We didn’t get much of a summer over the summer months, but suddenly in mid-September, we did! It was hot over the weekend (and Monday was a record breaker in LA). Despite the heat, we had a fun weekend, even though neither of us loves the heat. We’re happier in the fog, or the rain, or the shade…

On Saturday we drove down to San Diego county for my friend, Liz’s son Nate’s 2nd birthday party! It was so fun to see Liz, who is soon-to-deliver pregnant with her second child, a baby girl! Nate was the life of the party…he is a flirt with all the little girls, his age and older. It was fun to see him in person since I’ve only watched him grow in photos since meeting him as a baby. What a sweetie. And for his birthday, Liz made the coolest, cutest cupcakes ever! The theme of the party was “animals”, so she created 3 animal cupcakes. Take a look…

Nate got a cool sparkler candle on his cupcake which he was unsure about…

I had a green frog and R had a monkey. Delicious! (Nate had a green frog also, but at the end of the night he wore pink pig frosting all over his shirt. I told you – party animal!)

After the guests left I surprised Liz with a table of baby girl gifts from our college friends. Since we couldn’t get together to give her a baby sprinkle, we sent one from afar. I was able to capture the obligatory pregnant belly photo for y’all. *smile* Isn’t she beautiful?

And here we are together…

On Sunday we went to the Farmer’s Market in Hollywood which has delicious permanent food stands. We enjoyed shawarma wraps for lunch. Here is Mr. K right when I asked him to show me what he thought about his lunch… (He loves it when I do that, can’t you tell?)

Then later in the evening on Sunday we went to my parents new house in Valencia, California. (Oh yeah, did I mention they moved to Southern California? Well, they did and have been here for 3 weeks. They are loving it! Seriously, I’ve never seen them so excited.) They now live about 35 minutes from us, which is nice. Their house is lovely ~ it looks like them and they have a nice little pool in the back yard. I never thought my parents would have a pool. Hmmm, moving closer to us and a pool. I think they’re ready for more grandchildren, what do you think? Until then, we toasted the new house with margaritas…

Happy Fall!
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