weekend recap

by teresa
Hello everyone...Happy Monday! I hope your weekend went well. Ours was great. My uncle Jim and his sons came down and visited. We all went out to dinner together on Friday night...then his boys spent the night with Nick and Ben. They had a good time. Mostly playing Playstation (until almost midnight...sorry Jim:). Then the next morning we all headed to Ben and Kristian's final game. We lost...I'm sad...now it's all over until the fall:( Then we went out to lunch (Rancho Grande...Nick's favorite). We came home...played outside (basketball and kickball) and then at 3:00 we had Nick's birthday party. He loved everything he got. Chris and I bought him an Ipod (shuffle)...a new karate manuel & shirt...some pens and pencils (he is a mechanical pencil fanatic!)....and tickets to the Raven concert (in two weeks). He was so excited! He also recieved new camping gear from Chris parents (his Royal Ranger troupe is going on a campout in a couple weeks)...some money from my mom and grandaddy and Katy...and a gift card from Jim and the boys. Chris and I are also taking him and his friends to Laserquest next weekend for his birthday. I had the cutest cake mad with one of his baby pictures on it...it turned out so cute! We kept cutting away at it...leaving his face for last.
Yesterday we did the church thing then ate lunch with the in-laws. They took the boys home with them for the afternoon. I know...nice huh? But don't get too excited for us. Because when we got home Katy and the kids were next door. By the time we changed out of our church duds....Kristian and Kai were over. Wanting snacks and for us to play with them. Katy and Kaden came over for awhile too. Chris was helping her look online for a car and setting up a budget for her to go by. While Kaden crawled all over my crafting project. She is so cute...that I didn't even mind. She kept pulling on Shorty and giving him kisses. Too adorable! Later Kai came back over alone...insisting that Chris go outside and play with him. It was drizzling...but he was so persistant , that Chris gave in. They played out there for a long time. Once inside again...Kai said...now what Chris? By now Kristian had come back over...so I heard Chris and the kids playing in the livingroom. They were taking turns telling scary stories...and playing tickle monster. This went on for a good hour. I was very impressed that Chris lasted that long entertaining them.
They looked so sad when Katy said it was time to leave (around 6:30pm). But I'm sure they will be back tonight.

The teachers liked their breakfast this morning. Several other moms brought in some great stuff. Muffins...danish...fruit...bagels...french toast casserole...etc. It was tough not to partake! I will head back over there later to help clean up. Talk at ya later.