Wednesday, May 27, 2015

Memorial Day Weekend

We are having a wonderful kick off to summer! Friday ofcourse was Awards Day. The kids and I enjoyed a trip to Chickfila then a restful afternoon at home. That night we did our usual movie night. 
Saturday since Austin was off we wanted to make it a special day for the kids. We decided to take them out to City Park. We bought memberships during the spring so we needed to go back and use those. We also thought they would enjoy going back and going on the rides. We did Storyland first. They both had fun at first but quickly got bored. I don't know if this is b/c they are both getting too old for it or b/c we did just go a couple of months ago? Once the rides opened up we headed there. 
Austin rode the roller coaster. We couldn't talk Colby into riding it again and Lindsay was still too short. They then wanted to do the carousel. Finally Lindsay rode the carousel the entire time without crying to get off! They then rode about 5 or more little kid rides. We were so thankful for the membership! It saved us a TON of money! We were going to end the day with a train ride but it had broken down and we weren't willing to wait for 30 minutes. We went to lunch at Panera Bread. (A Family Favorite) The afternoon we all rested and then enjoyed a night around the house. Did I mention we were also dog sitting all weekend? The kids loved having the dog to play with in the backyard and Colby even got to walk him a couple times. 
Sunday we were happy to have Austin off. We went to 1st service. I taught. At first I really thought I would only have like 4 kids but we had 8. It was a good morning. I felt like the kids were all really well behaved. Lindsay always seems to enjoy her little friends Luke and Mia. We went to a quick lunch at Subway afterwards. Oh and Colby's good friend Makyrin got baptized that morning! That was exciting! We had a short afternoon b/c we all had made plans for that afternoon evening. Austin made plans to golf with a friend and I made plans to go to the movies. We rarely get out with friends especially alone like that so I thought it was nice for us to do that. He never gets to play golf much less have one on one time with another guy! I enjoyed the movie and hang out time with Stephanie. The kids also enjoyed the time with grandparents. It was a fun afternoon for us all. Ofcourse with getting in late like that I feel behind but that's ok it was worth it! 
Monday (Memorial Day)...we slept in. Its always nice to have those days where none of us have to be anywhere early! We enjoyed a low key morning before heading out to my parent's to go swim. The kids and Austin got in the pool. Normally I would swim but with the threat of rain and the fact I went ahead and showered that morning I decided to skip out. We had fun visiting with everyone. We got home after 3 and just relaxed and worked around the house the rest of the day. We were invited to another BBQ that evening but we decided to skip since we had all been so busy. 
It was a lovely start to summer with our busy weekend! The week ahead will be filled with VBS preparations! I cannot believe that time is here again! 

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