Weekend Events

Whew! It's always lots of fun to have multiple activities to attend on summer weekends and it's always nice when the fun is over and you can sit down and breathe again at home! We had a packed weekend starting off Saturday morning at my husband's work picnic where he had the job of barbecuing.

The picnic was at a park and our kids were able to meet up with two little girls who belong to a co - worker. They all enjoyed feeding ducks bread on a pond. There were MANY ducks. One of the little girls dropped her lipgloss into the pond on accident and the ducks went crazy over it. She was very upset about it until CT retrieved it from the quacking mob. Little J looked on from his stroller, very entertained by the noise and splashes from the duckies. We then had to leave early to make it to CT's tae kwon do belt test on this hot and humid day. I'll write about that later. The day finished off with lots of food, friends and family gathered at one of my cousin's homes to watch the UFC fight and visit. ( And rest. ) Sunday brought us to my family reunion which was held at my parent's house. I got to visit with many family members I hadn't seen in a long time and got to meet a few cousin's spouses I had not met yet. My cousin Megan, shown in the photo above ( right ) is here visiting with her family from Illinois and I hadn't had the pleasure of meeting her daughter, son or husband until Sunday. I think they all make exceptional additions to our family! The kids had no trouble entertaining themselves. It seemed my dad's hammock was a big attraction and plaything. These are actually the only two photos I was able to take since I was busy chasing Little J all over the yard. Now that he walks it's quite a work out to keep up with him. For more on the family reunion you can visit my mom's blog : Spot on Cedar Pond.

In the middle of all the chaos ... ahem, I mean fun ... we got a pool! My husband finally broke down and gave in to all my begging and pleading for something to swim in and bought us a pool just big enough that all 4 kids and I can fit in it at the same time. Woo Hoo! This is HUGE for me as I was the little girl who would fill a 5 gallon bucket with water and sit in it in the summers just to be IN water.

To make things easy and because it was Little J's first birthday yesterday, we took the kids out to eat at Burger King. This is quite possibly, my favorite place to eat. ( Yes, I'm a cheap date. )

As you can see, the kids enjoyed it too.