New Roses and Fancy Dresses!

So, as fashionable as my little sister is, and as often as EVERY bride says you could re-ware the bridesmaid dress, I don't think they knew what level I would take it to! I have worn my little sister's bridesmaid dress (that I wore in her wedding) to 6 different events!!! I have definitely gotten my money's worth and I get compliments ALL the time! I even got a few "movie star" comments from some people at the last wedding I wore it to! The best part about me being able to wear it to different places, is that I never see the same people! It's PERFECT! Woohooo!!
So, as timeless as my roses out front of our house are growing right now, the little black dress that I hope to wear again and again will never go out of style! At least in my mind! Here are a few of the wonderful memories I have in this timeless dress... oh, and of course some of our roses too!

The Bologa's Finally Newlyweds!

Well, it's wedding season and our good friends Chris and Marci got married last weekend at the beautiful Towson Golf and County Club! The bridesmaids wore a bright bubblegum pink and the wedding was outside on top of a hill over looking a beautiful golf course! Marci looked amazing and Chris looked as handsome as ever! The dinner was great, AJ even leaned over to ask if he could finish my dinner plate too! Lots of dancing, funny speaches, fun memories with TONS of golf buddies, and a few drinks for fun! We love you guys and wish you all the joy and happiness God can bring to your marriage! Happy Honeymooning!! ;o)

Family Parties!

So, for Father's Day, we had my family over for a party. AJ & I, like usual, had sent out official invitations, planned the menu to a "T" accounting for all types of possible errors to the plan... (gotta love the Married Team of Engineers) We had a few late shows, including the appitizer person, and a frustrated/hungry mother and father, not to mention a few children for good measure! It was fun and my Dad had a great time and the birthday girl, my sister April looked better then ever, even after having 3 beautiful children I LOVE!
Family memories will last you the rest of your life, good, bad or just plain funny! Woohoo! We love you Wise's!

Dog Sitting...

So yes, we miss our baby Maverick so bad it really hurts some days. Especially in the summer time when he loved the beach more then anything! Well, we got a chance to enjoy our neighbors dog to relive the "dog owners" life for a weekend. His name is Bailey and he is a pure bread 7 year old boxer.

On top of the regular breakfast and lunch dry dog food,.. he gets a special treat for lunch,... canned green beans! YUM.... We were told he will just lie around and look out the front window most the day. So while AJ and I were at work, I was determined to not get his short hair all over our new couch. If it was impossible to keep him off the couch with chairs and ottoman's,... then I was going to double cover it with every old towel and sheet I had!

AJ and I enjoyed getting the morning walks and afternoon walks,.... and evening walks... once again for exercise. But when Bailey woke us up at 4:30am on Sunday morning to go to the bathroom... we definitely, didn't miss having a dog. Sigh...

Here is a few pictures of Bailey enjoying his sleep over at our house, and enjoying our L-sectional couch tremendously! He found he could stretch out as much as he wanted! We just wished he didn't have to snore while he did it!!We still get to see Bailey at our neighbors window every day! But I'm happy to have my dog hair free couch back! Now I can eat my dessert on my couch again,... at least it's not dog hair!

Sisters Always....

So, of course growing up as sisters, Melissa and I were dressed a like frequently by our mother. It's just the thing to do when you have little girls I guess. Usually, the sisters grow out of it and wouldn't be caught dead in matching clothes!Well, the "Wise Girls" are different! So this is a tribute to all my sisters who still love to dress like we're sisters... maybe it's because we feel the need for connection since non of us look alike!!

Either way, we enjoy doing it so much, we're passing it on to the next generation of "Wise girls!"

Hershey Park!

So I got discount tickets from work to Northrop Grumman Corporate Day to Hershey Park! AJ has never been a fan of roller coasters and was going to be the "back-pack-holder" the whole time if I took him. So I asked my little sister, Melissa. Of course she said yes and off we went for a road trip up to PA! She wanted to go take the Hershey tour but there was no time for that! We had roller coasters to ride!

While standing in line for the first one we reminisced about all our roller coaster riding days back in high school and which was the best one we had ever been on. We talked about how our Aunt Jane (mom's side) was the one person who took both of us on our first roller coaster! By the time we got up there and heard all the screaming from the rides taking off and coming in,... we got a little nervous. We finally made it into the car and buckled in and were excited as the roller coaster cranked up the first hill slowly... the whole time in line we were saying how we'll never be too old to ride roller coasters! We'll definitely be the fun mom's who take their kids on them. Well, let me tell you, as we rounded over the top of that hill and the split second before we flew down we screamed at each other "WE'RE TOO OLD FOR THIS!!!" We screamed the whole ride!!!

Needless to say, we went on EVERY coaster in the park... we skipped all the boring rides that didn't go up-side-down. Melissa even convinced me to go on the scariest one twice! Each one we screamed the whole way! It was beautiful weather and despite all our fun,... we only have one picture to show for it! Good times! Thanks, Miss!