Good Saturday

Yesterday was a great day.  My sweet, loving, thoughtful husband got up with the kids so that I could sleep in and while he was watching them he went and got me some Pear Cider, and DONUTS!!!  YUM!  Then, while I was sleeping my sister had called to see if I wanted to go up to GR a little early and go running with her since it was my long run.  And, long runs are always nicer with somebody else, even if it was hotter than hot.  Luckily, it wasn't humid, so we made it OK!

Now, I know that going for a run with your sister sounds nice and all, but I don't think that you quite understand the logistics of doing it.  That meant that we were going up early, the kids weren't going to nap so there was potential for crabbiness later, Gaetan was then not only going to be watching my kids but then Holly's too (which isn't an easy thing).  So, while we ran the trails he took them on a bike/walk and the playground.  Holly and I talked and ran at a reasonable pace (less than 10 min/miles) and felt great!  I was getting a little hot towards the end, but all in all it was good.  

After that we went to Mom and Dads and got to snug on Daniel.  The past couple of weekends it has been pretty busy there because Holly and her crew (that's 5), Mom and Dad (2) Jon and Megan (3), My crew (5), Dale and Marcella (2) and then Grandma comes over too... but at the same time its pretty cool because its probably once a year that all the kids and grandkids are together at the same place.  We get to see Jon, Megan and Daniel before they leave tomorrow which will be bittersweet.  I like being able to see Daniel but I know that they can't be on vacation forever!  We left before our kids melted down and got to have a nice peaceful ride home.  There is nothing better than driving with the kids asleep in the back... makes you feel like you did that day right.  :)

JVG