Labor Day Weekend

We had a BLAST together this weekend!  I love that the kids are old enough for ALL of us to really enjoy time together as a family. 

The weekend started off with a fun round of Volleyball with our friends.  We had so many people there and it was such a blast.  Brian and I love getting involved in sports wherever we can and the kids love running around playing in the sand, chasing there friends, and playing on the playground.  After 2 hours of much fun we stripped the kids down, shook off the sand, and headed home. 

After the kids went down, I head on over to my friend's house for a girls night.  There was 5 of us there and we spent the evening laugh until at 2 am we all decided it was far past time for bed.

Saturday morning was CRAZY!  At the last minute we decided we'd try and catch the DragonCon Parade.  DragonCon is Atlanta's big Sci Fi/Fantasy festival and it's pretty BIG from what I'm told.  Since the Parade was free, we went to see who we could catch a glimpse of strolling down the road.

These were some of the fun costumed people we saw while at the parade.  The kids loved it!  Ian got to see Spiderman, Superman, Batman, the Princess from Princess and the Frog and others.  We saw many Star Wars Storm Troopers, Obi-Wan, Jedi knights, Darth Maul, and of course the famed Darth Vader.  We even got to see Klingons, ferengi, and Star Trek officers up close and personal.  Harry Potter characters were also another prominent group.  It was a great, perfectly warm morning to enjoy together as a family.

Since we had run the kids out of the house so fast before the parade that none of us got breakfast, we stopped by McDonald's on the way home at lunch time.  The kids were such troopers waiting all that time to eat and when we got our food they dug in deep.  They also spent a good deal of time playing on the play place and having fun. 

At 2 pm we headed over to a beautiful park for a friends birthday party. It was such a beautiful day and the park was splendid. The kids had more fun than I think they could really handle.  :)

There's a few pictures for your viewing pleasure.  Ian was very timid to hit the pink pony, not sure why, but when Kenya got her chance the was whacking at it with vengeance.  It was quite hilarious to watch her with a bat just as tall as her swinging away with just one hand.  She was a happy little girl.  I think we might be doing a pinata for her birthday. :)

For Labor Day Monday we enjoyed the day at the beach.  Acworth Lake's offical last day open for swim was on Labor Day, so at 1 pm we headed out to play.  The kids LOVE, LOVE, LOVE  the beach!  We were all enjoying it so much it was so sad when we did eventually leave.  Our kids are such water bugs, it's hilarious! 

For dinner we grilled up some hot dogs and pork steaks.  Very yummy!  Brian had the idea to make home made ice cream and it was also very yummy!  All in all and very wonderful Labor Day weekend.

(We had our very own "Joker" in the house at dinner. )

I'm sad to say that we're back to the busy family we've become.  Brian studies (almost non-stop it seems) while Ian, Kenya and I got about our business.  My guess, it's only gonna get busy from here on out.  But I guess that's life.