Birthday Celebration of a Friend

This last weekend we (my husband and I) went to a celebration of a good friend. His party was a theme on "CAPES" like super hero's. Earlier in the week he was discussing what his cape should look like and several of us came up with ideas. Then I suggested--how about you let me make your cape for the party and he said, "sure". I wanted to include all of your ideas for his cape which included, the colors blue and red, glitter, and fur. I had a fun time putting this together and this is the final product.

As you can see, it has fur at the top as well as the bottom not shown. Glitter puff paint around the S and crown and is read and blue. He really enjoyed his cape and had a great party to kick off his 40's.

The rest of the weekend was much slower due to some extreme heat in Minnesota. Although, I grew up in hot weather I am not liking the heat this week. Hopefully, this weekend bring better temperatures for some great outlet shopping I have planned with my sister!

Today, I begin blogging about the lives of 2 people living in Minnesota. One a Kansas farm girl and the other a Texas native. A little over 4 years ago we moved up here for job opportunities. Leaving family and friends behind. Thankfully my sister, brother-n-law and precious niece live close, that we can get in family fixes when needed.

We have spent some holidays by ourselves, with friends and occasionally with family when we can make it. We love where we live, the work that we do, our friends but it does make getting home a little more challenging.

In June, I was able to make a 24 hour trip home for the weekend. It would have been the first time all original 8 cousins were home at the same time in a long time. We have spread out to Texas, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, and Lithuania. We had a great get together at my aunts. Just like the old days, lots of food, swimming, and great family time. We even got a great photo with Mimi and all of her grand kids. That day is one to remember!

Our next get together with family will be a trip to the Dells in Wisconsin and then a family reunion back in Kansas. Otherwise, our lives a hardly what you would call exciting.