A little bit of this and that...

To continue from our previous post, we had a great time with Aunt Lauri! We played a lot of Sorry...Celebrated Lauri's birthday with a wonderful meal at Maggiano's...And went to the Phantom of the Opera at the Orpheum Theatre in downtown Minneapolis. This is the only picture you will ever see from that event. After I took it, I was promptly informed by the usher that there were no pictures allowed inside the theater. Oops!One picture I did not get was one of the cheesecake we got from the Cheesecake factory for dessert. Amazing. We really had a great time just hanging out with Lauri, going on walks, and smelling the lilacs, apparently, there are no lilacs in New Jersey. Lauri was in lilac withdrawl and as we do not have lilacs on our property, we had to confiscate a few from the neighbors. I am sure they didn't miss them. We will be making the trek out to New Jersey in July to visit the whole Causey fam, and we are so excited! Not for the 21 hour drive however...

So as I was looking at these pictures, the thought crossed my mind that I really do not look much like either of my sisters or my mom. That thought took me back to my childhood and my sisters telling me that I didn't look like them because I was adopted. And that I should never ask mom and dad about it because it would upset them. So I never asked, and believed I was adopted until I was about 10. Ahhhh, memories. Aren't sisters the best?!

Another exciting event of the past couple of weeks was Ava and Luke's first Twins game! I am pleased to say we made it through nearly 4 innings. As we were walking away from the Metrodome, we could hear the crowd roaring. Right then my phone rang, and it was my dad telling me that Joe Mauer had just hit a homerun, right in the area we had been sitting... of course.

The best part of the game, especially for Ava? The mascot, a big bear called TC (for twin cities). We'll try again next year and maybe get into the 5th inning!

Up next on the O'Rourke calendar of events (besides weddings!), Andy and I will be heading out to Vail, Colorado, for a church planters and wives retreat. We are so excited and looking forward to a little time away.