THE TRIPLE W~

OUR "WONDERFUL WEEKEND WRAP-UP!"

I have to say, we have had one long, amazingly fun, adventure filled weekend at this house. I wish the kids did not have to go to school today, because we are all dragging around here.

With all the birthday celebrations and parties and food, it is a wonder how we are even moving today.

We ended our weekend with Grammie and Grampie Alkire coming to watch our workout of the day at the gym. I think they were a little shocked. We got home, fed everyone and settled down to watch videos that Grampie had made in Thailand, Dubai, and Afghanistan. Jaxi practiced chess, that Grampie taught him, Pudgie napped and we all relaxed. We finally made it into the pool around 4:30 and had a wonderful squirt gun fight.

Before we knew it, 6 o'clock rolled around way too fast and we rushed to get ready for Olive Garden. We had a wonderful meal together and ate way too much of their awesome salad. All through dinner we laughed, watched the boys play some more chess, colored and caught up on life in general. All the little ones, well, probably the big ones too, were absolutely exhausted by the time we got home. The weekend went way too fast and our time together was way too short. Grampie Ken will leave for Afghanistan soon and we won't see him again for quite a few months.

We are thankful for the wonderful time we did get with him during Binky's birthday weekend!!!!