Great Weekend!

Saturday morning was a bit rainy and we had lots of rain last evening and during the night, but by 7:30 it was clearing.  The rest of the day was mostly sunny and temperatures were in the 50's.  The trees in our area are at their "peak" and we are positively marveling everytime we take a walk at God's beautiful creation!

After doing some reading, Ken and I left for a walk downtown.  Upon our return, we ate breakfast and then I started cleaning the apartment.  Ken took an additional walk and then worked at his desk and did some reading.  I also did some preparation for ladies card club which is here on Monday morning. 

The afternoon was extremely relaxing as I enjoyed making some cards and a cardholder while watching some college football games.  At 5:20 we left to pick-up a pizza at a local shop and drove to Dan and Jackie's (their new home is about 1 mile from us) where we enjoyed dinner together and then spent the evening playing Hand and Foot and a game of Pinochle.  The women were easily the winners in every game we played - amazing!!!  It was so much fun to spend the evening with them.  When our children were growing up, we spent so much time together including a week's vacation at Ocean City, MD every year.  We share so many wonderful memories with them and look forward to creating many more!

We were home by 11:15 and it was off to bed!

Sunday, we were up early enough to get our devotions done before heading to church.  We started a new series of messages and it was another thought provoking one on the power of love.  After the service, we took Jamie's family to breakfast and we had such a wonderful time.  It was so nice to spend time just chatting and sharing life.  Bria and Cali are such a "captive audience" in a restaurant and we definitely took advantage of being together.  

Bria loved her hot chocolate with all the whipped cream!

When we got back home, we changed and went for a longer walk around town.  Again, it was a gorgeous day with plenty of brilliant sunshine and temperatures in the 50's.  Ken continued on a longer walk and I decided to crochet and make another cardholder while watching the Steelers game.  At halftime Ken and I worked together in the kitchen - we made salads for dinner and I made a dessert for card club.  Then it was time to return to the LR to watch the 4th quarter of the game!

Back to the kitchen to prep the remaining for card club and get everything set-up and organized - I like too be ahead of schedule!!!!  Ken very graciously vacuumed the apartment, a job that is so hard on my back!  I continued crafting the rest of the day while Ken read and spend time responding to e-mails and texts.  As you can tell, it was a rather relaxing day and it was bedtime at 10:30.