Memorial Weekend

We didn't have any grand plans for this Memorial weekend but it was fun all the same. On Friday Robb only worked half a day so we started our weekend off a little early. I love it when he comes home early! It is so nice to have 2 against 3 instead of me against them. Abby and Robb went shopping at Sams to stock up on meat for the upcoming birthday parties and the boys and I headed to Toys R Us to get a gift for cousin Brook. It was pretty funny shopping wiht 2 little boys and trying to buy a little girl gift. They kept saying "are we done in the pink aisle yet?". We did manage to get a girly gift and Robb managed to get the Sams shopping done with a crabby Abby.
Saturday was a fun day. It was nice and hot so we got out the pool and the slip n slide and had a water day. I even went down the slip n slide once. I bet that was a sight! Robb put 40lbs of meat on the grill to smoke for the boys upcoming birthday party. I ran some errands to pick of some more kids shorts and sundresses at the Carters in Gretna and also picked up party supplies and cake making supplies. I will keep you updated on how my cake making/decorating goes. I decided that it was time to learn how since we are having 2 parties and both Bryce and Caleb will want a cake for each party. Therefore we need 4 cakes. Hopefully I can figure it out and they aren't terribly disappointed with the results.
Sunday we woke up early and headed to Norfolk for my niece, Brook's birthday party. Silly me, I assumed that it was supposed to be another nice day so the boys were dressed in shorts and t shirts and Abby was in a sundress. To our suprise it was only high 50's when we got to Norfolk! So Robb and I made a quick dash to Shopko and scoured the clearence racks for something warm in their size. Needless to say their wasn't much left for coats and pants, so our children looked like big nerds. They had a great time at Brooks party. My sister and brother in law live on an acrege so there was a bunny to play with and baby guineas to see and of course cows and dogs to look at as well. All the kids had fun playing together and did suprisingly well without naps. Since we were in Norfolk we took advantage of the grandparents a little and finished the boys birthday shopping while we had a free babysitter. Thanks Bob, Susie and Andy. We left at bedtime to avoid all the crabbing that comes with 3 children in the car and I must say it was nice to have 2 hours of silence from the kids where Robb and I could actually have a conversation without getting interupted a million times.
On Monday, Robb worked half a day and the kids and I just had a lazy morning. In the afternoon we went the the neighborhood BBQ and the kids played with the neighbor kids in the bounce house. I finally got Robb to give in and we went to Sears to look at refrigerators. Our garage fridge broke this last week, and although we have only had it for about 4 months I can't live without it. Three gallons of milk in the fridge at one time just takes too much room, especially when our fridge is small to begin with. I am very excited, my new side by side fridge with water in the door will be delivered on Saturday. So per the agreement, if I got a new fridge I would finish staining the playground. So guess how I spent the rest of my Monday? Oh well, Robb did do 90% of the staining so I guess it was my turn.
Like I said, we didn't do anything too spectacular but it was still a fun weekend. We had some fun and got a few things accomplished.