Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them

Our weekend started with an emergency visit to the dentist because Alyssa started getting a toothache. The dentist said she has a cavity that got infected. They need to pull the tooth but not while it’s infected, so she was put on antibiotics. After the dentist, I took her to Beverly & Dion’s. Her grandma & grandpa (Jake’s mom and her husband) Alyssa was very excited to be able to stay with them, especially since she knew they were going to go fishing in the morning. Saturday was opening day for Trout fishing. She pulled in a 13 ¼” Rainbow Trout.

Since we didn’t have Alyssa, Dan and I thought it would be nice to take advantage of the night. He went and finished the dashboard on his car (which turned out GREAT!!!) And I went and spent some quality time with my good friend Stephanie. We went out to Thai, went back to her place for some great conversation then spent the night at her mom’s house.

We woke up bright and early Saturday morning. Dan went and helped Dion & Candy move and I went home to prepare for the afternoon. I made some salsa and coleslaw. Around noon, I drove out to Ravensdale to pick up Alyssa. She and I went to Sabra’s 8th Birthday party. Chuckles the clown put on a very interesting show for us. All the kids loved him!

After that birthday party, I took Alyssa to Chris & Karri’s house. Then I went to Chris Gourley’s house to start setting up for Sarah’s Surprise Birthday Party. WHAT A SUCCESS!!! I was so nervous that it wasn’t going to work out. She had absolutely no idea, everyone that was involved played along perfectly. We couldn’t have pulled it off otherwise! Chris took Sarah out to dinner for her birthday, I showed up shortly after they left. Everyone else showed up around 5:30pm and Chris & Sarah returned around 6:30pm. Sarah could not believe it. She was shaken up the whole night.

Sunday we all woke up, I made some biscuits & gravy; we watched a little Nascar racing and then went and picked up Alyssa. The three of us enjoyed a nice relaxing Sunday afternoon BBQing and watching Smallville. A perfect ending to a perfect weekend!!