Hi Friends and Happy Monday! I am here with Sarah and we are chatting about our weekends! If you did the same, linkup with us below!
Here is what our little summer weekend looked like...
Friday Night
It was time for Diana's Senior Pictures! We picked two locations very special to us- Prescott Park in Portsmouth (my very favorite city in America) and Wallis Sands State Park in Rye (one of our favorite beaches). My mom and I accompanied her. We thought it would be a very special time and we have been looking forward to this!
Amber DiPrima is a pro! Not only is she a family friend but she is a stellar photographer and videographer and we knew she would come through for us!
Diana has known Amber most of her life! We even did a then and now...check it out...so sweet!
You may remember, if you have been following along for awhile, Amber filmed our documentary a few years back on Diana's journey to Clara in NEDE's Nutcracker. You can check that out HERE
She is also the videographer I love to work with to film our Blackout Videos each year. You can see a couple HERE and HERE
Now...back to Friday night...the weather was perfect.
We met at Prescott Park and started there. A Pink Maxi dress was the first outfit of choice. The park is a city public park and it is maintained by the city and we think also UNH students. They do such a wonderful job growing beautiful flowers and plants and pruning and weeding...and the trees are also incredible in there! I also loved the white fence which was in the background!
After that, we walked to an adjacent garden area that had beautiful flower beds and that outfit of choice was the cheer uniform.
When we were done there, we drove over to Wallis Sands State Park which was about a 10 minute drive-not bad! It is one of our favorite beaches.
Diana's 2 Biggest Fans ;)
The first outfit there was a white dress
We wrapped up there with the fourth and final outfit- a white top and jeans
I CANNOT WAIT to see the proofs...my mom and I got into a couple of pics at the end...we are hoping we like the pic of the three generations so we have it always to remember this time.
We had a blast with Amber and I will never forget this night...it is a time of anticipation and excitement as well as wonder and emotion. I am trying to enjoy it all and very proud of our girl.
It was pretty late when we wrapped up so we headed home and Mimi headed home. Diana and I headed to Red's for a late dinner and then we crashed hard!
Saturday
Guess what? We finally made it to the beach FOR REAL...well I should rephrase that...Diana has hit the beach with friends several times this summer...this was my first time to sit on the beach and swim and sun and such...it truly is my happy place but this has been a very busy year for obvious reasons...college visits and prep...real estate...plans...anyway...I got there...Praise God
We headed right back up to Wallis Sands :)
It was sooo relaxing...well for two hours anyway...then it all changed...we pulled out our sandwiches for lunch and we were happily eating and chatting when my worst nightmare came true. I was pretty much attacked by a seagull....it came from behind me...landed on my head and chest...grabbed my sandwich and scratched me and then his friends all swarmed too as they fought over the sandwich...while they were doing that, I was screaming....Diana was in such shock but knew to hide her sandwich in her towel...and then proceeded to laugh her head off at me...people around me were saying how bad and notorious the seagulls were there...the lifeguards looked unimpressed...I promptly called Rob to tell him my nightmare...between the fear I was laughing with Diana but I just couldn't believe it happened...as you can imagine, I promptly packed us up and we left! Ahhhhh ;)
When we got home, I freshened up and changed and met Lea over at Michael's Craft Stores...she helped me get some items I will need for the Senior Cheer Mom's Buttons..and then I headed to the grocery store to pick up some items I needed to make myself dinner.
Rob, Papa and Eva were up at a hockey party on a lake...Eva had a blast tubing, fishing and playing whiffle ball with her teammates.
Diana headed to work and then I had precious alone time...can't remember the last time! I made myself an amazing dinner (homemade recipe and will share soon) and poured a glass of wine...while I ate, I listened to jazz and it definitely calmed me down!
I decompressed afterwards by starting the series "Love Life" with Anna Kendrick. I am hooked! I got half way through the first season...can't wait to watch more! As you can guess, I crashed early :)
Sunday
I was up first thing to get organized for the week. I meal planned and made the grocery list for Rob and then caught up on some cheer business and blogging.
Then the girls and I headed back to the BEACH...for our Annual Mommy Daughter Boogie Board Day!
On this day, we headed to Hampton Beach State Park where the waves are just crazy
When we got home yesterday afternoon, I made a family dinner which we all got to enjoy before Diana was off to work again.
Last night, I decompressed with some reading and more of Love Life.
What were you all up to?
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