A Fun Weekend!

We had a VERY busy weekend at our house!  Both men's tennis alumni and the Luther Invite (cross-country race) were going on, so we had many visitors and tons of activities on the agenda.  Thankfully we were blessed with a beautiful Friday evening and Saturday so were able to enjoy everything to the fullest.

Friday evening I came home to find a number of men's alumni already hanging out at our house.  They'd been golfing all day and were setting up the grill for dinner.  Pat and Roger took the girls at their house which was very helpful and, I think, for the best as it was much quieter up there for sleeping.  Around 9, my mom and Mark's brother in law and his family arrived from Northfield.  Overall, we had about 12 people staying at the house - and we all fit!  :)

Saturday morning, the girls were surprised at Grandma and Grandpa Huinker's house to find Grandma Linda sleeping downstairs!  Needless to say, they were pretty pleased.  Mark arrived around 8, and all the Thornton/Huinker family members (excluding Grace who had ballet class) headed off to watch Thyme run in the middle school race.  I admit I got tears in my eyes watching Thyme run - darn pregnancy hormones!  How is Thyme a 7th grader already!?!  After a kid switch (Olivia's turn for dance), we watched Marissa run in the varsity race too.  Special thanks to Pat and Roger for helping so much with transportation and being a great host and hostess!  Around noon we headed to the Luther tennis courts for eating pizza, visiting, and watching Brian play some doubles.  After that it was nap time - for me too!  In the evening, my mom and Mark went with Pat and Roger to watch the Iowa game at Oneota, and Thyme came with us to dinner with some alums.  Then, the two of us got the girls in bed before working on some garage sale finalities.  I think I was asleep minutes after my head hit the pillow.

Sunday morning was a bit more laid back.  We had a tasty breakfast and came home to find the tennis alums packing up.  My parents and Thyme headed home mid-morning, and the rest of the day was all about doing laundry and relaxing as much as possible! 

Enjoy a few weekend pics!  (And the frog, by the way, is Olivia's classroom mascot.  She got to have him this weekend to take on adventures.  We filled a couple of pages in froggy's journal yesterday and are adding a few pictures tonight - besides the one's that Olivia already drew- before returning him tomorrow.  Olivia loved carrying him around!)