Sunday, October 14, 2012

Return of the Weekend

Was so glad that we had a softball free weekend that I took a bonus day off. It ended up being only a few hours of extra time as there was still commitments to meet, but we really wanted to keep a family tradition and go to a pumpkin patch together. Not just any pumpkin patch either. We have really grew fond of a particular one because of its charm.


It had an old antique truck...


Fun cutouts are always fun...


Animals are a big draw with the kids...


and hay bales to jump on (and off). Also a kids favorite.


We don't actually buy a lot of pumpkins there. That gets expensive. We get a couple to thank them for getting our moods for the season. Since the weather around here doesn't seem to know it's October...


We didn't totally have a weekend off from kids activities. Sara performed as a part of the Rodeo chili cook off on Saturday.



I had a great time sampling and judging a bunch of chili too. Trust me, you do not want to see that.

Unphotographed moments of shopping, a movie date, church, and starting to do some Halloween costume shopping... oh yeah, there was this...


I think I'll just end it on that...

Tuesday, October 09, 2012

More weekending with little balls with stichings....

We try to stay together as a family as much as possible. A big deal with the kids are getting older and have more and more of their own "thing". Hannah's softball tournaments take up pretty much a whole weekend. We all pile into the car and go along. We try to entertain ourselves as much as possible.



We twirl.


We read.


Then we watch Hannah go to work.

Yup. Family time happens anywhere. And couple time too.


Sara also had a dance commitment performing at a school carnival in Pinole.


Some things do get missed as we split up to attend all of their activities...

There was also attending a certain team's playoff game. But I'm not ready to talk about that just yet. It was fun for pretty much zero baseball related reasons...

Wednesday, October 03, 2012

Weekending...

A better and smarter blogger have figured out that sometimes, you just have to keep up journaling your weekends, because that's when the more interesting things happen. I already told you that most weekends nowadays compose of softball, dance, and more softball. But once in a blue moon, we do get  a free weekend and take advantage....

Food. It always involves food. Like the Eat Real Festival at Jack London Square. Lamb poutine, anyone?


Time with the grandparents is also important...


Which conveniently means a chance for a date night! German food! Beer! in boots!


And Sunday dog park day. I am really liking Dog Park days, and we don't even have a dog...


And other such fun things. Church, reading, sports on TV. We almost don't know what to do with ourselves with the free time... but we manage.