A Busy Weekend

Saturday morning we left for Little Falls to visit Ray's dad and his wife. The boys had fun riding in the golf cart with grandpa and playing a bubblegum game with grandma.

After a few hours, we were off to Foley/Rice to attend Ray's cousin Weston's graduation party. We chatted with lots of Ray's relatives on his mom's side of the family and the boys got to see a real live combine on the farm.

Although the drive each direction was about 2 hrs 10 minutes, the boys did not nap at all. They did catch a few winks between Little Falls and Foley/Rice which amounted to about 10-15 minutes of sleep for each --- to give them an extra boost of energy for the grad party. We were amazed at all the "pretend play" that took place in the back seat. Although I hear it quite a bit during all our adventures "out and about" during the work week, Ray misses out. The boys pretend to play restaurant and order things and serve food and they also role play other cute situations as well. Connell played a round of the "alphabet game" (in alphabetical order, he needs to find the actual letter on a sign, license plate, etc.) That took him from our home until about Minnetonka (so 45 minutes) because "J" and "Q" are hard to spot! So all in all we were very pleased with the boys' behavior and their patience during the more than 5 hours in the car on Saturday.

Sunday we gave Ray his Father's Day present -- a Black and Decker hedge trimmer (which was on his list) and I had to lector at late mass (by late I mean 10 am). We needed new tires for the Prizm, did a little shopping and went to Major's for supper. They have an awesome deal for Father's Day -- a free beer (worth $5.50) and a free burger meal (up to about $10. in value) for the dads! They do a similar deal for Mother's Day and so wouldn't you know that we have spent both Mother's Day and Father's Day at Major's the last 2 years! The kids do pretty well there due to the casual atmosphere.

Now it's back to the work week and it's going to be a scorcher here! The humidity is high and there are storms forecasted. Of course there are severe storms forecasted for the weekend (June 26-28) that Marta and I are spending in Lanesboro (which we are both looking forward to although I would have requested better weather if I could have!)