Our Weekend

We had a blast this weekend with Chris, Jess, and Claire. They got here Friday evening and we got the guitar hero battle going. Saturday me, Jess and the girls went shopping at the outlet mall in Williamsburg and then came back to Cedar Rapids to do some more while the guys went to the casino in Iowa City. It worked out pretty good. They guys won a little playing blackjack and me and Jess spent the little that they won shopping :) While we were out Jessica bought the guitar hero rock band and since we were all pretty exhausted from shopping and gambling all day we decided to try it out. We were up until 2 am every night playing. It was so much fun! So if anyone that is getting tired of the regular guitar hero world tour I recommend getting the rock band. It is awesome! And while the guys were hogging the guitars Jess taught me how to crochet. I was very excited to learn how. I have started my first blanket for one of Jaiden's baby dolls. It is going okay but you can definitely tell it is my first blanket. I am pretty sure they aren't supposed to fan out as you go up :) but hopefully with practice I will get better.

One of the days they were here it got up to 27 so we let the girls go play in the snow for a little bit. Jaiden loved having someone to play with and I think Claire really enjoyed the snow. She kept plopping down in it and just laughed.

Jaiden acting silly-


Claire enjoying sitting in the snow-

The girls were a little grouchy at the end of shopping so that is when we decided we would head back to Cedar Rapids. If your a mom you know the feeling of getting the bags, the strollers, the grouchy kids, and yourself all in the car as it is freezing and blowing outside, that when you get in shut your door you take a deep breath and sigh as letting it out composing yourself for the ride home. Since Williamsburg is about 50 miles, we were hoping the girls would nap on the way home since we had more shopping to do when we got back, but of course they didn't. We pull in the mall parking lot and get out to get the girls out and Jessica is laughing so hard. So I take a peek at what she is laughing at and here it is-

That is Claire's boot hanging out of the Tahoe. She kicked it off as Jess was shutting the door. The roads were pretty crappy on the way home so I was driving kind of slow and I kept thinking why do these people keep staring at me. I know I am going slower but gee wiz. Well now I know. We drove this way for the whole 50 miles home :)

Then they had to cut their visit a little short. Early Monday morning Jess got a call that her grandma from Florida had an aneurysm and it didn't sound good. They found a flight out of Chicago that got them there that evening. So pray for Jess and her family that they make it through this difficult time.