The Perfect Weekend

It's not often that I get to say we had the perfect weekend, but this past holiday weekend came pretty damn close. All the kids slept in - maybe because we kept them going all day, every day, the weather was pretty good and everybody was in good moods. Saturday started with us taking the kids to Discovery Kingdom after a lunch at Sonic. Sonic, aka the roller skating place to the girls, is extra fun for them because we fold down the backseats in the van and let them have a "picnic". We sat in the front to eat and the entire time listened to little girl giggles from the back. Those giggles = pure heaven! So after lunch, we headed over the amusement park. We have season passes, so we aren't too concerned about getting to the whole park in one day, which is good because the girls ended up having definite ideas of what we were going to do. They started the day in one of the kids areas, which is great for Nacho and I because they are big enough to (and more importantly want to) go on the rides by themselves. Lu has always been our daredevil, so nothing regarding rides surprises me much. Sam has always been a little more timid, so it shocked me when she was fine riding on one of the roller coasters by herself (Lu just barely missed the height requirement to ride by herself, so I had to ride with her). Then they BOTH shocked me when the eagerly agreed to go on the Cobra - an adult size roller coaster. Lu loved it so much I think she went on it 4-5 times. They also got a big kick out of one of those rocking boat rides that swings back & forth. After getting me on it once, they took Nacho and then somehow talked me into going again. They would have kept going if I were willing to go again, but I wasn't. Since having kids, my motion sickness is even worse. It was such a great day and it was nice to do something just the 5 of us.

Sunday was spent with the Luas, after a quick trip (and lunch made up of free samples) to Costco. Two of our nephews and a niece were being confirmed, so after attending church to watch that, we went to my sister-in-law's for a bbq. It was so nice to catch up and see everybody, since in all honesty we had sort of neglected that side of the family with all that's been going on in my family. I'm admittedly not very religious, but I'm very proud of them, so congratulations Bianka, Brandon & Daniel!

Monday was the perfect end to the weekend. We went over to Nacho's cousins' house, who while family, are really good friends also. We hung out by the pool all day and just relaxed. The kids all had a blast - Jack made the perfect lounge lizard in one of the baby floats they have and the girls are finally confident enough in their own swimming abilities to swim the entire length of the pool by themselves (using arm floats). It was hard to bribe them out of the pool at the end of the day. I really wish life wasn't always so hectic because it would be great to get together with them more often. You hear that Elena?? ;)

And now it's back to reality. Luckily this week is short and we've actually got another busy weekend coming up. We actually have our weekends spoken for until the beginning of July. But this one was stress free and mostly on our terms, so it's going to be hard to top.