a little weekend trip we liked to call Boise and back, Williamson edition

My stud of a brother who is currently going to school at the Naval Academy and lives clear across and I mean CLEAR ACROSS the country in Annapolis, Maryland came home for spring break. Funny thing, apparently little old Idaho doesn't communicate with the big East Coast states as our spring breaks were two weeks apart. Lame. So needless to say, I busted my buns last week getting as much homework done as possible to be able to go and see him.

While it wasn't the most opportune time to leave town, Nic and I had a blast! We both had to work until two on Friday so we didn't leave town until the afternoon. We played 20 questions almost the entire car ride. Man does that game seriously make you think! haha and of course the question-asker always tried to make it so much harder to figure it out than it ever needed to be. I'm pretty sure at one point Nic had me thinking I was trying to come up with some animal that did not have two legs or four or six or eight. HUH? who knows.

Friday night we had lobster ravioli, DELISH and played THE best game ever invented, Taboo! The "Wests" dominated (me, mom, and brother) against the rest of the bunch. Clearly we know each other well with all the fill in the blank clues we were dishing out while everyone else looked at as like we were completely crazy.

Saturday we did some shopping and went to Olive Garden for a late lunch. That darling little pink polka dot swimsuit and sun hat up there, we got that for my little baby niece Ava for her first birthday. I guess I can't really consider her a baby anymore. She cruises around the room at mock five which leads to the frequent collapses on the hard wood floor and the two bruises who have taken a permanent residence on her little forehead. Basically she melts my heart in every way possible. Abby had a hard time understanding that this was her sister's party and her sister's cake and her sister's presents. Well Abster, speaking as the older sibling when I was little too, I get the jealousy thing. You are still my favorite little girl and I would celebrate you every day if I could! Homemade tacos, fun family, one year old cake smashing (she ate EVERY.SINGLE.BITE), and Ava more interested in chewing on the boxes than the presents themselves made for one heck of a party! We ended the night watching my favorite movie, Just Go With It.

My brother's flight on Sunday was at six a.m. so we made sure to give him a huge hug the night before. Hopefully we will get the chance to see him sometime this summer but if not, I'm so glad we went to Boise last weekend to see him! We left around 9 a.m. to head back to the mountain of homework eagerly waiting for us.

It was a GREAT weekend and it just keeps coming. Looking forward to another fabulous weekend starting tomorrow with my mom and grandma coming to see us! I love my life :)