Weekend Wrap Up

It was another great weekend around here.  We just hung out at home on Friday night and grilled out for dinner.  That's really nothing special b/c we grill probably 5 days a week, year round....snow, rain, ice....we'll be outside grilling.  Our neighbors probably think we are crazy.  We had a good night just relaxing & watching golf on TV, plus one of Miles' personal favorites....family movie night.  We watched the Bee Movie.  It was cute, but definitely felt like it was never going to end.  Animated movies should never exceed 90 minutes....ever.

Saturday morning we cooked gluten free pancakes for Darrin for Father's Day...yum!  He had to work today so we did our celebrating on Saturday.

He also got a 100' tape measure at his request, and several Father's Day surveys from Miles.  Miles got a little 'one track mind' during the surveys, but Darrin still thought they were cute.  

 

We recently joined the Clinton Country Club, which is where Darrin grew up going.  It's 30 minutes away, but it's reasonable for us to golf & swim for the summer.  All three of us hung out at the pool on Saturday b/c they had a tournament going on & Darrin couldn't play golf.  Miles had a blast.  

He was swimming like a fish by the end of the day...even jumping off the diving board with no floaties.  I never thought I'd see the day that he would be so brave in the water.

The water was freezing, so Miles had to take breaks every now & then just to warm up and stop shivering.

After several hours of swimming, we came home & did a few things around the house while Miles played with some neighbors...

Then, Miles had plans to go with his friend, Thomas, to the movies to see How to Train Your Dragon 2.  He was so excited that he waited on the front steps for him to get there...

Miles has a lot of friends that he really likes, and several that seem to really like him, but the feeling is totally mutual with these two.  They have a great time together...

Dinner at Taco Bell...

...and then on to the movie...

While Miles was gone, Darrin & I fixed a great dinner.  We actually marinated some ribs all day and then cooked them for 4.5 hours...

It was so worth the wait.  Darrin loves ribs and he said they were the best ribs he had ever eaten.  I love when a meal turns out even better than expected, especially after 4.5 hours.

We sat outside & ate, and visited with a neighbor for a while.

We don't like to part with Miles often, but when we do, we realize that it's really nice every now & then.

He had a great time at the movies & was happy to see us...

After a long day of swimming, playing, working, eating...it was time to blow out the candles & go to sleep...

Miles & I went to early church & then back to the pool today for the afternoon.  All the kids at the pool today were older than him.  He played with them like he was their age, even though he was the only one wearing floaties :)  They were very nice to him.  At one point, they were playing a game that involved swimming across the deep end.  He would jump right in and paddle across with his little floaties.  It was adorable.  I was so proud of him for not being intimidated.  I think this country club membership is going to have multiple benefits...learning to swim & gaining confidence in new situations.

After two days of swimming & a later than usual night last night, Miles was one tired kid.  He was practically falling asleep at dinner, and was in bed asleep for the night by 7:45pm, which NEVER happens.

Happy Father's Day, Darrin.  Simply said, we think you are the greatest dad ever.