What a Great Weekend!

We had such a GREAT weekend and the fact that it was a long one only made it that much better! Friday, two of the kids went to spend the night with friends so the two that were left and I got all gussied up and went to dinner. We had such a great time, they were all dressed up and so pretty! Then we came home and changed clothes and grabbed Michael and we all went to visit with the Loyd's who were up this weekend. I didn't plan to stay long and had went in the house to visit with the girls while Michael went out to the shed with all of the guys. Later on, one of the girls came in and asked if I could go talk to Daddy for a minute because he wanted me out there so I went out to see what was going on and he said, "Well are you about ready"? I thought he meant that he wanted me and the girls to go ahead and go home, so I just kind of looked at him and said "are the girls bothering you or something"? (Just so no one is confused, this was the arrangement we had already set up. I was taking him and Travis up there and then taking the girls home after visiting for a few minutes so I thought maybe the girls were just getting on his nerves or something and he was ready for them to leave.) That's when he looked at me funny and said, "No Hunny, it's 12:30 and I am ready to go home". I was shocked! I could not believe it was that late and I didn't even realize it. I figured it was probably around ten and had been thinking that it was probably about time to go but the kids were having a great time and I just never thought we had been there that long! So we loaded up and went home.
Saturday morning we got up and went to Cindy's and had breakfast with the Sawyers, it was very yummy and we had a great visit. After leaving there, we went and picked up the other two kiddos and headed home for awhile. We did a little cleaning around the house and got some laundry caught up (which with 6 of us is a never ending chore). Later, Michael and I got around and headed for St. Joe. After dropping off the kids with the sitter we were headed out. Now most of you know that I am not the driver in St. Joe and KC others may not know this about me but Saturday night I was the dd which was just fine with me! We headed to Boudreaux and had supper and it was sooooo good! Then we went to the casino and played on the machines for awhile. Not a big winning to report but no big loss either so I am happy with that. After we left the casino, we headed back towards Trenton, this was funny! I don't mind driving in St. Joe and have actually gotten pretty good at doing it but when those overpasses have overpasses that's when I get nervous! Especially when there is lot's of traffic and there was. So we are driving along and I am doing very well on the overpasses with overpasses and watching the signs to see where my next exit will be......that's when we get to our exit and there is a police car, lights flashing, pulled across the center of it and he is waving us by! I am trying for the life of me to figure out what is going on. There is no wreck, no totaled out car, no nothing that would explain why he was blocking the only exit out as far as I know but there he stands just waving us on! So we go on up and see about 50 flashing lights, that's when it hits me, we are heading for a sobriety checkpoint! Now this was kind of a scary thing to me, I had never been through one and even though I wasn't drinking, I just had no idea what to expect! So we get up there and there is this line of officers and when the driver at the front of the line get's to the stop sign, we all stop and the officers come up to your car. The guy I got was really nice and he just looked at my license and said, Mrs. Webb have you been drinking anything tonight. I just answered him and said no and he said, okay well have a great night and drive safe. That was it, nothing more, and it was over. Everyone in the car was very thankful that I was driving and so was I!!! So anyways we finally get back to Trenton and stop in at Trackside for a little while. We didn't stay long but it was nice to visit with some of the people there.
Sunday morning Michael and I got up and went to church and it was a very different sermon. It was good but one of those that makes you think for sure! After that, Avery and I headed to town and we were going to go on over and get the other kids that were in Gallatin but then Michael called and said he needed to haul some of his uncle's cows over there so why didn't he just pick them up which was great by me! So we ran to the grocery store and to the Dollar store and then ate a quick bite at sonic. Then we came home and did a little more cleaning and then headed over to a friends to help put up wall paper border. After this we all met back up at a bbq hosted by the Sawyers and had a great supper. There were several of our friends there so it was a lot of fun and Travis is quite possibly the best bbq chef around!
Yesterday we slept in and then I got around and headed into town to get a few things we needed and when I got back, we all started into working! The kids and I cleaned off the entire front of the house with the hose, two mops, a scrub brush and a lot of elbow grease. It looks much better! Then we cleaned out a bunch of stuff from the garage and the basement entryway underneath the deck. It felt so good just to get rid of a bunch of the junk we had accumulated over time! After that we gave the kids baths, fixed a wonderful supper, and then just did the once over on the living room so that the blankets, pillows, clothes, shoes, and everything else that it had caught over the weekend were out of our way this morning! Finally we snuggled everyone into their beds and Michael and I hit the bedroom and started a great movie. About an hour and a half later we were asleep. It was a great weekend and we all feel rejuvenated and excited about everything we got done!