The Weekend

My weekend started off just right. We got to have dinner with Kimmy and Madi Friday night at Chili's. You just don't know how good it was to be able to sit and talk with Kim and not feel like the conversation was forced. Here lately I feel like when I hangout with people that the conversation is forced or strained, or really like I would just rather be some where else. Everything flowed so easily and it was such a breath of fresh air. Of course we talked about newly married life and her and Brett's honeymoon and how everything went, but we just talked. I have missed my Kim time over the last year.

Well Alexis had a great time with Madi at dinner too! They we're so cute all night.

After that we stopped at Walmart and picked up some ice cream for dessert and went home. We all decided to do our own thing once we got home. I continued reading the 7th Harry Potter book (for the second time), Steven worked on photos for church stuff, and Alexis watched Bolt in mine and Steven's room. Eventually Steven came out and started playing his PS2 and Alexis passed out. I don't know why, but it was a nice relaxing night.

Saturday we slept in as late as we could, which turned out to be 10:00. Lex and I went and got our favorite donuts and then we got ready to go to the park day with the PPBC Singles. However the park day was canceled due to rainy conditions, so we popped on over to Mom and Dad's for a little while. Of course our favorite little baby showed up right after we got there and Alexis got to her first so she held Lacey for quite a while. It is so funny to see us all with Lacey, she is going to be the most spoiled little baby on this planet. She never gets a moments peace, we are all waiting for our chance to hold her. Steven even took Lacey from me and held her for a little while and he sang to her. I think he secretly wants a baby girl, so he can have his little Daddy's girl!

After that we went back home for more reading on my part, and more work on photos by Steven, and pouting by Alexis. She wanted to ask Savannah to come over and play, but she already had plans for Saturday afternoon, so instead she went out to ride her bike. While she was out riding her bike she found some of her school friends out at the pool, and they asked if she could join them. So she went swimming for a while, and then they asked her if she wanted to go back with them for a spa afternoon, and of course she had to go. She had so much fun over at her friend Katie's apartment. She kept sending us text messages telling us how much fun everything was. She even sent us pics of her toes once they were done. I wish I were girly like that, so I could do things like that with her. Right now I feel like all I do is grip at her, and I don't mean to. Well I ended up finishing the last Harry Potter book around 12:00 on Saturday and then went to bed. Steven was still up trying to finish the pictures to be able to give them to church members the next day at service. He was up until 4:00 am finishing them.

Sunday ended up being a busy day. The morning sucked because I was so sick to my stomach that I ended up sitting out in the lobby area and listening to the service from there. Steven said it was a good thing because right after I left these two women sat next to them and talked through the entire service. He's right because I would have gone off on them! My temper is very short right now due to extra hormones, and I would have torn them up. After service we grabbed some food from Wendy's and went home. And then I began to clean and you all know how I am when I get started......I don't stop. Before I knew it I had loaded the dishwasher and switched out the laundry, and empty a box of packed up stuff, swept the kitchen, got the pledge out and was wiping down every wood surface we have, and then.........I got a hold of Alexis's room!!!! She had junk all over her entertainment center and I was tired of it, so we got in there and I made her go through every single thing on there and decide if she wanted it or not, and then where she wanted it to go. By the time we were done she had a trash can full of junk she didn't want, and a very nice looking entertainment center. We'll see if it stays that way.

After that I took her to the pool for an hour where she swam and I attempted to read Persuasion (it was rather bright out and I found it difficult to focus on the pages). Once her hour was up and I was freezing we went in and started dinner. She really likes to help me cook, so I let her help me marinate the pork chops we had for dinner. She mixed all the ingredients for the marinade while I stabbed the meat with a fork. Then she helped me rub some seasoning into the meat and cover it in the marinade. After that she tried to grate some cheese but found it hard to do so she left me to finish dinner alone. I love it when she helps me in the kitchen!

The rest of the night was good. We ate dinner at the table and then we went to the store to buy groceries, and more baby stuff.

All in all a great weekend!