One Busy Weekend!!!

So this weekend was the most FULL weekend that we've had in a very long time!!!

It all started on Friday afternoon. We, Augie and I , participated in the Richardson HS homecomeing parade. Really, I walked, he slept - but it made for a long day after a full day at school.

Got lots of pictures, but of my students - can't post those on here - even though they are the BEST kiddos I could ask for!!!

Then early Saturday morning . . . Gus had to work, but Augie and I still had a FULL day planned ahead of us. We started out by participating in a 5K fun/run walk for under priviledged kids that can't afford dental benefits.
So, we started at the SMILE WALK:

It was a chilly morning.

We still got our group picture in.

And quickly took off our layers as it heated up within minutes of our arrival!

We got to see the airplanes landing at Love Field - it felt like we could jump up and touch them. We were really close to the landing area - it was pretty neat to see.

After finishing the race, we enjoyed the extra activities - including visiting with our new friend "The Tooth Fairy!"

And her tooth puppet/friend - that Augie couldn't get enough of!!! He was absolutely mesmerized by that tooth!!!

And we skipped the balloon animals - for fear of him trying to bite/pop whatever we gave to him. He still got a really cute smiley face sticker and a race supporting bracelet!


After this, we attended a "Brunch and Bling" jewelry party at my friend Jana's house (no pictures - sorry).

Then Augie and I headed home and ended up falling asleep from exhaustion.

Followed by the traditional weekend trip to the grocery store. Augie never knows how long it's going to take, so his "thing" is to lean back and relax while waiting for Mommy to finish the chore!
Too funny, but this is really how he sits and waits for me:



Moving on to Sunday,
We baked cookies with breakfast. Left for church by 8:45. We enjoyed mass, and Augie sang along (loudly) with the songs! It was great!

After mass though, was the most enjoyable part of the day. One of my college roommates, and favorite friends, was in Dallas (from Ohio). I hadn't seen her since the wedding - and that was BRIEF - can't imagine why. So, we met up with some other friends from college, and we all enjoyed some Cafe Brazil and some GREAT COMPANY!

Augie loved Jess right away and sat with her for a lot of breakfast - the colorful plate that she had ordered was quite the attention getter for him as well. I think that he picked out the colorful peppers and dropped most of them in her lap. Wonderfully unforgettable!

It was SO GOOD to see you Jess!

Straight from there, we went back to Jana and Jason's to enjoy the Falcons/Eagles football game. It was a little shorter than expected - they cut the game short to show another game.

It shortened our time there, but it worked out. Because from there, we drove to Flower Mound for a Pumpkin Patch. It was a really good one with a lot for free and the rest of the profits going to charities. The pumpkin patch was extremely crowded. There were LOTS of people enjoying the same things we were.

There were LOTS of great photo opps. I'll just put the best though:






After that . . . dinner, bath, and bed!
We're all still exhausted today!
BUT . . . I had to get this in before the week got into full swing
. . . It'll be just as busy as the past 2 days, I'm sure!

Hope everyone else has a productive, yet restful, week ahead!!!