Nine years ago we got a tent for my wedding shower and guess how many times that tent has been used? 0, zilch, nada, none. Now we do have a 7 1/2 yr old child, so we will use kids as the excuse for the last almost 8 years, but really I'm sure my list of excuses could also include flooding, heat and life in general!
With perfect weather predicted for the weekend we decided we were going to have family movie night by the shed and try to camp out in the backyard. Both items were on our summer fun list that we make every year and post on the fridge......So.....we got the fire pit out, covered ourselves in bug spray, made some popcorn and popped in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and just chilled out! Afterwards we climbed in the tent and crossed our fingers that it would last all night. They did great and still slept in past 8! I slept like CRAP, the air mattress had deflated and sleeping on the ground was just uncomfortable!! Overall a successful family night!
Sunday we hung out, cleaned, laundry, grocery store and of course watched the Iowa football game! Since we were around the house all day we decided to head out and burn off some energy at a nearby park for a while.
We ate dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings (perfect timing since we got there before the crowd for the IA State/ UNI game (GO PANTHERS!). But we ate, grabbed some ice cream on the way home and then just chilled at home and went to bed early! Wild Saturday night for us, huh?
Sunday Steve got up early to start the smoker for our neighborhood party that we decided to have. We love our neighborhood and just wanted to get some people together so that everyone can meet everyone! We feel like we do a good job of trying to socialize and we just wanted to bring Sunset Ridge together! :) So the weather looked perfect, we picked up the house, cleaned some more and got ready for the neighbors!
A quick pic of me and my baby enjoying the weather on the deck.
Finally Presley was willing to take a picture with me....but Piper wouldn't.
We had a good turn out of neighbors and so many kids! We did get rained out for about 1/2 hour but that brought everyone inside to eat so it worked out! Finally when the rain stopped, we were able to go back outside!
Two of our 'south side' neighbors drove their offroad ATV's over....why not? The kids thought they were so cool! Piper said she wants one for Christmas. Sure.
As people started leaving we were able to get some college football on at the shed and about 10 of us sat around talking, drinking, watching TV. It was perfect out. Everyone left about 11 and we headed in for the night.
I was SO tired with a headache Sunday morning, so Steve was nice enough to clean up! :) We hung out, watched TV, the girls played with Play-Doh and after lunch we decided to enjoy another nice family day so we headed to Adventureland! It was hot but the crowd really wasn't too bad which is always a bonus!
After a couple rides, Piper's belly hurt and she just wanted Tums.....b/c that is readily available at Adventureland?! So I took her for a walk, I figured if she would stop thinking about it she would feel better. I think she had too many spinny rides for a 3 year old and just needed a drink and candy. Replace Tums with candy seemed to work to make her feel better.
Steve and Presley were off riding the spinny rides and we found Piper's favorite ride, the Frog Hopper. She rode this over and over again without having to get off b/c there was no one waiting in line!
She insisted on having her picture taken with the pig again!
My sweet, funny, cheesy Piper!
We headed home about 4:30 and we were ALL tired. We just ate crap around the house for dinner, did early baths, watched Frozen and they were both asleep by 8 pm! Steve had a fantasy football draft at 9 and I headed to bed and passed out quickly, with my Kindle in hand....as usual!
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