October Weekend

This past weekend was really nice! It was nice having Austin home for most of it. He got home early Friday and we were able to have a nice night with the kids. He brought home dinner and we did movie night with the kids. They watched Spooky Buddies. He actually got home early enough to mow the yard. We had fish and chicken tenders. It was nice to have him home early. 
Saturday morning we were up early so we could head to Hattiesburg. Our plans have changed so much this month! Originally we were going to spend the weekend there for USM Homecoming. Then Austin got really busy at work and we figured it wasn't going to work out so we had just figured we would stay home and enjoy a low key weekend before Halloween. Then Austin's dad called on Monday and wanted Austin to come visit. I really didn't want him to spend another weekend away. After thinking about it I decided we could just go up as a family for the day. It was a nice compromise. It got us all up there to see him, we still got to be together as a family, and we were still home for a good part of the weekend. We left around 8. We stopped for breakfast though at Chickfila first. We were on the road shortly after and to Hattiesburg by about 10ish. We got there and visited with his family. I had also decided since we were going up during the day that I should still take the kids to the USM homecoming parade. They love going to this plus I knew it would get them out the house and allow Austin to talk more with his family. So shortly after we arrived my dad met us over there and we went to the campus. We finally found a parking spot and walked to watch the parade. I think the kids had a lot of fun. Ofcourse the parade was pretty low key but it was perfect. They caught some stuff and just enjoyed looking at all the different "floats" and bands and groups that went by. After the parade we took them to look at the decorated "floats" at the front of campus. They enjoyed this too. It was hot though and they were starting to get tired and hungry so we left to go back to the car. We dropped my dad off then went back to Austin's parent's house for lunch. By the time we got there they had lunch about ready. We had hot dogs and hamburgers. We basically spent the afternoon just visiting. It was nice to catch up with everyone. The kids played with Maggie. It was a nice afternoon with family. I think it meant a lot to his parents and sister for us to be there. We left around 4 though to head back home. We wanted to be in before it go too dark plus it had already been a busy day! We stopped in Slidell for dinner at McAlister's. We figured the kids would be hungry plus this way when we got home we could get them ready or bed. We arrived home about 7. We quickly got everyone bathed and headed towards the bed. 
Sunday was a nice day as well. I was thankful to have Austin off with us. We went to first service. I was teaching of course. We ended dup having 11 or 12 in class with us. I felt like they were really good though. I didn't have much of a voice so I had to really rely on my help. I was super thankful for them! We made little pumpkin handprints for the kids that came out super cute! After church we went out to eat and ran a couple errands. This has become our standard thing I guess. That afternoon we rested and just enjoyed being together. We also worked on getting things ready for the new week. That night we were able to take a walk which was fun. Our kids love their walks!