Famously Hot

Another weekend that I tried to keep our family on the go! Friday night I actually got to go out with my friends for Shannon's birthday. I got up and ran Friday morning at 3:30, ran 16 miles, went to work all day, went straight to pick up my friends when I got home, and made it to dinner...needless to say I was pooped and went straight to bed after dinner.

Saturday I woke up to run another 14 miles with some "pickups" throw in the middle. I’m hoping to be in good shape for the Blue Ridge Relay in less than two weeks. When I got home I took the girls shopping for the rest of their school supplies...yes for daycare...school supplies. I couldn't believe all the stuff we had to get. Here is a pic of Grayson's stuff.

This picture is minus the pull-ups, snacks, cup, and extra clothes we have to bring every day. ME also had a long list, of course I didn't get a picture because she wanted to play with all of it.

Anyway, after going to the wonderful/stressful Wal-Mart with two children who do NOT like sitting in the cart anymore, I took them to a marionette theater. I had never been there before, but my friend Theresa was taking her son there and asked if we wanted to go. The play was Pinocchio, which I thought would be something good for the girls to see. The theater was packed with 4 birthday parties and all the extra kids. The play was 45 minutes which was perfect timing for my two, who couldn't have sat there much longer. ME asked me about a million questions during the performance and Grayson just clapped and yelled, "YAY" each time they changed scenes and the lights would go out. Good thing there was tons of other kids, so my crazy two didn't stand out as much.

 Saturday afternoon, Ben and I took the girls to the Lake. They are getting so big, ME wanted to get in the water all by herself without Ben and I to help her. Grayson just floats and laughs the whole time. We went for a boat ride and of course they both wanted to drive and count all the other boats. Saturday night we watched the Hunger Games, which was a GREAT movie. It was 2 hours and 20 minutes, but it felt like only an hour.

Sunday, Ben got up to bike and run while the girls helped my fold clothes and clean up the house. We then headed to one of my favorite parks near Hammond for close to 2 hours. After the park we went grocery shopping for the week, where they both thought it would be fun to help me push the cart...the car cart at that! By noon, we dropped the girls off so we could go to the 1st Annual Famously Hot Concert in Columbia. It was three days and the 3rd day was the country day, which of course we were not going to miss. Daniel and Perry met us down there. We got to see Julie Roberts, Josh Thompson, and Pat Green. I just love Julie Roberts and she was so cute and funny the whole time, actually they all were. Each one of them completed about how hot it was. The sun was beaming down of us the whole time. We sweated the entire time. Lonestar and Corey Smith also played but we left before we got to see them.

The concert really was fun, despite the heat. I just love Julie Roberts and know ALL of her songs. Josh Thompson did a great job, I'm just not that familiar with his songs. Pat Green pulled out some of the old and new songs of his several albums. Each singer was only given an hour, so they really didn' have that long to play. We really did have a good time, each singer was literally right there and they could see us the whole time. It felt like it was right in our backyard!

Overall another great weekend with the girls. Ben and I finally got to spend some time together, even if it was in the 90 degree weather, but it was nice just to sit/stand and listen to good old country music!!!