- Shhhh, don’t tell anyone – but I’m selling Kara Abbey Photography.
But good news: my business already has a buyer!
As it turns out, after being photographed for 449 separate “Abby’s Saturday” blog posts, our dog Abby has learned quite a bit about photography & is ready to step in and take over things.
Meanwhile, I’ll be off riding roller coasters and taking lots of naps. - Okay, so obviously this is my (semi-lame) attempt at an April Fools’ Day joke. I actually took this exact photo way back in 2017 (for April Fools’ Day) and figured it would be fun to re-create.
Just kidding: let’s be honest – I couldn’t think of another photo to take for April Fools’ Day. We’ve had a lot going on over the last few weeks, so I decided to take the “easy” way out and simply re-take a photo I’d already taken. (I just couldn’t think of any other ideas! Of course, now that I’m writing this I just had a few ideas pop into my head – thanks a lot, brain.)
If you want to go back and see the last time I posted this photo – it’s from Abby’s Saturday #141, six years ago. Our sweet pup has gotten considerably more grey in those six years! - Last weekend, we took a whirlwind weekend trip out to American Dream Mall to visit the DreamWorks water park and Nickelodeon Universe. We’d been talking about going back to Nickelodeon Universe for a while, and finally pulled the plug last weekend. We “crammed” both the water park and the theme park into the same day (simply due to the tickets to these parks being SO expensive! Yikes!) It made for a long day, but we had a blast! The kids loved swimming and playing at the water park, but of course, the highlight of the day was meeting the PAW Patrol characters and riding the Blaze and the Monster Machines ride! Those are the two Nickelodeon properties our kids are obsessed with, so that was a ton of fun. Derrick and I got our first roller coaster rides of 2023 in – it was a great trip. You can watch my vlog of our trip HERE.
- Our taxes are (finally) complete. I’m not sure if we’ve ever filed so “late” (yes, I am well aware that there is still 2+ weeks to file, but I like to have our taxes done as early as possible). But, we finally were able to get everything signed and filed this week – so we can officially check that box and “forget about it” until next year. (Just kidding, we own several small businesses between us, so taxes are always at the forefront of our minds!)
- Derrick had to travel up to Rochester for work this week – and his parent’s house was kinda-sorta on the way. SO, we all drove up on Tuesday evening and he dropped us off at his parent’s house! He then drove on to Rochester for 3 days of work, while we stayed here to keep his Mom company! (His Dad is out in Arizona right now.) We were already planning on visiting the Abbeys this weekend for Palm Sunday, so it just worked out! We brought school (we’re SO close to being done for the year and I didn’t want to lose our momentum!) and have thoroughly enjoyed our extended, unexpected, “surprise” time with Nana.
- On our way up to Nana’s house on Tuesday night, Leander asked, “Is Alex (his cousin up here) a boy or a girl?” We said, “What do you think?” And he responded, “I don’t know, I’m asking you.” We laughed and said, “Alex is a girl.” To which he literally shook his head and said, “I know too many girls.” Alex and Leander are very close in age (just a few months apart), so they always have a blast whenever the Abbeys are together!
