Crazy Awesome Weekend

We just had the craziest, most awesome weekend. It felt like it lasted FOREVER (in a good way) because so much happened! Friday evening, we had company for dinner, our friends Sarah and Eddie and their 3-1/2 kids. The men stayed home with the kids once they were all safely in bed at our house and Sarah and I went shopping (obviously, we're moms -- we went to BI-LO first!). We were going to get dessert or coffee, but Eddie texted to Sarah to come back because he needed to go home to bed since he had to work Saturday. When we got home, he was practically asleep on the couch. Right when Sarah was getting him up to leave, U.S. Marshals came on and Sarah got hooked in -- at midnight. At 2, I realized they were not leaving, so I went to bed, after getting them all settled on the couch with blankets. So, we had a grown-up sleepover! The next morning, we all had breakfast and then they left around 10.

Greg and I took the kids to ride the TVRM train at noon, and then we went to go pick out a different pair of  glasses for Luke and get the first pair fixed (another kid jumped off the top bunk onto his face  -- "I told him to move!"), which broke off a nose piece. They said they'd have them ready in 45 minutes, so we went to Chik-fil-a for lunch. We ran into Heather and Jonas there, which was great fun. Then right as we were getting in the car, they called from Eyeglass World to say they made a mistake and it would be another half hour on the glasses. So we went to Petsmart to kill some time and then went and got the glasses. By the time we got home it was four. We left our house at 5:30 to go watch the East Ridge Christmas Parade, and then Heather, Matt, and Jonas came over after for leftovers. The kids went to bed about ten.

Today, we skipped Sunday School and just went to church. Who should show up, but one of my oldest childhood friends with her husband, all whom I haven't seen in more than a year. We had lunch by ourselves, but then they came over at about 3, with their three girls (ages 3 to 7). Heather and Jonas came over a little later. We made buttermilk pancakes for dinner and chatted while the kids played. Everyone was finally gone about 9:45. Whew! We made it; had a wondeful time, and our house surprisingly is NOT trashed! I wouldn't want to do this every weekend, but I really enjoyed it. It was nice for Greg too, because he doesn't always get to see his friends outside of work and he saw three of them this weekend.