Nice weekend...

Jeff actually took two whole days off!!  It has been a LONG time since he had more than just a few hours of sleep and time to just do nothing if that's what he decided to do.  We didn't do a whole lot of nothing... 

Saturday morning we went sledding.  Connor fell asleep in the car so he missed out on the first session.  There were quite a few people there and they all kept commenting on how crazy Brenan was.  He is not scared to go fast, he hangs on over the bumps, goes flying, and just lands where he lands.  He borrowed the round plastic thing from one of the families there, the kids didn't like it because it went to fast and it spins around as you go down.  Brenan LOVED it!  He said it was "totally awesome!". 

On one of the trips down, Jeff and Brenan were both on the sled and there were people walking up the sled hill, instead of moving over into the powdery stuff..  During the process of trying to not kill anyone, Jeff put his feet out and tried to stop.  It sprayed snow all over Brenan and he didn't think that was cool.  Then he was really not happy to find out that it had also broken the sled almost in two.  We left and went to the store to buy another one and then went back.  The second time around, Connor woke up and was able to join the fun.  He doesn't even cry when they crash or stop quickly and he face-plants into the snow.. just lays there and waits for someone to come and get him.

After we got done sledding, we went to Burger King and got lunch, actually ate inside because Brenan thinks he never gets to eat inside and I guess he thinks it's more fun or something.  When we got done eating, we went home and got our swimsuits on and went to the recreation center.  It was supposed to be open swim from 1:30-6.  We got there at about a quarter to 2 and they had had a swim meet that morning so it was still closed, even though it had been cleaned and was ready for use.  We were told that the lifeguards weren't there yet as the reason they didn't just open it.  We paid and went in and played table tennis and Brenan played on the slide by the climbing wall.  He really wanted to try to climb, but he was wearing snowboots and they said that he had to have tie-up shoes, so that didn't make him happy either.  We tried to keep ourselves entertained for the hour and fifteen minutes we had to wait for the pool to open.  There were millions of kids there with no parents, even though they are not supposed to be there without supervision.  Found out after being there a little while that at least three of the lifeguards were there and playing pool at the other end of the building, so they technically could have opened the pool and let people in.  That did not make us happy.  Anyway... 3pm finally rolled around and we got to go into the pool.  My boys are definately NOT afraid of water.  They were both jumping off the edges of the pool, whether there was someone there to catch them or not.  They loved the little slides and water fountains.  Their favorite thing is the current channel.  They love going around that circle.  I don't know about Jeff, but my legs were TIRED after we got done.  Connor kept trying to take off to play with every one else in the water and then he would tip over.  I think he scared more than one of the lifeguards... haha.   I was always within reach and got him up and standing again.. and he would just grin at me and take off again.  We had a blast!  They both fell asleep on the way home from the pool.  We had some tired boys!  Connor took a nap while I made dinner and the rest of us ate. 

Sunday, they both slept in until almost 9am, so we skipped church instead of waking them up to get ready.  We had breakfast, I was the short order cook, waitress, and dishwasher...  Then we got showers and dressed and headed out again.  We drove to Tabiona and picked up a puppy for Grandma Rosie.  Connor thought it was great fun!  Both boys wanted to hold and hug the puppy all the way home so Jeff took her and she cuddle up inside his jacket and napped most of the way home.  She could not have found a warmer or more comfortable person to sleep on.  We took her down to Grandmas house and stayed there for a few hours visiting and playing before we came home.  We got our comfy clothes on and sat on the couch watching the football game, the hockey game, the Simpsons movie, and Open Season... flipping channels between them during commercials.  Then it was bedtime again.  Kids both went to sleep fairly easily and Jeff fell asleep on the couch. 

This morning Jeff had to go back to work.  He is now on his way back to North Dakota for a few days.  Here's hoping he does not get snowed in or tipped over with the wind and can come back to us safely!

All in all, it was a great weekend!