Bluegrass in Washington Park

Today flew by. I'm not complaining, since tomorrroooooooow I'm off after work to Illinois to see Rob & Co. Today was a good day all the way around though; no complaints there (:

Sydni didn't end up at swim lessons tonight, so her and I took a little trip down to Washington Park to oblige an invite from Becky and Mike. There's bluegrass each Thursday down there, at least for a couple more weeks, and after tonight, I'm disappointed that we haven't been doing this all summer - it was fun!

some weeknight bluegrass | washington park - cincinnati, oh

We met up with Becky and Mike for a little while; Nader, Keith & Rick were there, too, so the lot of us spent a couple of hours milling around the park listening to music and watching Sydni run off some of the energy she otherwise would've used swimming.. haha.


Gosh, I love this little girl.

a few of the faces of my favorite mini!

Now we're home: Sydni's preoccupied herself stringing up some beads [no, nothing like me.. at all... ;) ] while I finish up throwing some stuff together for the weekend away.

It's almost Fah-riiiiiiiday!

xo | cmd

Birthday Volleyball & Bakersfield Friends

Happy Birthday, Beth!!

It's always special when there's a birthday to celebrate and it falls on the same night as league volleyball ;). Today is Beth's birthday, so we made sure we had a little extra fun at Hahana tonight. It wasn't much, but it came in the form of some extra games with one of our favorite neighboring teams and of course, lots of laughing. The best news? This is the best we've played all season; I have no doubt we're ready for the more organized stuff that Kalyn & I did a few years back. Exciting stuff. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BETH!!!! (:

I am still exhausted from my lack of sleep yesterday; I snuck in a short cat-nap today between work and volleyball, and planned on heading straight back to bed after volleyball. That would've worked out just fine if it hadn't been for Jamie texting me an invite out with the group for dinner. I would've politely declined today, but he leaves on Sunday to head back to Jordan and I'm not sure when I'll see him next. So good to see an old friend!

grueter! | outside bakersfield otr | cinci, oh

Great to See You, Friend!!

Thanks to James & his pretty fiancé Carolina, Nader, Eli, Keith & Rick for hanging out for a bit at Bakersfield [*note, go there, people, and get yourself a taco!!] to end the night.

I really need to catch up on sleep... holy moly. Tomorrow night is going to be filled with absolutely nothing up until what I'm sure to be an early bed time.

*yawn. G'Nite.

xo | cmd