This weekend we had to say "goodbye" to our next door neighbors, Ben and Jessica, who have become good friends of ours (and really and truly, the first set of friends we've made here). We're really sad to see them go, especially Juliette who ADORES "Mr. Ben," although adore doesn't really convey how much she likes him...possibly obsessed is the better word!
We went to dinner with them Friday night at our favorite Mexican place (or my favorite one...I think they like it too!) and Juliette HAD to sit by Ben. Some of Ben and Jessica's other friends came too and I was thrilled to meet someone who lives across the parking lot from us that I'm hoping will become a new friend! After dinner (which included a rousing game of "name all the animals you can think of that start with each letter as I call them out alphabetically" that was lead by Juliette), Ben and Jessica, and Christine (the new friend) came over to our apartment. Ben, Matt, and Juliette played Rock Band while Jessica, Christine, and I took turns showing each other our wedding albums. (Jessica and Ben just celebrated their first anniversary and had just gotten their completed wedding album in.) I felt like my wedding was ancient compared to theirs, or more like my album was, as their albums were done digitally, whereas mine is actual prints. It's crazy how much the wedding industry has changed since we got married 10 1/2 years ago!
Saturday morning we met Ben and Jessica at the movie theater to watch Kung Fu Panda 2. Once again, Juliette HAD to sit by Ben. I think Matt was feeling a little jealous when she kept offering Ben some of her popcorn and wouldn't give him any! :)
Ben and Jessica are originally from the San Francisco area and moved in to the apartments at the same time we did last summer, just a few weeks after getting married. They are moving to Richmond, Virginia. Ben is getting his Ph.D. in Biology and his main professor took a position at VCU and was able to get Ben a better offer than he had here at UL, so Ben took it. We hate to see them go, but we know that this is a great opportunity for Ben and we're certain living in Richmond will allow Jessica to get back into her career field. (I believe her degree is in graphic packaging or printing or something like that...I'm probably totally butchering the name of it!) Ben and Jessica, if you guys are reading this, we'll miss you!!
Moving on to "other things," we've had a somewhat busy week and weekend. Juliette had her dance revue this past Tuesday night and was adorable! My parents came in and brought my nephew Austin with them and Matt's parents came in as well. Thankfully, we were able to leave after Juliette's last dance (she had three of them), as it wasn't over until around 9:30 that night.
Juliette had to have a cover-up because they didn't want people to see their costumes when they arrived nor when they were out in the audience (she had to come sit with us for a little bit). Something similar to this t-shirt cover-up above was being sold at the studio for $30, but I knew I could make it myself. I just took an oversized t-shirt, cut it down the middle, hemmed it, monogrammed it, added belt loops, ribbon, and a little piece of Velcro at the top. I made this last Saturday and it didn't take very long. I thought it turned out pretty cute and it is plenty big enough to cover up a tutu and will still be large enough for her to wear next year.
I know I've posted make-up pictures from dance pictures on here before, but this pic isn't really about the make-up...just wanted to show how her hair looked for the revue. I was being cheap and didn't want to pay for someone to put it up and we could fix it however we wanted, as long as it was out of her face, so I thought the corkscrew curls would be cute. I had a ton of hairspray in her hair, but it did fall some by intermission, so I suppose next year we'll pay for someone to do something different, but it didn't look bad and it worked fine for this year. (By the way, the place where her revue was held didn't allow cameras--I know, ridiculous--so I don't have any "action" shots to post. We will get a DVD of the entire revue, though, so I'll post her dances when we get it!)
Matt's parents were in New Orleans this week on vacation, and they came back through here yesterday and stayed the night. Juliette went back home with them today, so it will be super quiet around here the next few days.
Hope you have a great week! I'm looking forward to no plans for the next week!
We went to dinner with them Friday night at our favorite Mexican place (or my favorite one...I think they like it too!) and Juliette HAD to sit by Ben. Some of Ben and Jessica's other friends came too and I was thrilled to meet someone who lives across the parking lot from us that I'm hoping will become a new friend! After dinner (which included a rousing game of "name all the animals you can think of that start with each letter as I call them out alphabetically" that was lead by Juliette), Ben and Jessica, and Christine (the new friend) came over to our apartment. Ben, Matt, and Juliette played Rock Band while Jessica, Christine, and I took turns showing each other our wedding albums. (Jessica and Ben just celebrated their first anniversary and had just gotten their completed wedding album in.) I felt like my wedding was ancient compared to theirs, or more like my album was, as their albums were done digitally, whereas mine is actual prints. It's crazy how much the wedding industry has changed since we got married 10 1/2 years ago!Saturday morning we met Ben and Jessica at the movie theater to watch Kung Fu Panda 2. Once again, Juliette HAD to sit by Ben. I think Matt was feeling a little jealous when she kept offering Ben some of her popcorn and wouldn't give him any! :)
Ben and Jessica are originally from the San Francisco area and moved in to the apartments at the same time we did last summer, just a few weeks after getting married. They are moving to Richmond, Virginia. Ben is getting his Ph.D. in Biology and his main professor took a position at VCU and was able to get Ben a better offer than he had here at UL, so Ben took it. We hate to see them go, but we know that this is a great opportunity for Ben and we're certain living in Richmond will allow Jessica to get back into her career field. (I believe her degree is in graphic packaging or printing or something like that...I'm probably totally butchering the name of it!) Ben and Jessica, if you guys are reading this, we'll miss you!!
Moving on to "other things," we've had a somewhat busy week and weekend. Juliette had her dance revue this past Tuesday night and was adorable! My parents came in and brought my nephew Austin with them and Matt's parents came in as well. Thankfully, we were able to leave after Juliette's last dance (she had three of them), as it wasn't over until around 9:30 that night.
Juliette had to have a cover-up because they didn't want people to see their costumes when they arrived nor when they were out in the audience (she had to come sit with us for a little bit). Something similar to this t-shirt cover-up above was being sold at the studio for $30, but I knew I could make it myself. I just took an oversized t-shirt, cut it down the middle, hemmed it, monogrammed it, added belt loops, ribbon, and a little piece of Velcro at the top. I made this last Saturday and it didn't take very long. I thought it turned out pretty cute and it is plenty big enough to cover up a tutu and will still be large enough for her to wear next year.
I know I've posted make-up pictures from dance pictures on here before, but this pic isn't really about the make-up...just wanted to show how her hair looked for the revue. I was being cheap and didn't want to pay for someone to put it up and we could fix it however we wanted, as long as it was out of her face, so I thought the corkscrew curls would be cute. I had a ton of hairspray in her hair, but it did fall some by intermission, so I suppose next year we'll pay for someone to do something different, but it didn't look bad and it worked fine for this year. (By the way, the place where her revue was held didn't allow cameras--I know, ridiculous--so I don't have any "action" shots to post. We will get a DVD of the entire revue, though, so I'll post her dances when we get it!)
Matt's parents were in New Orleans this week on vacation, and they came back through here yesterday and stayed the night. Juliette went back home with them today, so it will be super quiet around here the next few days.Hope you have a great week! I'm looking forward to no plans for the next week!
