{"id":84,"date":"2011-08-18T16:01:24","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T16:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.131.168.108\/wordpress\/?p=84"},"modified":"2011-08-18T16:01:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-18T16:01:24","slug":"what-a-weekend-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/2011\/08\/18\/what-a-weekend-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What a Weekend!"},"content":{"rendered":"

We took a mini-vacation this weekend.  Eric took of Monday and Tuesday, and we went to the farm.  So we left on Friday night and got back last night and basically had a great time.  I wanted to get it recorded before I forget it all!  So here it goes…<\/p>\n

Friday:  We decided that Eric would drive straight to the farm after work, and we would meet him there.  This meant that I did the organizing, packing, car-loading, and driving all by myself.  I also ironed, cleaned bathrooms, cleaned up the house (kitchen and living spaces), did laundry and cleaned out the van, too.  And with 3 kids needing attended, all of that made for a very busy day.  And by the time I got us all to the farm…I was BEAT!  But we made it, and we spent Friday night playing and generally enjoying the farm.<\/p>\n

Saturday:  A pretty uneventful day full of playing – the sandbox, the pool, the swings, just running around.  You know, the regular fun-at-the-farm kind of stuff.  Eric and I even got to go out to dinner by ourselves which was very nice.  <\/p>\n

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Sunday: Church, hanging out, then a bonfire in the evening with some of the rest of the family over for hot dogs and s’mores and homemade ice cream.  Alex had a HUGE meltdown over my requirement that he put on a sweatshirt (he was shivering so hard he couldn’t get the ice cream to his mouth on the spoon!).  Eventually, Eric held him up so I could pull off his shorts, pull on his jeans and put his shoes back on.  Then Eric took him for a walk to get him back to his normal happy levels.  Which happened very quickly once they found the toad.  Yippee.<\/p>\n

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Monday: This was fair day.  I had never been to a county fair (I know, Eric was astounded, too), so we took the whole family.  And I do mean, the whole family.  All of us, Grandma Hogue, Eric’s two brothers, and Great-Grandma Powell.  We were quite the group!  But we had a good time.  The guys did lots of reminiscing.  The kids did lots of enjoying.  We ran into people we knew (even me!).  Megan got taped by a cameraman from the local news station as we walked by – she was out cold in the stroller.  And we tried LOTS of fair food…yummy!<\/p>\n

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Of course, for a number of reasons, the twins’ nap was very, very late.  Alex slept, but Erin did not. *sigh*  Still, we did have a pretty good evening.  We saw some other family members and did some more swinging, playing and goofing off.  Oh, and Erin learned out to ride the tricycle down the little hill without tipping.  She thought it was great fun!<\/p>\n

On Monday night, Alex and Eric camped out in the tent we’d brought.  Erin started out there, too, and if I’d joined them, she probably would have gone with it.  But she was overly tired, and I had to sleep inside with Megan.  So the girls stayed in, the boys slept out…and we all had a good time!<\/p>\n

Tuesday: On Tuesday, Eric helped Alan do some chores around the farm, mostly mowing and trimming weeds.  We played out some more, and after naps, we packed up to come home.  Of course, I got to drive home alone in the new car…which was also very nice!<\/p>\n

Of course, this is all the shortened version of our mini-vacation, but as you can probably tell…we had a good time.  A very good time!<\/p>\n

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