Another week has flown by

Minutes, hours, days, and at lass a week has flown by...and it is time for another weekly tidbit!

I need to flash back to last Thursday Halloween night.  Hurricane Sandy did not rain on our parade, and both of my scary kids (plus some friends) marched up to dozens of houses chanting 'Trick or Treat' and 'Thank you!' without interference of rain, snow, sleet, wind.  We now have a ginormous bowl of candy sitting on top of my fridge...out of reach of the little people.

This past weekend was the first weekend in 11 weeks that we did not have a baseball game, football game, birthday party, or gymnastics!  That is almost 3 months!  It was fantastic and relaxing.  I did not wake up to an alarm on Saturday or Sunday for the first time in 11 weeks.  E-L-E-V-E-N! 

Friday night we ate at Pizza Hut then headed over to a friends house to play some games.  Saturday morning we did grocery shopping as a family...the kids and I went to Walmart, and Ryan hit up Food Lion and Martins for the meat deals of the week...then he came back and picked us up right as we were in the check out line.  Pretty efficient shopping. 

Saturday afternoon, I got a 4 mile run in, then watched a VERY disappointing WVU game.  3 losses in a row are taking its toll on this WVU family.  Sigh. 

Sunday was a very relaxing day.  We went out for breakfast, then I began cleaning while Ryan took the kids with him to watch football.  I had about 5 hours all to myself to clean, read, do laundry and rest. 

Monday morning, Lauren and I met up with Aunt Jamie for some haircuts (love Lauren's short hair!), then both kids went to Grandma's house for the day, night and Tuesday (Nick had 2 days off from school).  Cousins Colton and Carson were also along for the stay, so the kids were over the moon happy.  Mommy and Daddy were just as happy to have a quiet, relaxing, un-interrupted peaceful night at home.  We made chicken and dumplings and snuggled on the couch next the fire for some tube watching.

Yesterday was Election Day.  Ryan and I went to the polls on our way in to work and did our civic duty with high hopes of electing a new leader to run our challenged nation.  This morning I was disappointed to learn President Obama will remain in office for 4 more years. 

I pray that God blesses our country.  In God We Trust.  Amen.