To The Moon And Back

What an awesome weekend! Saturday, we had a work day at the gym. Some places in the floor needed repairing, and there was some general -- and not so general -- cleaning that needed to be done. Lauren sent out an email, and we were both amazed at the response! Our parents are wonderful!! When the girls come in Monday, they'll see a new shelf full of trophies, banners hung, a wonderfully straight and springy floor, super-clean mats and carpets, and clean windows and doors. We so appreciate the moms and dads (and kids) who turned out to help.

As soon as I could get cleaned up, I went to get Dylan, Daniel, and Kaylee. We saw the tail end of an airshow, which was super exciting for the boys. Kaylee covered her ears. :)  Several puzzles, ballgames, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and bubble baths later, all were sound asleep. That's a good thing, because ZiZi and PopPop could hardly move we were so sore from all the work we had done in the gym!

Sunday morning we were up and about early. Congratulating myself for preparedness, I helped Robbie put roast in the oven, cook two bags of peas, and cut up potatoes. All the kids would be at our house for lunch -- NOT. We got to church and realized we were eating at church for Pastor Appreciation!

So we ate at church and then came home to play. Kaylee went to sleep, and Dylan and Daniel and I had an adventure. They said they wanted to go to the moon, so we pretended the swing was our rocket. We had a big blast-off, went through some turbulence, and finally landed on the moon where, as Daniel explained, we could float because there is "no gwabity" on the moon. Hilarious!! It was so much fun.

At the end of the day, the kids graciously agreed to help us with the food...they came over for supper instead of lunch! It was so good to have them all here. Grace is counting by 10's and 5's and 100's. She told us about her youth hunt yesterday. She declares she will NEVER go again because you just have to be too quiet and too still, and she cannot be still that long because it hurts her legs!

I know all about hurting legs...and arms...and back. I'm off to a warm bath and Aleve. CCA is out tomorrow for Veteran's Day, so Grace and I can have a great play day until gym. Who knows...she may want to go to the moon and back, too.