Long, Fun Weekend

We were so excited to have a long weekend before Thomas' Summer Semester starts. The only thing we planned on doing was hanging out and relaxing. Well, the kids just weren't going for that!! So, on Saturday, we loaded up the kids and went to a yard sale. This particular yard sale was to benefit a family here in Indy. I have met the mom, and she is so great! Anyways, it was across town, so we ended up driving around and looking at all the neighborhoods over that way. I love Indy because it is so pretty to just drive around and do nothing.

Then, the kids got a little restless, so we decided since we were out, that why not go to the zoo!! Saturday was the first day that the Koalas were on exhibit. So, we planned on just going in to see the Koalas. I love having a membership, so we don't ever have to stay for a whole day and try to see everything in one swoop! So, we went and saw the Koalas (So adorable!) and then Ryker begged for us to go and see the turtles. Then we headed home, and the kids played until the sun went down....which right now, is about 8:30pm! In a few more months, it'll be daylight till about 10pm!

Sunday was church and lots of lounging around!

Monday, we had the kids do their chores with the promise of going to the park when they were done. Thomas ended up taking the girls, while I helped Ryker get motivated to clean out his closet that hadn't been cleaned for awhile. Not too much later, all the girls came running in saying, "We're going swimming...get your swimming suit on!!" I just looked at them like they were all crazy! The pool in our subdivision had just opened on Saturday, and I was pretty sure that the water was freezing. Hello....the water was freezing in July and August last summer!! Plus, the weather hasn't been all that warm to be able to warm up the water. Did I mention I love these 70 degree days!! Ahhhhh!! Anyways, we went ahead and let them go swimming thinking that they wouldn't last too long. Boy, were we wrong! Aspen only got in a couple of times, but everyone else swam for at least an hour! It started rain, so we made them get out and they were so sad!

Thomas remebered on Saturday, that we had passed a movie theater that looked like it was a Dollar Theater. It had some older movies showing. So, I checked out the times for Horton Hear a Who, and we changed and headed to the movie. All 7 of us got in for $3.50!! I was so excited!! After the movie, we went home to grill up some hot dogs and hamburgers. Our free grill that we got last summer wasn't working so well, so we ended up cooking them inside. Bummer! Guess we'll have to keep our eyes out for a cheap grill. We just love "cooking out" as the kids call it!

That pretty much sums up our weekend! The kids last day of school is Thursday, so they are looking forward to some fun summer days. Thomas starts class on Friday night, then is flying Ryker to Vegas on Saturday. Ryker will stay for about a month, but Thomas will be back that next week, of course!

By the way....the button on my camera that I push to take a picture broke off a couple of weeks ago, so I will have to figure out how to fix it, or get a new camera! Hopefully, I can just find the part! So, sorry about not having any pics lately!!