Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend kicked off with a Back to School Happy Hour at our house. 

Sofia and her Santa Barbara Jr. High School friends came over and the babysitter wheels began to turn for all the parents. 

Happy Hour turned into a Sleepover!

Saturday beach day!

A sign of a good day when they pass out well before bedtime on the couch. 

Sunday night date night for us! We LOVE the wine bar within the Public Market. It has become the first stop on all our dates and then we walk to one of the nearby restaurants downtown.

Oh and remember those Santa Barbara Jr. High Students? Yep, we decided it was time to let Sofia babysit for real. She actually knows our kids better than any sitter plus her parents are right next store ;) 

On actual Labor Day, the Stones hosted a lovely backyard bbq

Chris barbecued beer can chicken

Dance party with all the kids!

Someone was having a little too much fun ;)

All eyes on Adam's interesting conversation.

Who knows what he was talking about? 

Beauties!

Poor Chris. His beer can chicken didn't quite cook properly….

Thank you Stone Family! We had a fabulous time (raw chicken and all)! ;) 

Fall Happy Hour "Drink Up Witches"

For several years now we have been hosting a Friday before Halloween Happy Hour inviting all of our friends to kick off the Fall season with us.  I like to call it "Drink Up Witches" since I received these fancy cocktail napkins last year from my friend Holley.

Bess made the cheese plate of all cheese plates. 

Lots of new friends!

And new and old friends

And lots of the same people in the same pictures over and over (note to self: try and get pictures of everyone at the party).

We invite everyone and their families to join us which is quite crazy in our small house. We had over 25 adults this year and almost 25 kids!  

(Yes Todd, we see you).

Cat ears and skeleton earrings Selfie.

And this crew stayed until the very end and I am laughing just typing this thinking of how many laughs we had. 

Samantha was a pretty good photographer trying to direct this crazy crew.

She got a pretty good action shot of little Virginia being strong-armed I mean picked up by her dad ;)

Don't worry, she was fine ;)

Imagine a world without iPads. I mean, how would adults be able to continue late night conversations about electronics, peanut butter and where to order nachos from?  You had to be there to get any of that ;)

I sported my cat ears to AYSO the next morning.  Soccer Mom of the year.

Followed by the best margarita I have had in a LONG time at Cafe Del Sol in Montecito.  That place is stuck in the 70's but man do they serve a good marg ;)