Busy Weekend....Bring It On

The lady at Costco asked me on Friday night if I was excited for the weekend. "Yeah," I said, "but it's going to be a busy one." Little did she know that I was at Costco sneaking away from my babysitting duties for just a few minutes before they closed as Zane relieved me back at home. It had already been a crazy week - baseball game every night (a few rained out), my turn for kid swaps, sewing, etc., but the weekend brought on more fun. Saturday was Super Saturday at our ward and I was teaching a diaper bag sewing class. That morning as I was working out I got a phone call from Kristi to inform me of a great garage sale. So, I hopped off the elliptical and drove all sweaty to find some good books and future Christmas gifts for the kids. I came home and quickly got ready for Super Sat. and spent 4 hours sewing. Then, came home to clean up the disaster that Saturday brings to our house because my mom (who is tending) and four nieces and nephews were coming to stay the night and visit. My kids were so excited to see their cousins. They live in Cincinnati and are so close, but we haven't been able to see them as much as we have wanted to with gas prices, baseball games, and life taking over. Now they are moving to Spain (where their parents are house hunting at the moment) in just a month and I know my kids are going to miss them badly. So, this was a well needed cousin visit. We went to both Trevor's and Boston's baseball games that night with 4 extra kids in tow. It was a bit wild keeping track of them all and they did manage to get quite dirty, but I think the rock and dirt throwing was fun for them. Right as we were packing up to get to Trevor's 5 o'clock game, Zane called to say Trevor got a hit and even managed to score. It was his first hit in a baseball game and he was on cloud nine. I wish I could have been there to see it. Boston's game was at 7 and we managed to see two innings. But, my mom and I needed to get them all home to get them in baths. And, as for Sunday...you know the routine - try, try, try to get there on time, but still end up in the overflow where we are louder than everyone else! All the adults in the house managed a small nap after church and then the Cincinnatians and their leader (my mom) packed up to leave. We all drove out to see Zane's finished house (which is up for a National Award for energy efficiency - do you want to buy it?) in Middletown and they left back home from there. Ummmm...a great and tiring weekend!