Fishing and The Sullivan Family Reunion

Last Friday night Luke and I went out to dinner for my birthday. Rich and Eileen came to watch the kids and Luke and I went to Piccolo for dinner. It's a very small restaurant not too far from our house. It only seats 24, so reservations in advance are a must! They serve small plates and Luke and I chose the tasters menu, so we got to choose 5 small plates. They were all very delicious, but not very filling...for anyone who knows me well, knows I can sometimes have a socially unacceptable appetite (because I eat so much--that was always my joke when I was training for marathons)! Needless to say it was a very fun night and it was quite the experience. I ate pig's feet! EEK! :)

Speck wrapped capon with Burrata, artichokes and melon

Saturday morning we hung out at the house. Rich helped with a couple house projects and Bishop got REALLY excited to go fishing...so Luke spent his morning getting Bishop's line untangled and I took Bishop out to the yard to dig for some worms. Bishop wasn't successful in catching any fish, but I think he had fun!

On Saturday night we went for a walk/bike and a nice man let Bishop catch a fish with his rod! Bishop was pretty excited, but didn't want to touch the fish!

Saturday afternoon was the Sullivan Family Reunion in Minnetonka at Luke's cousins.....Megan and Ethan's. They had the perfect set-up in their backyard and it was a beautiful day. The kids LOVED the sandbox (we might have to get one)!! They had a pool set up, sandbox and swingset with a slide. It was nice to see so many cousins and their kids and to catch up as much as is possible while chasing our kids!!

Bishop and Nora

Diane, Rich, Jake, Nora, Eileen and Bishop eating lunch

Going down the slide

We were all pretty exhausted that night, so we laid low and stayed in! It was nice to be home after being gone so much lately!