family weekend to remember

This was a great weekend. Often on weekends, we don't plan much and sometimes wish we had and the time slips by and before we know it, it's Monday. But this weekend we did a ton of fun, family things and just enjoyed being together. It's so great to be able to do more and more things with the guys and know that we're creating some lasting memories, at least for us.

On Friday night we had fish and chips at home, which was a real treat. We used to go to Fergie's at the Forks for fish on Fridays but since my gluten scandal we haven't. I had a craving and my amazing husband cooked up a feast...he's the best. After that, we went to Pan Am Pool for some swimming fun, and it was really great to see the boys get so into it...plus the water was pretty warm which helps. I could hang out in the kiddie pool there without kids, just because it's warm. It's nice that we have kids now so we can justify doing things like eating cotton candy at Tinkertown and sitting around in warm water. I digress.

Saturday morning the biggest treat of the day was that we all slept through the night until nearly 8am. Lately Sammy's been making his way to our bed at some point in the night, and comes to my side of the bed, and hours later I wake up and find him there, completely unaware of when he came. This morning I found myself squished between Sammy and Julio, on my back, with my arms above my head like a pencil. Not so comfy at 8 months pregnant. But the night before...sleeping bliss. On Saturday morning we had crepes, and then went to a hobby shop and bought a rocket and launch pad and engines for some rocket fun. Julio had made a rocket with the boys about a week ago and just wanted the engine to launch it, but we didn't have a launch pad so we got a kit that had another rocket in it. It was fun to look around, especially for Julio, as they had a ton of model boats, cars, planes, trains, etc there. At one point Luke looked at Julio and said, "You can't buy everything you see you know!" The man at the till kept joking, saying things like, "which kids are getting this for, you or them?" I think it was his classic line...sounded like it wasn't the first time he'd used it.

Saturday night we went to Marble Slab Creamery which was so delicious and even had some great options for me which was so nice. Amaretto ice cream with skor chunks...yum. Then we went to Indigo Books, which Julio had never been to and which has an amazing kid section, so the kids played and we looked at books and relaxed...a nice end to the day.

And today was the grand finale of greatness...launching rockets in the park with our good buds, Stephen and Benjamen K, and Kevin, Robyn and Claire. There are some videos below that shows the fun. The kids and the adults were enthralled and it was the most beautiful, warm fall day. We ended it off with snacks and a baseball game where all the kids got home runs every time.

With three weeks or so to go until this baby arrives, it was nice to have a weekend to relax and enjoy time together. It's so hard to believe that before we know it life is about to change forever yet again.