Weekend Recap

Well another weekend bites the dust... these two days weekends are hard to get use to, ha! It just seems like they go by way too fast! Ready for Brandon's vacation in a couple of weeks.. no work for almost 2 weeks will be a nice break :) Nonetheless, our weekend was still great! I guess that's the plus side of a normal 2 day weekend its too short to get boring. Friday the kids and I had a good day while Brandon was working. We went to the Commissary bright and early and tackled our grocery shopping. Then we hanged out with our good friend Christina and her little boy Tyler. We all had a good time just hanging out and it helped the day go by fast. By the time we got home from their house, Brandon had gotten off work early and was already at the house. We grilled out steaks for dinner and did our usual nightly routine of a walk around the neighborhood and some outside backyard playing time.

Saturday we already planned on going down to Nashville and do some more exploring. We woke up, had breakfast, and got ready for the day. We headed out and grabbed some lunch at Famous Dave's. Its a BBQ restaurant and it was super yummy! And they had a toy basket in the waiting area filled with puzzles, books, and bead mazes for you to take to your table for the kids to play with. Henry was occupied and we were able to enjoy our meal :) Then we went to The Hermitage which was the home of Andrew Jackson. It was very neat and good thing most of the activities were inside because it was downright hot and humid outside! We were able to tour his home, the gardens/surrounding land, the place where he and his wife are buried as well as the museum. It was a great history lesson for P and she seemed to enjoy it for the most part. After our visit there, we headed back home and both kids were asleep for most of the drive home. That evening we took it easy.. we had a simple supper and did our usual night time business. Brandon and I watched the movie Shutter Island and it was not as scary as I'd thought it would be, more of a mind chaser. All in all, a good Saturday.

Sunday was our lazy day but we still managed to have some fun and be productive. We had a lazy morning then I packed our lunch, got ready and off to the pool we went. It was too hot outside to do much of anything else and the kids love it there. We had a lot of fun and the splash pad area is always a hit with Henry. He just loves walking through all the sprinklers.. he is not afraid of the water! We stayed for a few hours then came home so Henry could nap. Of course, it was quiet time for everyone else. P watched a movie, I ready my book and napped some and Brandon & Murray napped too. After Henry woke up, we got ready to go and headed out to run some errands. We grabbed some yummy dinner at Fazoli's while we were out. Back at the house, I cleaned out my van while Brandon put on some new house numbers we purchased at Lowe's and he mowed the front yard. We then went for our walk and played out front before giving the kids a bath and getting them ready for bed. Throughout the day, I worked on some projects for the nursery (Henry and new baby's room) including organizing the closet. I will do a post this week of some of the things I accomplished. Nevertheless it was nother great weekend for the Doggette's :)