Weary and Worn Out from a Wonderful Weekend!

So, the weekend is finally over! Never thought I'd be this excited for the workweek to begin again!

We had a great weekend, though. Joshua did fantastic at his first Taekwon Do Tournament! He took second place in his age/belt category for his "pattern". He got a really cool medal that he is anxious to take in to school tomorrow. His school teacher is very cool...she let Joshua bring his uniform and sparring gear to school a few weeks ago and show the whole class some moves. She said he did a great job explaining that you "never use TKD to hurt anyone, only to defend yourself or others". I was so proud of him! He's only been in TKD since January and he seems to be picking it up pretty quickly. It's a great outlet for him.

So anyway, after the tournament we drove from Harrison, Ark. to Branson, Mo. to go to Silver Dollar City. The kids love going there. We saw the Chinese acrobats and were amazed at the stunts they could do--including one guy standing on his head on 11 stacked chairs! We were in the front row, right in the middle, and I thought to myself, 'I'm glad this guy has a harnass on, however, if the chairs fall they are gonna land right on us!' Fortunately nothing happened and the show was fantastic. After going on a few rides with the kids, getting ice cream and walking uphill what felt like 10 miles we left the park and went shopping for some new clothes for mommy (thanks to my mom and dad!) After deciding on a few very cute outfits we went over to Target to get a new laundry hamper. Can I just tell you how much I miss Target?? I mean, just walking in the door almost brought tears to my eyes! Unfortunately we were too late to go to the snack bar to get popcorn or Starbucks, but just walking in and seeing "Spot" and all those cute little red and white circles brought me so much joy and happiness! It's the simple things, ya know?! After a quick spin through the store we left, grabbed some din din at Mickey D's then got the kids in their PJ's and headed home. I forgot to mention Chris had to go back home after they tournament so he wasn't with us for SDC or the whole shopping experience (good thing for him!), but the kids and my mom all fell asleep while I drove us all home and got in at midnight! But even after all that excitement I couldn't go to sleep without watching at least one show on TiVo!

Today was also packed with church, lunch at one of our employees house, work and AWANA's. I'm ready for an early night tonight! Fun but exhausting weekend!