Just a few updates...

Friday Joe and I went on our first date in what seemed like months! He finished two of his classes last week so we, more like I, decided to celebrate with a date night. We had dinner at a small town (population 163) restaurant called the House of Coates and they actually had a wait list! It must have been the Cod Special. Well worth the wait might I add. After, we picked up a movie and finished the night at home on the couch.

Saturday I had my friend Alsie's baby shower! She has about a month left and I can't wait to meet the little boy! Here's a picture with the momma-to-be and the girls.

Me, Alsie, Kelly & Casey

The day finished with Joe and I running a few errands. We picked up my wedding band and while we were waiting for my engagment ring to get replated and cleaned we ran over to Dick's Sporting Goods and picked up a few items for the wedding. We are now owners of a volleyball (for the net at the barn), ladder golf (because Joe used our origninal one to mark the goal ends for snow football and now they are broken) and the washer game. Can't wait to try all these out! And Joe was so sweet to let me wear my wedding band until Sunday morning just to "make sure it fit". Ha. If only I would have hidden my hand all day I could have gotten away with wearing it longer!!

Sunday was beyond gorgeous! I think it reached low 70's for the first time this year and Joe and I were hard at work on the yard at 10:30 in the morning! We cleaned up the yard, Joe worked on the garage door and cleaned up the garage, we took down our Christmas lights on the front tree, got the hammock & chair out, went to Lowe's and bought a few shrubs for the back yard and a compost bin!!! (which already has leaves, grass, a few worms I put in and my orange peel! We ended with grilling brats and doing just a bit of school work. I am sore today from all the raking but man oh man did it feel great to be outside!

I love weekends like that and I'm already looking forward to the next one!