Weekend Update

Shoot, I already broke my promise to myself by not updating this weekend. I will just have to try harder this week. This weekend was really busy! Every time I thought about blogging something came up to distract me. The weekend started off right, with dinner at one of our favorite Mexican places with Missy & Wes. We haven't seen them in a while and it was good to catch up. Lately, I feel like I have been a little disconnected with some of our friends. Especially those without children. We used to be part of a group that went out every Friday night. I have so many memories of the fun times and beach trips. But truth be told, I wouldn't change anything about our lifestyle right now. Our growing family has only made life more fun and exciting. But we all need our friends (and sometimes the adult beverages that come with them) and we had a blast hanging out Friday night.

On Saturday morning, I walked in the Women's Only 5K for Breast Cancer. A group from church got together (thanks to Emily and Mel for organizing) and it was awesome! Of course, I only walked, but I still had a great time. This cause has a special place in my heart. Not only do I have boobs, but my Aunt Pat died from this disease. She was only 43. Every step I took reminded me of how much I miss her. It also reminded me of how far we have come (she died in 1997) and how much further we need to go to find a cure. Hopefully it will happen in my lifetime!

After the walk, I raced home to get ready for my nephews football game. They were playing at noon in Burlington. We quickly packed up everything needed and made it there a few seconds after kick off. Jacob (my nephew) is in the 6th grade and now his football games are a lot more competitive. The game was hot and sunny which did nothing to help my killer headache which started during the walk. I spent most of the afternoon fighting off nausea and laying down in the shade instead enjoying time with the fam. Once the game was over, the whole family went back to my brother-in-law and sister-in-law's house to celebrate my brother-in-law's birthday. We had a great lunch, watched football, the kids went swimming, and had birthday cake. It was a great day, but I was worn out afterwards. I think I went to sleep before Owen did that night!

On Sunday, we were up early again. This time, I had to be a church early to help collect for our upcoming Rummage Sale. We are collecting items every Sunday in October for the sale in November. I had shift duty this weekend since I already know we won't be at church the middle two Sundays in October. After church, I had a drop off all the collected items to a storage unit that we are using to house the items until the sale. Once that was done, I headed home to have some lunch and take a wee nap. When Owen woke up from his nap, we decided to do a test run of his Halloween Costume. I am entering him in a contest which ends the 8th, so I needed some good pictures of him. Enjoy!