Living for the Weekend!!

Happy Monday!!

Elayna is feeling much better and we are finally back to normal as a family.  To celebrate, we had a busy and crazy weekend.

Friday night, Aaron watched Elayna while I had an official Girls' Night!!  My friend Val's brother is visiting from North Carolina and is a GREAT cook -- so she enlisted him to cook for all her friends.  I don't know a lot of brothers who would be such good sports, but Chris made us a FEAST of munchies, wine, and finger-foods.  I had met several of Val's friends before but there were some new women too and it was a really fun night of gossip and laughter.  We even had a serious discussion about feminisim in our young women.  THANKS Val for such a great evening.

Saturday afternoon we drove over to our friends Nate and Sarah Schug for dinner with their family.  Sarah and Nathan have a new house and much of their neighborhood is under construction or dirt lots -- perfect for their boys to ride their bikes in while we walked with the younger girls.  Aaron and Nate worked in the garage, we grilled burgers and hotdogs, and Elayna had a really fun time playing with new toys.  We even had a bowling game on the new Wii (I lost horribly too).  A really fun evening -- we'll have to do it again soon!

Of course, the big news in Phoenix is the Arizona Cardinals and their recent rise to glory.  Sunday was the NFC Championship game, in Phoenix, against the Philadelphia Eagles.  We watched the game at home ... and were both shocked when they actually WON!!  Aaron was so nervous he had to vacuum during the game (it was hysterical).  The AZ Cardinals are off to the Super Bowl!!

Alot of good news for one weekend!!