Family Time

What a truly wonderful weekend spent with family. Saturday I got to sleep in (thank you baby) and we spent a wonderful morning and afternoon as a family. We carved pumpkins into fun shapes as the kids watched patiently (yeah right!) Daddy had to work at work at church Saturday night so he left at 5pm and was gone until 10pm which gave the kids and I some much needed downtime together. We watched Polar Express (an absolute favorite in our house) and snuggled on the couch. After the movie was over it was bedtime and the kids complied with minimal whining which is always a treat. We read stories together in Little Man's room, said prayers and tucked him in and then sweet pea's turn and both drifted off to sleep without nary a peep. I set off downstairs and proceeded to watch my ever growing list of DVR'd shows that Daddy doesn't particularly care to watch. Although I really missed having him next to me it was nice to get a little alone time. I should've really been doing homework but I was being lazy.




Sunday was our launch service at church, how exciting it is to be a part of the beginning! The sermon was awesome as I knew it would be and it just felt right to be there with all those people, they truly feel like family. We had a pretty good turn out and are hoping to just keep growing from here, God is good! Sunday afternoon was relaxing, I got to take a nap with a much tired Sweet Pea which is always nice in theory except...she started out in our room with me but wouldn't stop wiggling so I had to put her in her bed where she promptly feel asleep after five minutes, go figure. I miss the days of snuggling up with her but she is her mother's daughter and every bit as painfully independent as I'm sure I was at that age. For dinner Daddy cooked up some really yummy tilapia which was great since it was our first time cooking it and first runs don't always turn out. After that Little Man and I went to the grocery store and picked up goodies to make cupcakes and homemade butter cream frosting. Of course upon coming home we discover we only have one muffin tin that has six spots so we compromised and made six cupcakes and two cakes instead. After the cupcakes cooled we gave one to each of the kids along with some of the aforementioned homemade icing dyed orange for the season, they had a blast decorating and then eating their cupcakes. Then to top the evening off the kiddos adorned their costumes for a very special skype date with Grandma. Nothing brings out the love and craziness in our kiddos but the love of seeing Grandma on skype! As always it was a wonderful, special, hectic time that we all cherish when we get the chance, love you Mom and miss you! Ah yes, a wonderful weekend with family indeed.