Labor Day Weekend

So we had a fun filled four day holiday weekend! After Chad got off work on Friday we went to my very favorite place to eat Chipolte. :) we had to scarf it down so we could meet up with Lauren and her kiddies! We packed everyone in the van and headed off to watch our friend, lauren's husband, coach high school football! It was extremely hot! We were all sweating to death in the humidity. The game was good and very close. Both teams played well, it was the first high school football game I have been to since.... Well... probably high school! It was interesting to see today's "youth" and how different and similar highschool is since we have been out. It sparked much conversation. Soon it was the kids bed time so we headed home! We were so tired from the heat we hit the sack to get some rest for the days to come.

Saturday we woke up early and went to our local farmers market. Unfortunately, there were only 4 tents of produce. We stocked up on corn and potatoes though! We were very excited to get home and get ready for that night THE FIRST UC FOOTBALL GAME OF THE SEASON! We put our UC gear on and made our way down to the campus that Chad and I miss so much. It was great to be back down on campus and see all the things that are different and all the things that have remaind. We ate at a campus pizza place with some great friends from college and met up with my parents who were tailgating. The game was great, a blow out, 71-10, or something like that. I hope we can play well all season! Being out of college is bittersweet, we miss it so much but we do like being "grown up" at times and having our own house and finances.

Sunday came and it was a rainy, gloomy day.... Chad's favorite! We had planned to go to the fireworks with chad's brother and my best friend but with the rain we decided to forgo the hours we would have to sit outdoors and save seats, the money we would spend on carnival food and fighting the crowd. Instead we decided to invited my parents over to see the decorative additions we have made to the house since they saw it last, mostly hanging pictures and an AMAZING dining cabinet my husband remodeled but painting it and adding new hardware!

Looks great! 

We went out to eat with them and my best friend and then came back and watched the fireworks from the comfort of our, dry, family room! We were very glad we didn't go when we saw how wet everyone was getting and the fireworks were not that great!

Monday came all too soon! We woke up early to hit up the local labor day furniture sales, bought a new couch for our front room, and then headed to Chad's sister, Jenna's graduation party. Jenna just graduated from college and to celebrate we thought what a great time of year to have a picnic! No one would have thought it would be 62 degrees out and cloudy! We were all wrapped in blankets and fighting the cold the whole afternoon so we decided, after eating to pack it in and call it a day. We went back to Chad's grandparents to let Jenna open her gifts and eat cake. We ate WAY too much food that day, but it was great to see family and spend quality time together.

Overall, we had a great weekend, filled with a lot of football, food, family and friends! We are so blessed to have all that we do and all the people around us that love us. And weekends like this remind us just how lucky we are!