And I thought yesterday was nonstop

I wonder if I'll actually get all the way through this post, or if I'll zonk out before it's done.



Today is day three of entertaining large amounts of people, cooking and eating copious amounts of food.


And by copious amounts of food, today I mean mainly a lasagna that I cooked. My first ever!

Today two of my siblings and their families visited. They didn't arrive until almost 4 p.m., so I had the entire morning to make lots of appetizers (you know, the healthy ones, like sausage balls and sweet and sour meatballs and spinach and artichoke dip).

Patricia and Samantha arrived first. Here's Samantha and me, with Samantha in her Snow Princess prize:

Tim, Kelly, Aidan and Katheryn arrived shortly after. Katheryn decided she was much happier as a naked baby. (I had a couple of pictures up here, but decided it wasn't really my call to put photos of Katheryn in just her diaper up on my blog! So take my word for it - she was adorable!)

Aidan wasn't quite sure what to make of his tarantula. He's an 8 year old boy, but he's a little scared of a lot of things. He eventually warmed up to it, though.

We had some good visiting time, dinner, more cookies for desert (I swear, these cookies are magical. They keep remaking themselves!), and then Tim and Kelly were off to her family's house.

Patricia and Samantha are spending the night, and us Fleming girls love nothing more than to lounge in pajamas. Samantha and I matched:

Goldie had a great day, mostly following Katheryn around waiting for her to drop food. But she loves anyone who gives her attention, and is so gentle and patient with kids in particular. So just before she went to bed, Samantha gave Goldie a special goodnight:

So now it's about 9:45 p.m., and I'm about ready to pass out (Patricia and Samantha already went up to bed). The dishwasher just stopped, but it may need to wait until the morning to unload (my in-laws have been incredible helping with the cleaning up and everything - thank you!).

Tomorrow should be a little lighter of a day - dinner with friends, David, Lauren and Joe and Barb at my house. I just may need to sneak a pedicure in there sometime during the day, though...