The Perfect Weekend

Some weekends just go perfectly. Better than you could have planned or hoped for but somehow everything falls perfectly into place. That was this weekend for us. Our sweet Brooke turned one, my parents came down for the weekend, soccer, fall fest, time with Kim and Jackson, primary program, and cupcakes and ice cream. Our kids had the time of their lives. 

My parents came in early Saturday morning and met Aaron and the kids at Carson's soccer game. It was a lovely morning and Carson scored his first goal of the season! I was sad to miss it since I was setting up at the Fall Fest at Carson's school but I am very proud of him. 

He followed it up with another goal. He was very excited. 

My parents helped with the kids since Aaron was coaching and they had fun spectating. 

Apparently Millie got caught on the fence by her skirt and hung there for a minute before someone came to her rescue. She seemed unfazed by the whole ordeal. 

Then everyone came to meet me at Fall Fest. We had so.much.fun at Fall Fest. It was better than we had anticipated and our kids ran and ran and ran. We got them the unlimited wrist band passes and they went wild. 

The swings were a big hit, pretty sure we did these four or five times. 

This big gerbil ball thing was really fun. Carson really liked it and got the hang of it. Poor Millie was just a little too scared. She only made it half way through and climbed out. 

More swinging. 

Millie getting her glitter tattoo. That she still has, 3 baths later. She LOVES this. Every morning she wakes up and makes sure it is still there and she protects it when she brushes her teeth or does anything. It is pretty cute. 

I can't believe she held still that long. 

Lots of fun little games.  

So much time spent on the bounce house and the slides.  

The long awaited video game truck. 

It was really hot so I went to get the car to pick everyone up. (My parents left early with Brooke) Millie crashed in the car and Carson fell asleep in the car later. They were exhausted. Aaron and I were pretty tired as well. 

Kim brought Jackson over that afternoon and spent the afternoon with us.

 Then we all went to Chuy's for dinner. It was just perfect. The kids were all great and then we went outside and enjoyed the lovely night just talking and watching the kids play. 

Brooke and Jackson with Grandma. He is so big. These two are going to be such good friends someday. I sure love having lots of cousins for my kids. 

Brooke just put her arm around him. 

Love. 

It was such a fun night all together. We had a great time. 

The next day was our ward primary program. I love the primary program and Carson sang his little heart out and said his part right into the microphone. We are so proud of how this little boy is coming out of his shell. He is such a good boy and a great example to his little sisters.

Then just like that grandma and grandpa were gone, Camilla was begging us to move to Grandma's house, and the kids were sad that they didn't get to sleep on the air mattress in our room.

(Oh funny story about the air mattress. We were blowing it up before bed on Saturday night and Camilla was asking us questions about it, what was it, what was it for. Aaron told her it was a bed for her and Carson to sleep in that night since Grandma and Grandpa were in her bed. She said, "but I don't like it, its green, I don't want to sleep on green. Do you have a pink bed?" That's our Millie. I put orange sheets on it and she decided that was okay.)