Had a really good weekend :)

Friday evening my mother in law and her husband picked the kids up to take them to the Texas-Oklahoma fair. My brother and father had left that morning for West Virginia and my mother was all alone so I decided to pick her up so we could go too! I knew my best friend and her family were gonna be there and Cassie's best friend and her family were going too. Seemed like a perfect night to go to me :). I had planned on riding a few things with my mom but we both changed our minds really quick. It was $5 just to get in which was fine but tickets for rides were $1 a piece. This wasn't a problem until we realized most rides took 4 or 5 tickets! I was really shocked! We decided instead to load up on carnival food and watch everyone else...lol. We just couldn't make ourselves pay $5 to ride a ferris wheel. That's extortion! LOL! We still had a really nice time even though we didn't ride anything. The kids had a really great time! They spent most of their time there with my MIL and her husband. They rode all sorts of things and had a blast. They found me at the end and we took them in to the petting zoo. My mom wouldn't go in there though. Something about a goat kicking her in the butt with his back legs when she was little....lol. She just refused no matter how much I begged..lol. The petting zoo was loaded with animals....goats, a lhama, deer, something big and burly with horns that I couldn't identify...lol....and they even had a baby kangaroo in his own little pen..lol. My MIL bought some food for the animals so the kids could feed them. They had a blast and Joshua loved it. At the end though, a goat took his cup from him and ran off...lol. Everyone had a lot of fun and I made sure the kids thanked their Grandma because if she wouldn't have taken them and I did they wouldn't have rode near as much....lol.

Yesterday I went to my friend Tiffanie's baby shower. This is the friend of mine who moved to Tulsa this past May. This is the first time I've seen her since then. Unfortunately, I'm betting It'll be the last time I see her for a really long time :(. We had a good time at her baby shower and she got a lot of really nice gifts. Joshua went with me since his buddy Sebastian was there. He had a lot of fun playing with him and really loved the cake! They stopped by for a while last night so the boys could play one more time before they headed back home.

Today wasn't quite as much fun but was productive. Mike and I spent nearly the entire day packing. He did however take a 3 hour break to watch football. Now that I think of it I should've taken a 3 hour break too...lol. The good news is we got a lot packed. I'm on my own for the rest of the week so at least we put a big dent in it. I'm taking another small break tomorrow to spend some time with my mom. We're going out to lunch and then to pal around for a bit. Speaking of moms..please say a prayer for my stitching friend, Melissa. She lost her mother to cancer yesterday morning. Melissa, you're in my thoughts and I hope you find peace in knowing that your mother isn't in any pain any more.

I have some good news! With some persuasion from my realtor (and a bit from me! LOL!) the guy who owns the house we're buying has decided to fix the roof. I'm REALLY relieved about that. So we're closing on the new house on the 4th via overnight mail...and closing on this one the morning of the 8th and we'll be leaving for Virginia immediately after. I mentioned earlier that my dad and brother are in West Virginia. That's where my dad is from and a lot of his family lives there. It looks like my parents and brother are difinately moving there! I'm really excited about that! They're meeting with a realtor on Tuesday morning. I just hope their house hunting isn't anything like ours was..ugghhhh. I wish I could erase those 4 days from my memory...lol.