General Craziness

Memorial weekend...is it over already? Its such a blur...
Andy was away Thursday and Friday as a leader on the sophomore river trip. I'm sure he missed us...haha! I know he had a blast and it was beautiful weather for it. I was busy continuing to get ready for our garage sale and open house. Yes, I did say garage sale AND open house. For those who might be wondering...yes, that is a lot to get ready for! At times I felt a bit crazy, but it all came together. In fact, on Friday I was able to take the kids to see a great college friend of mine who was in Colorado on vacation. It was my first big "trip" with all three kids and no Andy. Thankfully my mom made the drive with me and I dropped her off at the outlet malls. A real treat for her, and a blessing for me. It was so fun to catch up and the boys enjoyed the bike path and playgrounds.
Saturday morning came bright and early as Andy and I scurried around setting up the garage sale while making sure our house stayed in order. I kept sending the boys outside so that I could keep the house clean. We cleared out quite a bit of stuff over two days, and had about 10 people come through the house. I felt like all my work had been validated, so it all was worth it.
On Monday we packed up our stuff for the day and headed to the local parade. It was a classic Grand Lake parade...mostly firetrucks. The boys were thrilled and of course enjoyed the candy. Our next stop was the golf course. The boys have been dying to go, and finally we had time and had nice weather. We spent some time at the driving range and then putted around a bit. Nana and Papa joined us for the parade and golf. It was a fun family time. We went back to mom and dad's for lunch and enjoyed a loaded grilled chicken salad. Yum! We spent the day there and rounded out the evening with a trip to the pool. Jolee behaved in her car seat :) and the boys were able to expend some energy (bonus!). I even got some laps in, and relaxed in the hot tub. What a great, busy, weekend! It was so fun to all be together.