Fabulous Weekend

The weekend is officially over. *sigh* I love three-day weekends but come Tuesday morning it is always somewhat of a letdown. We had a really good weekend and it is a little hard to move forward this morning. I'll survive.

My parents arrived on Friday at about 1:30. I had all the things on my list done before they got here. That's always a good feeling! We didn't do anything that day due to their long drive and the kids having to take naps. I spent a good portion of the afternoon making dinner anyway. Mmmm, Chicken Lasagne Florentine, Wendy's breadsticks and a tossed green salad. Then for desert I made a berry cobbler (box mix) and serve it with Bryer's vanilla ice cream (it was on sale!). Everyone was tired that night so it was a quiet evening as most of the house went to bed. I stayed up and finished my book!

We could not have had more perfect weather this weekend! If it had been any warmer it would have bordered on hot. But it was absolutely perfect! I even wore my sandles and painted my toenails! We took advantage of the fabulous weather the Lord blessed us with and took off downtown to explore! Ryan, Caleb and my dad toured a decommissioned Naval ship (Caleb got a Blue Angel toy plane....score!), while my mom and I and the girls walked around looking at shops and having a yummy slushie by the water. After that we drove over to a old famous hotel on the beach. After having lunch and walking around the hotel we headed home. I had put a roast in the crock pot that morning so I didn't have to cook that night! Sweet! Even sweeter was the delicious berry pie my dad got at Marie Callender's! Mmmmm, pie month!

Sunday, after church we had lunch then took off to drive around the neighborhoods near us. Ryan's purpose in the drive was to find some houses that could be potentials for us. We did visit a few open houses, that was fun! I love looking at houses, but why is it that the ones I love are always beyond our budget? Anyway, we had a nice drive and remaining time with my parents before they had to leave to go back home.

Monday marked the end of the fabulous weather as it rained buckets pretty much all day! Ryan had the day off due to Presidents Day, and it was great having a day to relax as a family. The only thing we did was go to the gym and look a couple model homes. After looking at the open houses on Sunday, Ryan reevaluated our house budget and up'ed the cap. I spent some time Sunday night researching the housing market and saw that some new homes in the area had dropped their prices since we last looked at them early last month. So, we looked at them again yesterday. I love looking at model homes! There is a slim possibility but we will continue to look. No hurry since our lease is not up until July.

I do not have any pictures to post of our weekend. I'm terrible at taking pictures at times like this! Even if I had taken the camera, I most likely would not have used it. I was hoping my mother would take some pictures that I could copy, but she didn't take any either. What a sorry picture taking lot we are.

Today is back to normal, sort of. Mae does not have school this week and Caleb only has class on Thursday. So I will have to find things to do to get us all out of the house so as not to drive each other crazy! Oh well. The fun is over, back to life.