I never miss a cookie party!

Every year Beth’s sister, Amy, has a cookie party. I started going years ago because it was a good excuse to get out of town and see old friends. Now it’s a little more complicated with children and a husband in tow, but I’m proud to say we still make it almost every year.

Neko has reached that age where she tears off at the beginning of the evening and we only see her every now and then zipping in and out of rooms until the end of the night. She spent a good deal of time wearing this enormous Eeyore costume and sweating profusely while refusing to take it off. Shep spent the evening rotating between cramming as many cookies in his mouth as possible and threatening to jump off the staircase which doesn’t yet have a railing.

Highlights of the evening include seeing Amy and Tom’s amazing new house which they built (not like “we hired a builder to build” but really used hammers and tools and stuff), and seeing Beth and Dave shortly after their engagement. (Note the ring on Beth’s finger.) We couldn’t be more excited that Dave is becoming a permanent fixture!