Relaxing Weekend

This weekend was nice and relaxing. It was so nice to just not have to do anything!! We probably won't have another weekend like it until after the holidays are over. Sometimes it is really nice to be have things to do and be busy, but sometimes it's nice to just stay home and not do much.

Friday afternoon Brad and his mom drove down to St. Clair Shores (a little over 1 hour away) to sign the papers on Brad's parent's new car. They traded in their Mini Cooper for a Cadillac SRX Sport. It's actually Mom D's new car. Although she loved the Mini, it really didn't have a smooth ride (considering the roads in MI are horrible) and it only sat 4 people.

The Cadillac is very nice. They got it in Black Cherry, which almost looks black, but with a little deep purple hue to it. It seats 7, however, tonight we got 8 in it (with Parker's car seat)! It has all the bells and whistles. The entire top of it is a moon roof, so even the people in the backseat can look up and see the sky. It's got everything you could possibly think of for a car to have. It is extremely nice!While Brad and Mom D were away, I was at home with the kids. Scott and Al came over and we just watched tv while the kids played. Once everyone got back home, we all went to Little Caesars in Davison. They are known for having great strombolis. It was incredibly busy and it looked like there wasn't enough workers. We waited quite a while and our strombolis came out cold. I have to say it wasn't the best Little Caesars experience we've had.

We came home and watched home videos. We have actually been watching them every night all week long. Brad's parents videoed a lot when Brad and his siblings were kids, so we have seen all sorts of stuff from their past. My parents never bought a video camera, so we have no video of our childhood. I'm a little sad that we don't, but it is a lot of fun to see Brad (and his siblings) when they were little. Parker looks a lot like Brad did at that age and Halle acts a lot like Brad's brother Scott. We've seen quite a few really funny things too. I'm glad we have videoed Halle and Parker since they were both born. I will say that we need to video more though. We have lot of footage of Halle as a baby, but we don't have much of Parker.

Saturday we did absolutely nothing! I stayed in bed for quite a while reading-it was so nice. Brad made the kids french toast for breakfast and they played all morning. Brad did go out and get some caulk for the shower and worked on that for a while, but he did get a nap! Bailey ended up coming over and playing with Halle all afternoon. They pretended to be going to the Prom and got dressed up in some of Halle's fancier dresses. Jessica did their hair and make-up.

Would you believe they're only 6 & 7 years old?

Aunt Mindy and Uncle Kelly came over in the evening. We ordered chinese and watched more home videos all evening long. We also started watching "Anne of Green Gables- The Continuing Story". I used to watch "Anne of Green Gables" when I was little (so did Brad's family, obviously). Mom D couldn't fine the first Anne movie, so we watched "The Continuing Story". We got through 1 video tape- it was back in the day when you got 2 tapes in the box when it was a really long movie. We'll have to finish the rest of it sometime this week.

Sunday we had church at home. I teach the kids (Halle, Bailey, and Corey) and we have been talking about Thanksgiving all month long. Today we talked about how greed can overtake you if you aren't thankful for what you have. We have been making turkey crafts all month long and today we finally finished them.

Their's look a little different than this picture shows. I had them write things that they were thankful for on each of the "feathers" that surround the wreath. We used the outline of their own foot for the turkey body, and on the feet we put the words "Give" and "Thanks". They also glitter-glued theirs all up. I will post Halle's on my Thanksgiving Day post.

This afternoon my parents came out and we went to Past Tense to look at all their Christmas decorations. They had a lot of nice things and they are reasonably priced. We shopped around for quite a while and then went to their little restaurant and all got dessert. Halle got Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream and the rest of us got a piece of Fruits of the Forest pie and ice cream. The waitress was so nice and ended up giving Parker a cut-up apple and carmel to dip it in. He scarfed it down!!!

Once we got back home, everyone was heading out to Outback Steakhouse for dinner, so we tagged along. We all crammed into Mom D's new car and watched "Cheaper by the Dozen 2" on the way there. We had a nice dinner and had a really good waiter. It probably was one of the best visits we've had there in a while.

We really had a nice and relaxing weekend. Halle is on vacation for this entire week, so that will be nice. I might get called to sub in a few other districts, so I might work a couple days this week-we'll see, I guess. This coming weekend will definitely not be a quiet one. We have lots planned already, but I will post about all that later.

I hope you had an enjoyable and relaxing weekend as well.