Fathers Day weekend 6/2010

After noon and feels like 5 am to me. I am so tired ! I had the most wonderful weekend with my friends and family. It sure was a busy one though ! My poor hubby must really be exhausted. I do not know how he does it some weeks ! We started off Friday evening with a fun trip to Chicago's pizza. We met up with some friends from Pa. They were down here all last week for vacation and fixing to leave first thing Sat. morning. Some of their children were sick the whole week and finally by Friday they could have 1 good day. I was happy they chose to spend some time with us. Their son is a good friend of Chads and we love them all so was a great night for all of us ! Saturday we started off our day by going to Toys R' Us for a two hour Lego event. They had activities and free prizes. Chad built a "plane/boat" out of Lego's and then was able to keep it ! We played some games and Chad won some Lego stickers. He had a lot of fun and was able to spend his gift certificate that we have been holding onto since last Christmas. After we left there we made an impromptu stop to Broadway at the Beach where we took a stroll, checked out our new Ron Jons surf shop, and Chad had a few rides. Got in some grocery shopping and came back home to eat and relax a little. We ended our Saturday evening at Nascar speed park with a game of mini golf and go carts rides. They are open to 11 pm so we often head over there around 8 pm for a few hours. Sunday ( Fathers Day ) we started off our morning by taking Gene to Friendly's for breakfast. Then we went to the water park where we met up with some other friends that just came down from Pa. We stayed there for 5 hrs. I had so much fun and truly enjoyed myself. We never did anything one on one with this family before and I am so glad we were blessed with the opportunity to do so. We were able to get 3 people into the water park free on Fathers day and after praying about it Gene and I felt like we were to invite them. They have 2 children around Chad's age. Very sweet children. I felt truly blessed to be able to spend the day with their family :) They have invited us to spend a day at the beach with them this week and I look forward to that . After the water park Gene, Chad and I went out for Japanese food. After a tasty supper we then decided ( as we do every Sunday evening ) we were not quite ready for our weekend to end. So we took a drive down by the beach. Of course once we were down there we decided to park and take a stroll. ( once again as always happens ) So we did just that and also added a few arcade games into the mix ! I love spending time with my friends and family ! There gives me no greater joy. I feel so blessed. It is amazing how blessed I feel even though all I have for summer wear is 2 casual summer dresses and 2 pr. of shorts here. All my stuff is in storage and I had to give up a beautiful home. The joy that I have found in the last year is a joy only found in Christ. Don't get me wrong. I have my days of stressing. I am not near perfect ! But I do feel so thankful. Even though we went through some really difficult times I am thankful that we went through those things. Well, we were just invited out tonight for tacos and a evening at Barefoot landing with friends so I better go and start my list of things I wanted to accomplish today. Blessings to all my readers !