{"id":3826,"date":"2014-06-20T05:50:57","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T05:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abeandlily.darais.com\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2014-06-20T05:50:57","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T05:50:57","slug":"a-truly-special-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abeandlily.com\/index.php\/2014\/06\/20\/a-truly-special-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A truly special day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today was truly special in the Darais household.<\/p>\n

First of all, our friends, Ben and Candice, are staying with us for a few nights and we absolutely love seeing them whenever we can.<\/p>\n

Secondly, Lily got to see her idol, Martha Stewart, speak at a blogging convention and have the best buffet of her life. Candice planned to see Martha Stewart and had bought a ticket, but when Lily tried to buy a ticket, it was sold out. \u00a0Since what I do for a living is track down important people and get things from them, I thought I would try to intervene. \u00a0I eventually tracked someone important down who was super sweet and said they still had a few tickets. \u00a0Lily got to go and had an AMAZING TIME. \u00a0The buffet at the Grand America was the best she has ever had, and Martha Stewart was outstanding as always. \u00a0Martha gave tips about when she uses butter, lard and vinegar for different pie crusts.<\/p>\n

Also, Lily got her present today from my parents which was a pressure cooker. \u00a0I hear she was very excited about that. \u00a0(She just got home and I haven’t had a chance to ask).<\/p>\n

After work, I drove to meet my Lily, my dad and Suzanne, my cousins Isabella and Henry, and my girls. \u00a0We were all going to go to the new aquarium while Lily was at school. \u00a0Unfortunately the aquarium closed at six (oops!), but we all went to Wendy’s and then went to Thanksgiving point for the petting zoo. \u00a0Everyone had a great time! \u00a0Highlights were: The turkey that puffed itself bigger than I’ve ever seen a turkey go in order to impress a female. Lydia rode on a pony for one minute and then decided she was done and tried to jump off (I caught her fortunately). Baby goats (only two weeks old), butting heads with each other to play and playing king of the rock. \u00a0It was all very fun and the weather was perfect.<\/p>\n

Pictures!<\/p>\n

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