A fall weekend

This past weekend was a lot of fun for all of us.  Hubby started Saturday by participating in this race on base- he ran three miles then biked for nine.  After the race was done, we all went up to the Gilroy outlets and dropped some serious cash on new clothes for the boys.  The Christmas outfits are... well, so stinkin' cute.  I won't describe them because they look so much better in person.  Just ridiculously cute.

Once we came home, we chilled out with the boys (who were decently good for a one and two year old at shopping outlets), then watched Sports Center and SNL.  I love SNL and I wish I could stay up to watch the whole thing, but I'm a friggin' old fart now and had to turn the TV off right after Weekend Update.  How boring am I?

Hubby took a large dose of Nyquil that night.  Everyone in this house has gotten sick, except for me.  I'm pounding the Airborne like crazy because I can't get sick.  It's just not possible for me to stay in bed with these two little guys running around.

Sunday was a good day, even though it rained all day.  I actually liked the rain- we need it badly, and there are just some days where the rain feels refreshing and calming to me.  We cleaned up the outside of the house- LB was a huge help!  He picked up a broom and helped me sweep the leaves off the patio!  Once JC was up from his nap, we took everyone to the Whole Enchilada, which is this great farm stand in Moss Landing.  We were looking for some ingredients to make a little something for Christmas gifts- I won't give it away.  :)  But since LB was being just absolutely angelic, we also got him some chocolate covered peanuts and caramel.  I thought he'd love them, but that little bugger licked the chocolate off, then handed me the caramel and peanut mess.  Ha.

Once we got home, we began our project.  However, it took WAY more time than we originally thought, so we ended up tripping over each other in the kitchen while I made dinner (spanish scallops baked in white wine, holy cow, so good).  Hubby later pointed out that even though there were a million things going on at once and very little space, we didn't snap at each other once.  I thought that was a pretty cool observation.  :)

We bought a pumpkin at the farmstand, but didn't have time to carve it, so that's on the agenda tonight, along with some apple cider we also picked up. 

I friggin' love weekends like this.  Not just the shopping, but being all together and everyone enjoying each other's company.  And having the house smell like whatever-we-were-working-on (I'm not giving it away!!) was a huge plus.  Very autumn.  :)

So there you go, in case you were wondering what NHGirl's fam was up to.  I'll have to post pics of the pumpkin tomorrow, and maybe share my scallop recipe- seriously good.