Trying to recover from another wild weekend

Friday

• We celebrated Jeff and Weston's November birthdays with Jeff's parents on Friday night, since they will be out of the country when those birthdays roll around. 

Saturday

• The usual sporting events: Max playing flag football, Ruth playing volleyball and Weston playing tackle football. The boys' teams were victorious, and Ruth's had a very narrow loss. However, Ruth played her best game and had much to be proud of. 
• Ruth had a social outing to Sweet Berry Farm with many of the other CC Challenge students. She got to do a huge corn maze, paint a pumpkin, jump around on a giant air pillow and (most importantly) hang out with her buddies. 
• The rest of us had lunch with Mimi and Grandpa after the football game at Which Wich.
• I spent a couple of hours shopping all by myself, while I waited to pick Ruth up. 
• When Ruth and I made it back to the house, we all gathered around for our weekly heart attacks, this time ending in a sad defeat for the Aggies.
• We had four extra kiddos for several hours on Saturday evening, two of which stayed all night. 

Letting the creative juices flow

Sunday

• The boys and their friends were up at 6:30, ready for waffles. Thank goodness Dad was also up and willing to play chef.
• We participated in the Phoenix Center's first annual Fun Run. 
• After lunch and naps (for some of the younger ones among us), we decided to let Weston cash in his birthday present from Mimi and Grandpa, with a trip over to Jumpoline Park and Golden Corral in Austin. 
• After dinner, we decided to check out the relatively new Trader Joe's store. We love Trader Joe's so much and found several interesting things to bring home!

At the starting line for the Fun Run

Speedy Gonzales and his medal

Weston executing a nice flip

A bouncer's paradise

Dodgeball!

*Picture disclaimers: When I remembered to take pictures at all, I took them with my phone, so they aren't super-awesome. Clay was with us all weekend, but doesn't show up in any of the pics. Lighting was low and action was high at the Jumpoline Park, which is why those are all a bit fuzzy. Shout out to my friend, Jeanette, who took the picture of Ruth painting a pumpkin.