back to the familiar

9-7-10




The holiday weekend was good. Tiring, but good.



We were able to see Bobby “graduate” on Friday, which was nice. I am glad he got to go over to daycare since he got presents and some time in the bounce house. It was cool all around. Plus, we managed to get out of town at a pretty decent hour. We even arrived at the Compound by 8:30, which is fantastic!



The wedding party was nice. It was mellow and low stress. My boys looked awesome and they had a good time. I was thrilled because Scotty said I looked hot. Nothing better than a gay telling you that. LOL!



We didn’t know a lot of the friends that showed, but it didn’t really matter since we could visit with family and really just have a good time. I had some wine and had a nice buzz going, which was coolness. It wasn’t as good when you are racing through the house, chasing an idiot Golden Retriever, but it was ok. She makes up for being such a ding dong by being so freaking cute.



It is so nice to have kids who can now entertain themselves without grownups around the whole time. I helped do a lot of the party set up, and Ken was out with another set of folks getting Costco items (oh, yes, and getting me new tires), so it was me in charge of boys. I was shocked that I managed to help, get myself cleaned up, get the boys cleaned up and all of us dressed and looking amazing! YAY!



One of the coolest parts of the weekend was getting to hang out and chit chat with Kristie. She is my new niece since she married Nate. She is awesomeness. They are way cute together, and she is a doll. I am so happy to see Nate doing so well.



Nate also showed Bobby how to play the guitar a bit. I am telling you, cutest thing ever to watch.



I had put Grandma Brenan on silent notice, and happily she did great. She spent a lot of time with the boys including adventure walks, kick ass bubble bath time and even cupcake decorating. I was pleased. It is a shame that Grandpa was so grumpy most of the weekend since I almost was able to give the grandparents an A! I give them a B just because of the grumpy factor. He wasn’t really too grumpy with them, but his grumpy prevented some interaction.



It was so cool to have Andy and Holly there. Both of them are so great with the boys and so much fun to hang out with. It sounds like Holly might even bring the whole family out for Christmas, which means it will probably be a Compound Christmas.



I got a little annoyed a couple of times over the weekend, mostly concerning lack of help with the kids, but overall, it was a pretty easy weekend when it came to them. The boys and dogs as expected did shadow me a bit, but it was doable.



The river was WONDERFUL. There was a little incident concerning Ken arguing with the sheriff and some a-holes who essentially told said sheriff that we had dogs, but once we moved down river a bit, it was so wonderful. The water was a great temperature and the air was perfect. It was a little rocky and despite bringing water shoes in our suitcase, we forgot them at the house. LOL! Oh well. Turns out my kick ass Sketchers Sandals rule. I think I may need to get another pair.



Andy and I went up and down the river a bit with the boys on the floats I had got. It was really fun. They were not as thrilled as I had hoped, but they enjoyed the morning with rock tossing and just hanging out. Andy and I enjoyed the current of the water and had a lot of fun. I got out really only to do pictures. Ken went in and watched the fishies with the mask. It was a great morning.



And let me tell you. The dogs are not shy about water. They couldn’t contain themselves they were so excited. I loved every second of their water games. I can’t wait to take them back!!



Sunday evening was spent celebrating birthdays from August. Scotty, Aubry, Shaynna and Dax all had birthdays so there was cupcake fun, presents and lots of visiting. It was very nice. The kids also all took a fun bubble bath in Grandma’s giant tub. The best part of this was watching all the grownups swarm and be paparazzi with them. Too fun!



We left Monday morning around 10:30. It was a good time since we got home about 5:30 and we missed most of the icky traffic. Andy took Holly to the airport around 1, and he said the traffic was so bad they were actually concerned that she wouldn’t get there on time. Phew!



My only yucky part of the weekend was this ick I have had the whole time. I went through an almost crampy type issues to nausea to hot flashes to dizzy. It only seemed to happen after I ate, but really, it seemed to be present the whole trip. I know Holly wasn’t feeling 100% either, so I am wondering if we both just picked up some kind of little flu bug. I still feel icky this morning, but like I said, it doesn’t seem to be something in which I am not functional. It just seems to be a level of bleah that is annoying.



Bobby will have practice tomorrow night with his team. It sounds pretty informal. The coach also told me Dax could participate, so that is nice. I wish it wasn’t so late, but I suppose most parents get off work way later than I do. We still don’t have our game schedule, which is annoying the hell out of me, but this is on AYSO, not my coach this time. There is a team parent meeting tonight which I may send Ken to. He will be able to get more information and it will be good for him to be able to possibly vent there if needed. I did tell him we have to stay out of the politics and arguing that I know he is wanting to do. We discussed briefly the argument he had with the people at the river and I pointed out that even though, yes, they were lame, he was worse because he showed our kids that this is how we handle a dispute. He agreed with me.



My week looks busy what with practice, games, birthdays and what not. Yie!