A Perfect Weekend!

Our trip to visit relatives in Alabama this weekend didn't happen since our relatives canceled their plans, so we ended up having a free weekend. Chris is rarely off work on a weekend, and since he had these days set aside I honestly thought he'd just want to hang out at home and do as little as possible in order to enjoy his free time~~and he totally deserves to~~but instead my hubby completely surprised me by sharing his alternative plan to go out tonight to see ICE! at Opryland, featuring A Charlie Brown Christmas! How great is that?! Very great!

Hubby totally deserves to have some time off that he doesn't have to work or chase our kids around, so I found it very thoughtful that he gave up his resting time for some additional family time! This was perfect because our kids' admission FREE and it was a fun, family-friendly event that we all got to smile about! Of course my special guy did get to have some "hang-out" time--we couldn't go anywhere until we watched the OSU vs Michigan football game, the kids had naps, and we had the pleasure of dropping off some baby clothes to some friends for their small child. Then eventually this evening we went to Nashville to enjoy ICE! and some shopping at Opry Mills.

I had a coupon for Build-A-Bear that I realized expires before Christmas, so although we've been done w/ holiday shopping we hit up the cutesie store. We let Josiah find an animal of interest, and we let Kyleigh stuff it for her baby bro as a Christmas gift...she even kissed the little heart charm before it was sewn inside! (Oh, and we only paid slightly over $5!) We are helping some friends fix up their home (repairs, painting, etc), and since we're unexpectedly going to be around town this weekend we hope to spend Sunday continuing our commitment to that house. It has been a treat to get to have our regular Friday night "Family Night", to then enjoy a mellow Saturday together, and to maybe serve others on Sunday. Could our weekend get any better??? To see what it's looked like so far, see the video on the previous post and photos below:

(Yeah, that's Kyleigh cheesin' & Josiah trippin'!)

(End of tour...kids were bundled in 2 coats ea, hats, & gloves,
but began to feel "coldy-woldy"...good thing we were done!)

(This is a Nativity scene made of ice)

(Josiah @ Build-A-Bear)