This time last year, it seemed like we already had every single weekend of the year planned. I know that’s not really the case, but it sure did feel like that. Last year was non-stop for us, and while it was such a fantastic year, I am excited to say that we have no set weekend plans for as far as my eye can see. I take that back. We have friends getting married in July and friends getting married in September, but we’re really looking forward to those celebrations. John is leaving for Louisville on the 23rd of this month, we’re planning to spend a weekend (still yet to be determined) in Sarasota next month, but this year hasn’t started off like last year. This past weekend couldn’t have been more perfect. We spent Friday evening and on into Saturday morning (1:45am) at the Wolletts’ house, listening to Justin, Aubrey, Brian, Justin’s dad, and some others jam on their guitars and sing. Justin’s mom prepared a delicious spread, and it was just a fun night all around. There were probably 25-30 people, but it tapered off to about 9 of us around midnight. We sat around listening to Justin, Brian, Rick, and Justin’s dad play their guitars, and Aubrey sang a little as well. It was such a fun and relaxing night. John and I didn’t get to bed till about 2:45am and, for whatever reason, still didn’t sleep past 10am Saturday morning. We lounged for a couple of hours, which was wonderful, and then we drove around to look at houses in Safety Harbor. Looking at houses has become one of our favorite things to do. There’s a neighborhood in Palm Harbor that we both really like. It has lots of pretty trees and feels more like South Carolina living than Florida living. It’s kind of like having the best of both worlds (except that we’re still 9 hours from my family.) We’re not really making any moves at this point, but it’s fun to look and get ideas. We stopped at Pollo Tropical for a “snack” around 3pm since we hadn’t had lunch. We didn’t want to eat too much, though, since we were meeting the Hancocks for dinner at Tijuana Flats at 6pm. We went grocery shopping, home to change clothes, and then headed to dinner. We had a great time with Joe and Christine, and Tyler and Lauren were both so well-behaved. Lauren got a little sleepy, as she had missed her nap, but she was still super sweet and pleasant the majority of the time. Tyler sat in his high chair for an hour and 45 minutes and couldn’t have been any better. He had such a good time eating and playing with John and Joe at their end of the table. An older couple must have been as impressed as John and I were because they complimented Joe and Christine on Tyler’s behavior as they were leaving.
We had planned to go see The King’s Speech after dinner, but we got to the theater just a few minutes too late and were worried we’d miss the beginning. Instead, we saw Gulliver’s Travels in 3D. It was so stupid, but I had such a great time being on a “date” with John and laughing about how stupid it was that it really didn’t matter to me. We went to church yesterday morning and then back to Pollo Tropical for lunch. It’s safe to say that we like that place. Since we were so close to the movie theater, we decided to go see The King’s Speech, which turned out to be a phenomenal movie. I’m already a big Colin Firth fan, but this just increased my liking for him. He put on an unbelievable performance, as did the other members of the cast. After lunch, we had about an hour before the movie began, so we drove by our favorite house again as well as a few others. Like I said, we really enjoy doing that. Planning to spend an evening at home, we got to work on a ginormous crock pot full of chicken chili. Not long after we got home, Danielle texted to say that they boys were going to watch football while the girls played Just Dance – did we want to join them? We got to their house around 7:15pm and stayed for about 3 hours. Just Dance is really becoming a favorite amongst the girls (and even some of the guys – although they didn’t participate last night.)
I’m looking forward to many more weekends where we can come and go as we please, make plans at the last minute, sleep in, eat good food, and spend time with each other and with friends. Life is good!
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