Weekend

We had another busy but good weekend! Friday Dave and I got a babysitter and we went out to celebrate my birthday! We went to dinner at Mai Tai, then went to Kohls to shop for a little bit (when did we get so old that our dates include shopping :) and then met up with our neighbors Chris and Sarah for a drink. We used a new babysitter and the kids seemed to like her. Ellie said she stayed up until 10pm because her and Victoria were having a "girls night" after Jack went to bed---she should have been in  bed at 8:30 but I won't complain! Saturday was Ellie's last soccer game and the team played great! Ellie has been playing defense for the past few weeks and her job is to protect the goal---she has really come a long way in doing that! We will be excited for Spring soccer to start up! After soccer Ellie started gymnastics and I headed over to Tomato Tomato to help Jody with the Harvest Festival. It was a fun day and Dave brought the kids up and they played in the bounce house and painted pumpkins and sampled some yummy food! Ellie had a bday party that afternoon and then we headed to the CU soccer game that night---whew--Ellie was a little irritable by the end of the night but who would blame her when her crazy parents have dragged her all over town that day! Sunday was church and then Ellie had another birthday party at Build a Bear and then we went to Sortino's for her soccer pizza party. By Sunday night I was exhausted! My house is a wreck and I've got a busy week ahead with parent teacher conferences, teacher conference meal that I am in charge of and 2 days off of school for the kids! Also need to get my van in to get fixed from getting rear ended last week. UGH! We are excited to go to Vala's on Friday since the kids are off that day. We'll head out early and then Dave will meet us that night. It will cost us a fortune but we have gone every year since Ellie was 1 so it's worth it but holy cow it's a racket!! Have I mentioned how much I LOVE Fall :) I can't believe it's already mid-October!! Hopefully this gorgeous weather will last a few more weeks!!!