Craziest Busy Weekend Ever

We stay busy but this last weekend, I was more tired on Monday from the weekend.  It was the weekend of October 11-13.  Here's a recap of what all we did over the 3 days.

Friday night (the 11th) was our October date night hosted by the O'Janpas.  B and I went to Red Lobster for a nice dinner.  I wrote about it already.

Saturday (the 12th) started out in Cary (Morrisville actually) at the Green Acres pumpkin patch. We had to meet B's AJE friends there at 10:00 so that means leaving at 9 for us.  It was cold and damp that day, but we still had fun.  There were some little activities for the kids and a huge corn maze that we ventured out on.  We were pretty much there for 3 hours leaving a little after 1.  On our way home, we stopped for lunch, then headed to Wal-Mart for shopping.  Our list included Nathan's birthday gift and snack food for Abe's sleepover.  Nathan is a friend of R's from school and he was having his birthday party at 5:45.  Abe was having his sleepover for his 4th birthday also.  B and I had to divide and conquer to accomplish everything.  I took R & E to Nathan's birthday party and B stayed home to feed the boys at the sleepover.  A's guests included Grayson, Baylor, Logan, & Landon.  The boys made flubber together, ate pizza, then watched a movie and ate popcorn.  The boys did great! 

Sunday (the 13th) morning Justin was here early to pick up Grayson & Baylor for their church service at RCCC. We were off to CRF for our church service with a potluck lunch afterwards.  B and I facilitated a Parenting 201 class for 7 weeks and wanted to have a social with the parents from the class.  There were about 8 or 9 couples in the class and I believe 6 of them came over for the potluck. B cooked hotdogs and the other couples brought chips and fruit and drinks.  We had a good time and got to know Jason and Kellie better.  They are very sweet and Kellie is A's awana Cubbies teacher on Wednesday nights. Once all our company left, we took naps since it's the Sabbath and then headed to CRF Millbrook campus for our Families Core Team meeting.  B and I are on the Core team as a part of the Parenting Ministry and we have quarterly meetings.  We ate dinner at church and spent sometime in prayer with other couples passionate about parenting.  We were asked to lead the Parenting 101 class once the lessons are completed and of course we will.  B and I are very passionate about the early parenting years because we firmly believe that those first 2 years set the stage for Biblical parenting. 

I guess the main thing I want to take away from this weekend was the reality of our choices.  B and I wanted to have kids close together.  We have no doubt that it will be crazy at times, but this was the first time we really had to split up so our children could both do what they wanted to do.  We know that our kids won't always 'get to do what they want' due to financial reasons or just out of time/schedule conflicts.  But for R to attend her birthday party for a school friend and for A to have his sleepover, B and I had to divide up the tasks.  I'm not sure how we will do this when all four of our kids are being pulled in opposite directions, but we will manage.  God has blessed us with incredible friends that we will depend on in the coming years.