Wonderful Weekend

It was so nice to have Derek home this weekend.  Ben, Maynard, and I have all missed him the past two weeks he has been out of town.  He came home to a clean house and a home cooked meal, not because of me, but because his parents and Nannie came down Thursday morning and cleaned the house, worked in the yard, entertained Ben, went grocery shopping, and cooked a steak dinner for Derek's return.  They went home a couple hours after Derek arrived.  I don't know what I would do without their help.

On Saturday, we wanted to make the most of our time together and enjoy the beautiful weather.  We took Ben to Big Spring Park downtown to feed the ducks and fish.  He had a blast! For dinner, we went to the pizza place beside the park.  We were able to sit outside on the patio and continue to watch the ducks while we enjoyed our delicious salad and pizza.  To complete the night, we headed to the NCAA division II basketball tournament to watch UAH men's basketball team.  Ben had a great time cheering for the team, eating popcorn, and enjoying a sucker.  Thanks to Derek's friend for giving us great tickets (half court, 3rd row)!



Did you see me Mommy?



The bird was a little too close for my comfort, but Ben enjoyed feeding him.



Raring back to throw the food.

Derek was adamant that he was not leaving until Tuesday morning to return back to Columbus, GA. He had to finish an audit, but he wanted to go to my doctor's appointment Monday morning.  He missed two appointments while he was out of town and it was killing him to not go see his babies on the ultrasounds for himself.  Monday night I was able to "cook" him one another home cooked meal before he left compliments of a great friend who brought two casseroles over earlier in the weekend.  I am looking forward to him being home for good after this week.