Our Weekend

It had been a pretty busy week so we were looking forward to the weekend.  Friday night was pretty low key.  We let Benjamin swim in the backyard, I made taco salad for dinner and then we went for a bike ride around the neighborhood.  Benjamin loves it :-)

Saturday morning we made waffles and just hung out around the house.  After Benjamin napped we decided to head to Corvallis to their outdoor water park/pool.  We weren't sure how Benjamin would do, and even though it took him awhile to warm up to it all, he ended up loving it.  And, it was awesome because he finally started walking again after not putting that kind of pressure on his leg for almost 2 weeks!  Ironically, he took his first steps because he wanted to walk back to the little water slide they have....at least his injury hasn't given him a permanent fear of slides :-)

 taking his first steps after nearly 2 weeks!!!  Go Benjamin Go!

Sunday morning we went to church, grabbed a quick lunch and then while Benjamin napped we got a few things done in preparation for our EPIC girls sleepover that we have each year right before school starts.  The girls weren't staying at our house tonight but the boys all crash at our place.  It was busy getting stuff done and then I headed over to Kristen's for the actual party.  We had a great time, the girls were really mellow in comparison to last year, and it was a full night of food, games, devotions, and of course talks about cute boys, ha!  :-)  We slept a little bit then headed out for a day of shopping, lunch at Olive Garden, and more shopping.  Peter dropped Benjamin off in the morning and he went shopping with us.  It was a long day, but was a great time!

Today was a Costco run, a long nap for Benjamin, a bit of some drama with our EPIC group, dinner to be made and then Peter had an elder meeting tonight.  So I went and hung out with Kristen for a few hours while the guys met.  I came home and got Benjamin to bed, then took a bubble bath which was sooo relaxing.  Now Peter and I are vegging a bit before we head to bed.  We're also thinking of our nephew Jack who busted his front tooth tonight at the park.  Poor little guy!!  He's taking it like a champ, but we think he deserves ice cream :-)