Friday: I (Jessica) attended a funeral for my dear friend's oldest sister who passed away after a 2.5 year battle with cancer. It was a very somber day, but the love and life of such a beautiful young woman was very apparent. Sitting through the service was so emotional, but there was no doubt that Robin Rozier Groff led a full and significant life. My heart breaks for the entire family but I know they felt all of the support from the hundreds (seriously) of attendees honoring Robin's life. Dave adds that it is such a sad story that you can read about here or watch a short video. It was a terrible reason to catch up with old friends, but nonetheless I was able to reunite with 7/8 of my best girl friends from high school. After the service, I got some one on one time with my friend Katie Coronado; we had a sweet little lunch date at subway that was long overdue!
Then, that night the entire Hale family went out to dinner at Yosemite Ranch to celebrate my 23rd birthday. We ate a yummy dinner, then hung out at Brian and Jacinda's house until almost 11 pm! It was so much fun. We even sang some karaoke. Thanks for the great dessert and present guys! love ya! Then, because Dave and I decided we don't need much sleep, we hung out with all of my friends from high school (3 from out of town). It was so fun just laughing and catching up.
Saturday: In the morning, Dave made had fun making us waffles. He decided to be creative and give them interesting names. I had the "Peanut Butter Passion" which had peanut butter in the batter, tons of pb on the waffles, and maple syrup. Dave had the "Coco Choco" which had coconut extract (Coco) and chocolate syrup (Choco) in the batter and chocolate syrup drizzled on top of the waffles. During the day, Dave and I rode our tandem bike over to vintage days at fresno state. Once again, we were able to spend time with my friend Whitney and her husband Brett, hanging out with their niece and cousins. We ate a great hot dog from jen's interior design booth, walked around, and enjoyed the sunshine. Later that night we headed over to the Armstrong's for Larry's 50th bash. It was so much fun. I got to catch up with all sorts of people from the past, and my aunt, uncle, and cousins from the bay area came down too. Some of our good friends also came over, so the 20 something's represented too! we played a righteous game of catch phrase until about 2 am... Louie" and I were an awesome team and I have to say that I never lost a round, until we played boys against girls. Sorry haley and jen, we just weren't that great! but it was super fun!
Sunday: breakfast with the Armstrong and Infantino family at Sandy's- always amazing. A little guitar hero and napping on the couch back at the Armstrong's house. Then the afternoon consisted of dave and i being quite lazy... and loving it. we watched Juno and Mr. Holland's Opus (we both cried) and just cuddled. I realize just how important spending time just with my man, doing nothing, is sometimes the best part of the weekends. we always agree that we need to do it more often!
sorry this post is so long and boring- i'm just sitting on the couch procrastinating homework and decided to recap the weekend for everyone.
P.S. Jessica wanted you to know that Dave added in the pics and fancy links.
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okay, suggetion from the blogfather...shorter. more but shorter. we had a great time hanging on friday, can't wait for tomorrow night!
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