Bottle it up

We've had the most incredible five days of weather here I can remember, and we had such a fun weekend!

Friday night, Chad and I hung out in the backyard, watched Lucy chase a ball (as much as you can chase anything in our tiny backyard) and then walked down to a new pizza place a few blocks away for dinner.

On Saturday, Chad got up at the crack of dawn - actually, before dawn - to golf with some friends and I went to kickboxing. In the afternoon, we took Lucy swimming at her favorite dog park. That evening, we had Janice and Nick over for shish kebabs - my summertime favorite - and played pitch until Chad fell asleep holding his cards in his hand.

Yesterday - Easter - we tried a new church (we gave it a 9 out of 10 with the only downside being that it's 20 minutes away) and celebrated our Easter traditions at Rachel's house with some incredible appetizers, ham, twice-baked potatoes and angel food cake. And Easter baskets! (She also made spinach, but that was kind of a dud...no offense, RT.) I brought Grandma Davis's rolls and a prosciutto, pear and walnut salad (my "new recipe" for the month of April - not bad but the dressing was a little too oily). The six of us sat outside until it got dark, all decided that the day after Easter should most definitely be a federal holiday, then went home and took Lucy for a walk.

What an awesome weekend. I wish I could bottle up days like these and bring them out when it's rainy, cold, or life has me stressed out.