Weekend Wrap-Up

We have had a crazy busy--make my head spin weekend. It's all been so fun though that I cannot complain, I'm exhausted but it's a good exhaustion. These pictures go in backwards order so I guess I will too. After church we went to a local park for a picnic and some time to visit with our VA friends. The men were not content to just hang out and talk. Ollie brought his bathing suit because he wanted to swim in the lake--just a reminder--we live in FL and we don't swim in lakes here because the alligators own the lake. That wasn't stopping Ollie though and he bet Ben $5 that Ben wouldn't swim across the lake (not a big lake). Ben wasn't playing but Ollie decided to swim across anyway. He went about halfway and was tired so headed back. When he started there was a gator pretty far from him but as he swam back the gator steadily made its way toward Ollie. Thankfully it didn't seem out to catch up with him and Ollie made it back safely. After being called a chicken, Ben decided that he was up to the challenge so he swam across the lake and Ollie picked him up on the other side. While Ben swam no one knew where the gator was. Just another confirmation that men are just not normal.
Here are the boys watching as their daddies talked about wrastlin' with gators and swimming out in the gator water.
Since we were already out that way, we decided to go blueberry picking after we left the park. I was planning to go at some point this week so today seemed to make sense. The blueberry fields that we went to are a good 25 minutes away from our house and the park is about halfway there so even though I was tired we did it. We got two buckets, half for my aunt and uncle and 1 1/2 for us. That's a lot of berries but we will eat plenty of them and freeze the rest. They are great in a smoothie with a frozen banana or in pancakes.
Now back to yesterday--we went to Downtown Disney for dinner and then to Cirque de Soleil. That show was absolutely amazing! Those acrobats can do the craziest things. The music was beautiful and the show was hilarious and amazing. We had dinner at Bongo's--a cuban restaurant. I was a bit of a cheater pants as far as my diet goes. I had black beans and rice and sweet plantains. I'm not allowed to have the rice or plantains at this stage of my diet but it was a special occasion and I wasn't going to miss out on those. They are classic cuban food.
And, before we went to Disney--we had a shower for Marissa. We had lots of ladies there and I think everyone had a great time. It was fun to get to visit and bless Marissa with lots of baby boy stuff.
I was also out Friday night way too late so I started the weekend with a bit of sleep deprivation. Needless to say that at this point I am about ready for bed and it's only 7:30. I'm going to try to hold out until 8. I have to make something to eat first. Should I have scrambled eggs or a spinach smoothie? So, my goal for the week is to mostly stay at home and be productive on the homefront. Think I can do it? If you know me at all you know that this is the area I struggle with most. It is very hard for me to not want to be at everything and be involved in everything. I have two weeks that are my calm before the storm of summer. I am hoping to get through 4 weeks of My Father's World and just plug away at all the other subjects as well. We are not taking a full summer break but we will be doing a lot less schooling each week than what is normal for us.
I'm off to eat, shower, and go to bed. I think I've decided on eggs with spinach and goat cheese. Amy--should I save you a plate?