Busy, busy weekend!

Hi all! I've taken a brief Blogger hiatus so I could complete the mountain of end-of-semester homework. I'm almost there- I have about 23 weeks left of graduate school, counting student teaching....not that I'm counting or anything.

This weekend, Michael and I have been superbly busy. Friday night found us headed out for a dinner date, and some shopping to replace my old Compaq Presario laptop I'd had since college. The poor computer was on its last leg and it finally died. One trip to Best Buy later, and we'd picked up this:

It's a Toshiba Satellite A505, with a 4 GB processor and 500 GB memory. We are loving it! After having such an old computer, it's amazing what I was missing out on. I'm particularly into the card reader and the neat photo software, since I take so many pictures.

Saturday, we went to one of our favorite places to eat, S&T's Soda Shoppe in Pittsboro for Michael's little brother's birthday. My oldest brother-in-law and his girlfriend were there, as well as Michael's two little brothers, his grandparents, aunt and uncle, cousin and her husband. We had a great time, as we don't get to see everyone that often.

Sunday we went to a bridal shower for some church friends that are marrying next month. We have so many friends and family members experiencing exciting things in their lives and we're so excited for each of them!

We've got a busy week ahead- stay tuned for more updates.

It's all relative

Even though Michael and I spent Friday night working on homework and housework, we did have a very busy, eventful weekend.

On Saturday, we got up early and went to my parent's house in Asheboro, because my uncle, aunt, their three children and my grandmother were coming into town. After visiting with them a little at my parent's house, we piled in our vehicles and headed toward Charlotte. Destination in mind? Concord Mills and IKEA.

Michael had never been to IKEA, and since we were in a hurry, he sort of got the quick tour. We are planning to go back and look a little harder when we have more time to stay.

You see, we'd promised a certain 10-year-old cousin that we'd take him to the LEGO store. And we did. And let me tell you, I'm not a LEGO fan, but that place is great. There were kids everywhere, building, picking out presents and having a blast. He thoroughly enjoyed getting to customize his own LEGO men, and he even picked out a Toy Story LEGO set. I just wish he'd let us take his picture. I tried, but he wasn't too enthusiastic about being photographed, so I let it slide.

Next stop was the food court. My little curly-headed cutie-pie cuz Lauren (she turns 3 next month) headed for the carousel. Michael waited for us by the fence while we rode, and Lauren, who absolutely LOVES Michael, was too busy waving at him to really care much about the ride.

The youngest of the brood, Landon, is turning one about 8 days after my first anniversary. He is getting so big, and it appears he will be a curly-top too! That makes four of my grandfather's seven grandchildren who inherited this trait from him.

Behold, the cuteness!

Someone else doesn't like her picture taken, either!

"I wanna ride the motor!"

Me and baby Landon- he is chewing on a battery operated tealight.

Today is Sunday. Although we're accomplishing some household tasks, we're definitely going to take some time to enjoy this beautiful weather. Hope everyone has a good weekend.