Weekend Review

Yup - Halloween weekend was a blast once again For the first time in 8 years, we didn’t have one drop of snow, and not one kid had to wear a snow hat or mittens. Seriously - it was amazing! It felt like June instead of the end of October. It. Was. Awesome!

Hangin’ with friends afterward was the best part . . . the kids play so well together DOWNSTAIRS and the adults get to hang out and have a drink and some laughs.

Saturday we got up (not early) and headed to the golf course for a couples scramble with some friends. They’re our golfing buddies We had a great time! The weather was perfect again . . . and my new best friend made an appearance! My new driver - all $30 of her - kicked. ASS! I love my new driver! I even got some pictures taken with my new best friend, but was too lazy on Sunday to download any of them off the camera. Which is also why I have no pictures of my adorable Halloween Clad children to post. Oh, and why was I too lazy on Sunday? Because Saturday night we went to the neighbor’s house for an adult Halloween party. Oh. My. GAWD! These people are hilarious! Michael Phelps in the year 2012 showed up. And I just have to say . . . it takes guts to show up in nothing but a shower cap, spandex bike shorts, and bubba teeth! Oh, and it takes even more guts (i.e. alcohol) to sing I Like Big Butts on the karaoke machine while dressed as Michael Phelps! Just sayin’. But seriously, the costumes were awesome, the food was great, and the beer was excellent! Neighbor brews his own and does a damn good job of it. And of course, since we had to only walk about 10 yards from their door to ours, well, we may have overindulged a bit. Therefore, the lazy Sunday.

Sunday wasn’t a TOTAL bust. I mean, I was up early and headed downstairs to scrapbook (no, I don’t know why I was up early and decided scrapbooking with a slight hangover was a good idea). Dude got up and came to help me since I was working on his album. Then it was in to town! Took our boards in to get ‘em waxed and got boots, skis, bindings, and a new helmet for Princess. We do the junior trade program, so everything is used, which means she gets what FITS, not what she WANTS. I thought she was going to have a meltdown because OMG those skis are BOY colored and so are the boots OMG I can’t possibly wear those! Luckily, they had a pair of red boots that fit perfectly. And, hidden amongst all the other BOY colored skis were some red and white ones. Granted, they were NOT the $180 lady bug skis she wanted (HA!), but they WERE red and white, which meant they matched the skis, and well, we all know how important it is to match! Even if your helmet is pink, your jacket is 2 shades of purple, your snowpants are pink, and your gloves are yellow. All that matters is that your boots match your skis :-) But then the real tragedy occurred . . . she realized we couldn’t take her new skis and boats home with us. They had to keep them there to set the bindings blah blah blah. Oh. My. God. Her world almost stopped spinning! Thankfully we had bought the helmet, so she got to take that home with her - whew! Sleep-deprived 5 3/4 year old Princess was on the verge of a meltdown!

Anyway - crisis averted. All boards and boots and skis to be picked up on the 11th so we’re ready to hit the slopes for the first year ever! Yup - I guess when we decide to do something, we do it all the way.

How about you? How was your weekend?