Good Times

That about sums it up. Good times are unavoidable with Amy around. And this weekend was no exception. Sure, we have graduated from the drunk celebrations of our college youth to civilized drinks and conversations. But what we haven't graduated to is taking ourselves too seriously.

I love that we can both be totally and utterly goofy together in one hour, and the next have a theraputic conversation about what is going on in our lives.

Friday night we checked out Black Sheep Pizza, a new gourmet joint downtown, and then headed to Chatterbox in Edina for some "Chocolate Fondue" (read: Hershey's Chocolate Fudge served with chocolate chip cookies, oreo browning and rice krispie bars), and some good old-fashioned board games.

This brought lots of good memories of my TGIF Friday's growing up, playing Sorry with my Mom and consuming an entire bag of Sour Cream and Onion Chips.

After the game all hell broke loose with Amy's camera, where she posed the challenge of "how big can you frown without pushing out your bottomw lip?" Here are the results..you decide.

And then there was this face....which really speaks for itself. This is my husband folks.

After a great night out we put the record player on and had a rockin' dance party.

Saturday night was pretty much a Mexican Fiesta in the Hanson household. Amy and I ran around town picking up all sorts of groceries (including Amy's virgin voyage to Costco). And Amy brought these red velvet cupcakes from Milwaukee that were as big as your face, and so good.

After eating so much I had to change into my PJ's before entering into the dance party...

Ah yes...it was a great weekend. I am so lucky to have such great friends, and I count those blessings every day.

Luckily, saying goodbye wasn't so sad because I found a flight for $100 and am flying to Milwaukee in early June to pay the Joyce's a visit.

BONUS PICTURE: When we were at Chatterbox, this picture was hanging above our booth. I am almost 100% sure that this same 'painting' was the one above Grandma and Grandpa's couch for years. Can someone confirm?