Weekend Fun

We've spent the last two weekends doing some fun things that I wanted to remember. For us, a great weekend includes a balance of couple time, family time, and friend time, and we've been able to achieve all of those things lately.

Two weekends ago, we spent Saturday morning at the zoo. The weather was absolutely perfect. It wasn't hot at all. I always enjoy our trips to the zoo, but I'm usually ready to go within a couple of hours because of the heat. This Saturday was so nice. We could have stayed all day if if lunch and naps didn't interfere. Our zoo has two new jaguar cubs, and they were the highlight of the day for all of us. We got there early and had the exhibit to ourselves, so we stayed and watched for awhile. We could go from window to window with no one else to worry about. Matt had to drag me away. 

Nathan's highlight of the day was playing in the boat at the sea lion exhibit. This trip he seemed more excited about that boat and the vending machines than he was about the animals.

That Saturday evening we invited friends over for snacks and games. We played a trivia game and some Mario Kart. Friends, snacks, games, and visiting is about the perfect way to spend a Saturday evening for us You could throw in an OSU football game I guess to make it even better :).

My parents invited us to lunch on Sunday after church and during lunch my mom offered to watch Nathan that evening, so Matt and I had a spontaneous date night. We dropped him off after his nap and headed to play Putt Putt. My husband has been talking about wanting to play putt putt for a long time. We hadn't been since before I was pregnant with Nathan. We also stopped for ice cream after we finished. It was a great way to spend a Sunday evening.

This past weekend was full of all our favorite things as well. Matt is out of town (actually, out of country) this week for work, so we planned a date night before he left for the week. We ate Chicago style pizza and went bowling. We've recently started going to a new bowling alley, and Matt bowls way better now. He averaged 180 that night!

We picked up Nathan Saturday morning after we ran a few errands and spent the rest of the day at home. We napped, played, and cleaned. That evening we invited another couple over for (you guessed it), snacks and games. We had a really great night playing and visiting. We're thankful for great friends that we get to spend time with (and a little boy with an early bedtime).

On Sunday after church and naps, we took Nathan and Rhapsody to the park. Nathan really likes to swing and climb on the playground. We also walked around for a little while too. We've been taking advantage of the not too hot weather. Later that night we were out of milk, so we decided to get some ice cream while we were at Braums. Nathan sure loves his ice cream. The rest of the evening wasn't as fun. Matt had to pack for his trip and we just relaxed.

We always look forward to the weekends and try to always have some fun activities planned. Our weekends are about to get even more fun with the start of football season. We've taught Nathan how to wave the wheat and have been adding to his orange wardrobe.