o what a night!

A few months back, we went to the Junior League Charity Ball, where we went in with four other couples and got a sushi dinner party.  The package included the chef from our favorite sushi place in town, O Asian Fusion, coming to our sushi party and teaching us to roll our own sushi!  He also prepared fresh rolls there for us to enjoy.  

Our group got together last Sunday night for our party...O What a Night!!!!  It was so much fun!  Tommy and Marissa hosted at their house and I cannot even tell you what a great time we had!! The rolls that Mat prepared for us were the Oklahoma, Sooner, College, Thunder Tsunami, and Heaven...and they were just that, pure Heaven!! This might be the longest picture post ever, but I just had to include them all!!  Beware...this might make you hungry!!

Look at the fresh ingredients!!!

 

This blackened ahi tuna was out of this world!!

Meet Chef Mat...he was incredible!

Making California and Spinach rolls for appetizers.

Waiting on appetizers...cheese!

Cheers to great friends!!

Sake!

Our hosts, Tommy and Marissa

Liz and Sean

Aaron and Evan

Scott and me

Kaisha and Gabe

The whole Sushi Gang!

Some of the delish rolls that Matt made...looks like the Tsunami, Sooner and Oklahoma. 

The Oklahoma is my favorite!!

Marissa learning how to roll sushi.

I decided to give it a try too. 

Easy at one...

Two...

Three!!

Look at how proud Mat looks!  Such a great teacher!

TA-DA!!

Almost too pretty to eat...almost!

  

Evan and Liz learning how to roll...

Check this out...so yummy!!

Next it's Kaisha's turn...

Way to go Kaisha!  I loved the spinach inside...nice touch!

Watch out...Tommy's up!  I think he was most excited out of us all!

Evan even shared her headband with him!

Evan and Mat bonding over sushi.  You know Evan is the next big Food Network star, right? 

After we stuffed ourselves FULL of sushi, sake and wine, the boys played a little backyard bocce ball.  Someone ended up facedown on the ground...but I won't name names (wink)!!

We had a wonderful time with everyone and hope to do it again VERY soon!!!

O What a Night!!!

swimming fun!

With Memorial Day Weekend, comes the opening of the swimming pool at the country club!!  Scott played golf and Addi and I loaded up our pool bag and met him for lunch and a little afternoon swimming.  

Our pool bag list and pool bag are hanging by the back door ready to grab and go!

Check out the swimsuit body!!

 Addi was LOVING my Sprite and LOVING the cup and straw!

 I was LOVING the ruffles on her swimsuit.

So.Cute.

I was also LOVING her little swim shoes!

 

 "Stirring ice is hard work!"

Work it girl!!!

  

 She finally decided to go near the water...but not get in.

 

 She wanted to tan on the lounge chair for a few minutes.

 

 I sat her on the edge and MO showed her how to kick in the water!

 Two cute girls with matching swim shoes!

As you can see, Addi had a blast kicking and splashing in the water! 

  

 She threw a fit and refused to wear her life jacket so Dada just held on tight...

or should I say Addi held on tight? 

 It was definitely a love-hate relationship!

But the snow cones were a huge hit!

"Mama, you take a bite!!" 

 "Stir it up to make it juicy!"

 "Yum-O!!"

 We went back again over the weekend and guess what Addi's favorite part was...

the cup and straw again!

 We will keep trying! 

Did you go swimming for the first time of the summer over the weekend too?

Hope you had fun!!

buckle up for safety

Scott and I took Addi life jacket shopping last week to get ready for the swimming pool opening over Memorial Day Weekend.  She freaked out when we tried them on her in the store but we finally settled on one from Target.  They didn't have her size though, so Poppy picked up her size when he was in Oklahoma City.  We tried it on her at home and (surprise, surprise) she freaked out again!  Scott told her she could go outside to play if she wore her life jacket. 

"Dada, I really don't want to wear this, but if I can go outside then okay.  I'll quite crying."

 "This isn't so bad.  At least I can still play with my bubbles!"

 Speedo Girl!

 The string between her legs kept tickling her and everytime she'd bend over it would move back...she looked like a dog chasing her tail!  It was pretty funny!

She loves helping her Dada...even in her life jacket!