Monday, August 04, 2008

A Great Weekend in Michigan!

We filed on Friday!!! Yippeee!!!!

So I got to have a fantastic weekend up with my sister…no worrying about work whatsoever!

We filed shortly after lunch on Friday and I headed home early. We were taking a couch that our friends who moved didn’t want anymore up to my sister, so we got the U-Haul trailer and loaded it up. We got the rest of our stuff packed up at a nice, leisurely pace and left for Michigan around 5:30. With stops and because we were pulling the trailer, we finally rolled into my sister’s place around 9:30.

Her new house is adorable!! It is in a beautiful city, and a beautiful neighborhood, and the inside (minus the painting that desperately needs done) is gorgeous!!

We started right in cleaning up the couch. It was a disgusting mess! But with the three of us working on it we were able to make it look fabulous! We worked until about 2:30 in the morning on it, and then some more the next day.

On Saturday we helped her with stuff around the house and then around 3:30 we headed out for lunch/dinner. After that we went to a park and enjoyed the gorgeous weather! Then my sister was so nice and watched the kids while hubby and I went out. We walked around the beautiful city just enjoying the weather and all the VERY nice cars we were seeing.

Sunday we woke up and did a little more work and then headed out for a fantastic pancake breakfast. After that it was time to pack up and head home. The drive back was much faster as we didn’t have the trailer and the kids slept a lot of the time so we only stopped once. We got back around 7:30 Sunday night.

So now it’s back to work, only at a much less-intensive pace. So hopefully I won’t be as stressed out as I have been the last couple of weeks. One night last week my son asked me if I was angry when I was helping him with something. Before I could answer, my daughter casually said “mommy’s not angry, she’s just really stressed out.” Definitely time to relax, both for my sake and for theirs!

These are the only pictures I took the whole weekend…my sister playing “Go Fish” with the kids:

6 comments:

Daddy Dan said...

Wow, what a nice sister and brother in law you guys are. I'm glad you got your 10-Q filed and get to relax a little bit now. I look forward to more frequent posts from you!

Julie said...

Sounds like a nice weekend!

Anonymous said...

Sounds like a great weekend!! Your sister looks SO much like you!!

:)

Rachel (Crazy-Is) said...

Love the pics. Glad you had a good weekend.

Sherry said...

The pictures are great. Your sister is so pretty and your children well totally adorable but we know that huh?
The couch looks brand new, want to come here and scrub mine for me?
Glad work has slowed down for you and you can finally relax and enjoy your family more. No stress cause you daughter knows :)

Kelly said...

Great Pics..Your sister and you look alike...definitely no denying your related. Happy Belated Bday!