Weekend Update

It seems like just hours ago we were at our Friday morning playgroup... The weekend was incredibly busy and flew by. Since I've got a ton to do -- and have no business spending tons of time surfing the net and blogging, here's some of the highlights --

Saturday night was the big neighborhood smokefest, so early in the morning, Katherine and I started making cookies -- 5 dozen of them to be exact. Now, for anyone who doesn't already know, I've got a thing with eggs -- raw or cooked, it makes no difference. I HATE them. I hate them all!! Literally, if you put $1,000 in front of me and told me I could have it if I could choke down a plate of scrambled eggs, I'd pass. Everything about them disgusts me, so imagine how I felt when Katherine insisted that she could eat the raw cookie batter. If I heard, "But Aunt Crissy does it and she says it's really yummy" one more time, I was going to go insane. OK -- for the record, I'm not one who gives a lick what others do... So the fact that Crissy eats a bowl of raw eggs is completely irrelevant to me. COMPLETELY. Sorry, if I'm depriving her from one of childhood's greatest joys, but it's just about the grossest thing I can think of.... So, next time Crissy comes, her and Katherine can make up some cookies and eat all of the batter for all I care.... But I won't be there to watch it.

That night we had the big neighborhood smokefest, and it was a rockin' good time for sure! Troy (Andrea's husband) took Friday off from work and started smoking all sorts of meat -- chicken, pulled pork, brisket, sausage, ribs etc... The food was incredible! There were 57 people there, and almost everyone stayed until midnight or so. I took tons of pictures, so I'll post them when I get a chance to download them. You won't believe all the kids -- 4 big picnic tables full, and they ran around and played until they literally couldn't stand up anymore. I ended up taking Katherine home a little after midnight, and we both crashed in my bed until Matt got home .... at 3 am..... Sunday morning came all too early!!

Brian and Val came on Sunday and stayed until this morning. UUUUUGH! Right now I'm kicking myself... Why didn't I take pictures of the kids together, so that I could post it here??? Won't make that mistake again!! Now that they've moved to KC, we'll see them tons -- especially on Hawkeye home games. I'm a Hawkeye by marriage, but Val ... she's a Hawkeye, and just as fanatical as the guys, so there's NO WAY she's staying home! LOL. I'd be just as happy hitting the outlet mall, but Val... not a chance.

This morning after they left the kids and I went to Ashby Park with Ben, Michelle and Tessa & Jen, Anna and Nate. Ashby Park is a little splash park for kids with water fountains and shallow water. We packed a picnic lunch, and Katherine saw two little girls from her preschool class, so that was really fun for her.

OK -- I'm off. Tons to do. Cleaning, laundry, you know the drill.... Basically everything I neglected this weekend! LOL.