My mom and Chuck were planning to come visit us in September for over a month. We were very excited and eagerly anticipated their arrival. Thursday, September 18th, they left MS around 10 am. Due to some 5 o'clock rush hour traffic, they ended up getting here around 6:30 pm when it should have been more like 5:00 pm. In addition to the normal crazy Houston traffic, we were getting crazy rain from a hurricane off of California. It rained for 2 days straight and there was a lot of flooding around the area. But they arrived safely and we had dinner (Ranch pork chops) before putting the kids to bed and chatting for a while. Since B didn't have to work on Friday, there wasn't a big push to get any plans set in stone. The only thing that had to be done was R to school and we needed to get to Firestone to pick up cherry. We finally took Cherry in to get the air worked on. Our AC had been out for about 2 months and we'd been putting it off. It was way overdue though. So we picked up cherry and then went to the Y. E stayed home with the grands and we took the boys because they love the child care there, plus it gave E some time alone with Gram & Granddad which is rarity. After a workout, the whole family went to Sam's for lunch and then back home for rest time. G & G picked R up from school at 3:20 and she was thrilled. Our family dinner that night was at Jimmy Changas.
Saturday was a fun day. G & G got to experience a normal Saturday for our family. We made a quick gym trip and then to Walmart for our weekly grocery shopping. We had lunch at home, then headed to Katy for an afternoon of swimming, pizza, and football. We've had several Saturdays like that recently. The kids love to swim and then they all play while the adults eat and watch football. It's really a lot of fun.
My most favorite day while they were here, was Sunday. We took them to Sugar Creek with us and we went to the 9:30 service. On our way home, we stopped by Walmart to get a cake for R since she was going to be baptized later. We knew everyone would be coming back to our house for cake/food after the baptism so my mom bough a wing platter as well. It was so nice to relax and watch the Saints game together and eat wings I had made in the crock pot before heading to church. All of my favorite things in 1 day: church, family, food, and football. Sunday was probably my ideal day (the Saints even won!). R's baptism was great and we were so thankful that G & G decided to stay an extra day so they could attend. Sunday night ended with an ice cream treat at Baskin Robbins and I couldn't imagine for a better weekend with Mississippi visitors!
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