5 on Friday

1. I love three day weekends, but they still go by so fast!   Saturday morning we went to the zoo with my parents.   We got in and out before it became too hot and for some reason the zoo was empty!   It was perfect.  We followed the zoo with lunch back at our place before the girls went down for their naps.

2. That afternoon my sister and nephew came over for dinner.  It was a little hot for the pregnant lady and a 2-year old to tailgate at the ISU game, so we were glad to have them over.  We smoked up some meat for dinner and had a great time.

3. Sunday we did a lot of "projects".  We continued to work on refacing the keg freezer from the light colored wood to a darker wood to match our bar area a little better.  It became quite the project, as we decide to give the whole thing a VERY thorough cleaning.   The sad part is we ended up having to dump some of the beer in the process.  Guess we better get back to brewing!   Nick also cleaned out the garage and we both spent a few hours pulling weeds out of the grass.

4.  Monday was beautiful and we were able to spend some time outside.  Unfortunately, Nick's mom and her husband were in a car accident near Cumming.  Nick went to pick them up and then took them back home to Ames.  Luckily they are both OK, even if the car is not.  The girls were very excited when Daddy got home.  I think they were trying to get in as much Daddy-time as they could before he left for his annual fall bike trip.

5. We are having a girls weekend!  Nick left on yesterday and will not be back until Sunday night.   I am glad he goes on these trips, although we miss him like crazy when he is gone.   It is a good reminder how much he contributes to the family, but also gives the girls and I some time to do 'girl things' like go to the mall (and the play area) and have girl night where we paint our toes.   This will be the first year that I have not taken the girls to my parents house during the fall bike trip.  We have something extra special planned for Saturday morning, so it doesn't fit into the schedule very well.  I am sure I will be missing my parent's extra hands come Sunday afternoon.