Full Weekend

Well now, it's time to slow down from a full weekend, but I'm not sure that's going to happen!

Lots going on over the weekend ...

• Emma had a playdate with her good friend Olivia on Saturday morning. The girls did a pretty good job of including Timmy too, which was very nice.
• We helped a bit with my aunt's octoberfest part over at her apartment building ... I spent about an hour cooking brats and hot dogs while the kids played outside in the crisp fall air! The kids found all kinds of "treasures" in the woods ... including the handle of a ski rope, a bike tire, and a 6 foot long bungee cord!
• We had our small group at our place on Saturday. It was a pretty good group of folks, and was good to connect with some people.
• Auntie Jane came to visit starting Saturday evening and is still here. The kids love to play and be with her. The cumulation of that visit will be dinner tonight over at Laura and Gow's.
• Sunday we lazed about a bit in the morning, and then headed over to my folks for lunch with the fam, and then watched the Vikings/Ravens football game.
• Church was different in the evening ... a prayer/music focused time (our pastor was out of town). It was very cool, and a fun/unique way to experience worship.
• After that some friends split up between Laura and Gow's (the ladies) and our place (the guys) and watched movies ... The Proposal for the ladies, and Trans Siberia for the gents. That was fun, and was made all the better by the awesome gift of a Lou Malnati's stuffed pizza from the worship leader, Leslie, one for Gowans, and one for us. That's some good stuff!

Today, Emma has a huge day. Her first Spanish class is before school for 40 minutes, then school, then girl scouts (she sold an even 100 boxes of cookies), then over to Laura and Gow's for dinner, then back home to finish off a report on several states for school tomorrow! Whew, I'm tired thinking about it!

Did a little work on the jacuzzi over the weekend ... no dice, we still have a slow leak. We still filled it up though. We're hoping we might be able to use some "fix a leak" (a solution you put in the water that can fix small leaks) to get where we need to go. If not, we'll have to dump the whole thing out, and tip it up to try to find the problem.

Cyndie and I have spent some time browsing around online looking at boats. We'd like to get something to take out on the lake next year. We'll see where that leads!