Father's Day Weekend

Hi everyone. Remember how I told you that our weekend was going to be so relaxing? Well, that is not how things turned out. On Friday night Adam and I went on a "date". We decided that getting away one night a week would be good for the two of us. So we went over the the Wild Rose casino in Emmetsburg. I have never gambled in a casino so Adam had to teach me how to do the slot machines and I had a lot of fun. It was nice to get away from the children and just hang out together. Don't get me wrong, I love our children dearly, but we need to do this date night thing at least twice a month if we can't make it work every week. My mom and dad watched the kids for us and I know that they had fun! On Saturday morning we got up about 9 o'clock and ate breakfast as a family at the kitchen table, that does not happen too often. Then, I thought I was going to be able to lounge all day in my comfy clothes, not do my hair, not put on make-up, but that is not what happened. We were supposed to go to DesMoines for a Sullivan family reunion but we had decided that we were going to stay home and relax. As the morning went on I think that Adam felt more and more guilty that we were not going. I could sense this so I told him that we could go if he wanted to. He decided at 10:30 that we should go. He asked me if I thought we could be ready to go in an hour. I said that packing for 5 people takes a little more time than that and could he give me 2 hours to get ready? So we hustled and got everyone loaded in the suburban and headed for DesMoines. We thought it would be fun if we suprised everyone when we got there, so we did not call and tell Adam's aunt that we were coming. She had really wanted us to come down and was bummed when we had told her that we were not going to make it to the reunion. You should have seen the smile on her face when we walked up to her and tapped her on the shoulder. It was alot of fun and I got to meet some people I had heard about but never had the chance to meet. After we got the kids all to bed we decided to play Balderdash. I had never played it, but it was alot of fun. Adam and his cousin Patrick got the giggles and it was a good time. We got to bed about 1:30 and I tell you that is way past my bedtime. I do not remember the last time I stayed up that late. I guess that goes with getting old and having children. We got up this morning and loaded the suburban and headed back home. Adam wanted to mow the lawn and my parents invited us in for supper at their house. We went to my mom and dad's about 5:30 and we had hot dogs and burgers on the grill, scalloped corn, cheesy potatoes, chips, and jello squares. It was all YUMMY! After supper my dad opened his gifts and then we went outside to let the kids play. Carter and Jordan found that it is fun to take a John Deere tractor and let it roll down the slide. They did this over and over for about 45 minutes. We came home about 8 and I put the boys to bed and now I am sitting here typing this for all of you to read. Have a great week! Love, Steph and family

Carter & Kinnick
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM_VnuDfimo

Playing outside on Father's Day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c66xi_q5WE