Free Weekends.

When we were living 2 hours from family, it seemed that every weekend we were gone.  We were close enough to go "home"for birthday parties, showers, and what seemed like a ton of other events, but far enough away that it would take up the whole weekend.  We were left feeling exhausted a lot of the time and like we never had time to get stuff done around our home, or spend time just us a family or even just spend a whole weekend relaxing at home.

Now that we are 10+ hours away from family, I often miss those busy weekends of getting to see all the nieces and nephews and hate to miss out on all the events.  But, I have to admit that we are loving all the free weekends.  It is so nice to have a weekend with NO plans, as those were few and far between not so long ago.

This weekend, was extra special because it was a 3 day weekend.  All the kids and Dennis were off for President's Day.  I was planning on working, but work is so slow right now and I just discharged my only patient, so I ended up with no work either.

Saturday we finally checked out a nearby place called Snapperz.  It was a fun place for kids with climbing equipment, inflated slides, video games, bumper cars, climbing walls, laser tag and much more.  Even Logan had fun, just pushing the buttons on the games and sitting on the motorcycles.  We ate both lunch and dinner out while we were running errands.  It was a great family day and we got a lot accomplished.

Sunday, we got nothing accomplished.  I honestly don't even remember what we did...Dennis took Evan to a birthday party, but other than that we didn't do much at all.  And, that was fine by me.

Monday, Dennis worked on taxes most of the day, while the boys and I hung out in front of the TV, played games, rode bikes, and went for a walk.  Even though it was cool, the sun was shining.  It felt good to get out for a walk, but it will be nicer when we don't have to return with pink cheeks and frozen hands...