Back and Bloggin'

I guess it's been a few days since the last post ... so I better get back to it!

It was an extended family kind of weekend. After feeling a bit under the weather throughout the week (all of us at one point or another), I think we all were feeling back to normal by the weekend. Saturday the kids and I went down to Crystal Lake to go to a parade (lots of candy was gotten) and carnival (one ride each, plus some free crafts, hair painting, etc). In and around that was time spent playing with cousins and BBQing. It was nice to have all my sisters (and their families) there. Cyndie had to babysit for the pastor's kids in the morning, so she stayed home and then spent much of the afternoon running errands kid free, which was a bit of a break in and of itself.

Sunday was church, then more cousin hangout time as the Casparis and Gowans came up (Jane having spent the night with us Saturday night). Dale and Jeannine and their kids came over to BBQ around 3, so we spent plenty of time playing Cornhole and ping pong too.

Yesterday was a bit more low key. Laura, Gow, Sally, and Jane spent the night, and so we kind of just hung out in the morning, had a leisurely lunch and then they left around 2. The rest of the day we relaxed and readied ourselves for school starting today! (Which included a trip to the pool and a run to Home Depot for some jacuzzi related stuff). We all went this morning to drop Emma off. She was excited and nervous, but when Cyndie actually walked her to the door, she said Emma was ready to be off by herself and was gone! Her school day is 8:30 to 3:20 ... much longer than last year. It'll be interesting to hear her account of the day, that is if we can get her to say anything!