our weekend

the dps is seriously cutting into our daddy time lately. brad has had to stay in austin 3 of the past 4 weekends. thankfully, we were still able to see him for 2 of those thanks to my awesome aunt & uncle who offered up their austin house to us for the weekend.

this weekend, however, we were on our own. brad was occupied with academy duties until 5 pm on saturday and the thought of a 5 hour drive (round-trip) to get approximately 5 hours of quality time seemed a bit much. (although i'm now questioning my logic.)

mason and i found a few ways to occupy our time - and a lot of it was spent with our friends katie and avery (and ryan too on saturday!) it was a rough week at work for me and by friday i felt like i was lucky to be still standing. katie and avery came to the rescue with a pizza picnic in the park by our house where the kiddos played (and finally ate) while i had the fantastic distraction of adult conversation not related to the chemisphere.

saturday, mason and i went to the little gym, then ran errands and grocery shopped before hitting the bed for a much-needed nap. we finished off the day at the scream on the green event at the woodlands umc and attended the saturday night service at the loft. it was a fun day, but filled with more than one semi-sad moment as we wished brad (aka daddy) could join us.

digging in to my first sno-cone

today's been pretty low-key. we spent some time at the park and have just hung around the house while i've tackled the weekend laundry (how on earth do we end up with so much between friday and sunday?!)

loving the slide

an introduction to star wars and nerf guns
(thanks to a new friend at the park)

mason's new buddy -
he and mason played until they could play no more at the park

we're down to the last 5 weeks of the academy and we're praying they fly by. we've done pretty well so far, but it's really getting old! hurry up nov. 18!!