I love being social. For those of you who know me well, this comes as no surprise. I love connecting with people and am not one to miss a party. Sometimes this makes for a tight social calender and this weekend was one of those times, it felt like we went from one event to the next but it was well worth it!
On Saturday afternoon I met up with my friends Georgina and Krista for a lovely lunch together at Senova Restaurant. Senova is such a quaint, lovely neighborhood place with amazing food and we so enjoyed having a special lunch together. We hadn't seen each other since last summer when we co-hosted a 'Meet the Baby' party for our friends Janice and Brent and their new baby Josie. It was so fun to catch up and such a nice way to spend an afternoon!
Later during the day on Saturday we headed to my friend Louise's house for her Second Half of Life celebration. Almost a year ago, Louise was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. She has had an incredibly difficult year filled with chemotherapy, radical surgery and radiation therapy and is finally through the thick of her treatment and ready to celebrate the next forty healthy years of her life!
The party was so fun, Louise had buckets of fun hats, glasses, scarves and wigs for everyone to wear just for fun because, in her own words, "Life is too short to take it so seriously, let's have a little fun!"
The kids had a great time playing in the yard and breaking open a handmade pinata that someone made for the occasion!
I love Louise so much. Her joy and strength of character have always been an inspiration to me and no more so than in the past year watching her face the brutality of cancer with such grace and dignity and always a smile on her face and a song in her heart!
This afternoon we were invited to our friend Mike and Sarah's house for Sunday brunch. I offered to bring dessert so I woke up early this morning and made a homemade carrot cake with cream cheese icing. It was a new recipe and I wasn't sure how it was going to turn out, but it was delicious in the end. Got a 'thumbs-up' from kids and adults alike!
I love how comfortable Sydney is at Emma's house, at one point during lunch we turned around to find Syd sitting in a chair in the living room eating ice cream directly out of the container...she and Emma had gotten into the freezer and helped themselves, it was too funny!
Sarah made a delicious lunch for us and we had a great visit together. It was a great way to top off our weekend!
Hope you had the best weekend too!
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