My Life in Toddlertown: A little catch up

I know that I promised a post last week about our great Lake Martin trip with one of our favorite families over Labor Day weekend. But the week got away from me and then we had a BIG weekend. Ted has a friend that he met after law school when he went on a camping trip through NOLS. The guy is a lawyer in DC and started this amazing non-profit called WILL where he takes inner city kids and teaches them to be leaders through outdoor activities (and also other stuff like nutirtion, being accountable, etc.). He is an amazing and inspiring guy. Anyhoo, he and his girlfriend came to stay with us for the weekend. The purpose of the visit was a trip to Tuscaloosa to the Alabama v. Penn State game as he cheers for the best team in the nation and she cheers for Penn State. We had a great time, but we were busy. Here is a peek into the schedule:

FRIDAY:
(they got in around lunch and Ted took them to a famous meat and three and then to the Civil Rights Institute, which is a must-see for anyone who comes through town)
5:00 Drinks and appetizers at the house, unpacking, introductions and they brought presents for the kids so everyone was VERY happy!
6:00 6 year old birthday party at the neighbors with jumpy castle, dinner, etc.
7:15 Home to bathe Sam and put him to bed - Ann Park was quick to follow
7:30 Light the fire for the steaks, make the squash and sald
8:15 Eat (starving)
10:30 Bed

SATURDAY:
(I'll omit the middle of the night adventure for our visitors - short story is that she had a migraine and did not have a very good night)
7:00 Wake up call from AP and Ward - Ted got up and let me sleep!
8:00 Time for mommy to get her butt out of bed
9:00 Head to Broken Egg - the best brunch in town!
10:00 Off to the zoo for the kids, daddy and daddy's friend - errands for mommy to get ready for the game
1:00 Leave for Tuscaloosa
2:15-10:30 Tailgaiting, drinking, laughing, visiting with friends and watching the Tide dominate
11:15 asleep, finally

SUNDAY:
8:30 Mass for Ted, Ward and Ann Park while mommy cleans up house, laundry, etc.
10:00 Mass for mommy while kids play
11:00 Everyone to the park
11:45 Lunch at Jackson's
1:00 Grocery store
2:00 Ted takes friends to airport
3:00 I have 30 girls over for a meeting - I am President of a volunteers group called the Ballet Guild and we had a Chairmen's meeting for all the chairs of the different committees
6:30 artshow and dinner for my friend Hampton
9:30 Home and bed

So can you tell why I didn't have time to blog? But if you are still reading this post, I will reward you with some pictures from Labor Day weekend. The weather was perfect and company fantastic. We even made a bonfire on Saturday night!