED.

Ruthie really enjoys napping on our bed. Thankfully, on Adam's side.

Nathan graduated from Georgia Tech and Meagan graduates from Kennesaw State on Thursday! We went to celebrate at Maggiano's.

AND we're back to Annalise Katherine! Congrats on finishing your first year of college, I guess?

We went to Elevation Chophouse for date night (thanks for the Groupon Mom & Dad!). Food wasn't great, but it was a pretty cool view.

Been spending some quality time with the hubs. Isn't he just so adorable?

Well, that's about it! My mom and I are headed to Philly tomorrow to spend the weekend with my best friend, Lindsay, and her mom. It's going to be amazing, and I'm sure I'll have plenty of pictures and stories to share.