Friday night was nothing remarkable--we grilled, we played, we lounged, we amped ourselves up for the weekend ahead. Saturday was when the real fun got started. After a fairly leisurely morning (minus the 30 minutes I was outside running), my parents picked up William to take him to an event hosted by the YMCA, which was our cue to get busy. Darrell started power-washing the deck, I started planting the garden, and Garrett roamed around in the backyard playing with his toys and trying to "help" me in the garden. Before long it was lunch and nap time for the little one, followed closely by nap time for the bigger one once Grandma and Grandpa brought him home. After a long couple of hours, Darrell finally finished power washing, and I was able to get the rest of my seeds planted. Then it was time to prep for arguably the best part of our weekend: dinner at a nearby state park. The Game, Fish, and Park Association was hosting a free fishing weekend, and while we weren't interested in the fishing aspect, we were all about taking advantage of the fact that entrance fees to the parks were being waived due to the fishing festivities. So, after naps, we loaded up the boys, a cooler, and wood for a fire (which--just because it's too funny not to share--when we were getting the wood and explaining to William that we were going to cook dinner over a fire, he immediately followed it with "and marshmallows?" Definitely my kid) and made the quick drive to the nearest state park (only twenty minutes away, although there are two others that are only about thirty minutes away). We've never actually camped at the park and didn't really know what to expect, but it was just what were hoping for: an open grass area with a playground for playing, fire rings with nearby picnic tables for dinner, and even a trail for a little hiking. Needless to say, the boys loved it--and Darrell loved getting his big-boy camera out for the first time in a long time to document the fun.
It was a pretty quick turnaround to bed time once we got home, and then Darrell and I had quite a bit of clean up to do despite the fact that we'd been gone less than four hours. But it was well worth it.
Sunday was our six year wedding anniversary, and we had a whole day of nothing planned. Which, of course, turned in to us being plenty busy, although Sundays always feel that way. We have a little bit of downtime in the morning, but then church, lunch, and nap go bang, bang, bang, so it feels like all of the sudden it's after one and we have no idea where the day has gone. I escaped to Target during nap time to run some errands by myself (nothing says "happy anniversary" like going to the store alone!) while Darrell wrangled a particular three-year-old who thought he didn't need to take a nap. The rest of the afternoon was spent outside--mowing, more planting, and playing--followed by homemade pizza for dinner, much needed baths and then bedtime for two little boys, and crashing on the couch for some NCIS. There were definitely things that needed to get done to prep for the week (hence yesterday being so busy), but since it was our anniversary we decided to treat ourselves and forego our normal Sunday responsibilities (and yes, apparently we're that old married couple that considers a few TV shows and a bottle of wine "celebrating").
We definitely needed a productive weekend like we had to get our outdoors ready for the summer season, and thankfully we were able to pack enough fun in to still make it feel (a little bit) like we celebrated our anniversary (although we make it a point to celebrate our love/marriage on a regular basis, so we don't hype our actual anniversary up too much #clichébutitstrue). We still have our "real" celebration in the works--our annual winery visit--although looking at our calendars it doesn't look too promising that we'll fit it in anytime soon!
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