7/31 - Wii date; Brad's been gone

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Last week we had some friends come over one evening and had dinner and we played Wii. Our friends, Nicole and Leif, and their son Aiden, came over. We had a good time. We played Just Dance 2 on Wii for about 2 hrs. We did some friendly male/female competition and some couples. It was fun.

Brad left on Thursday morning for the Men's Retreat with our church. I was very excited for him to be able to go. They went to a place near Crystal River. The boys went to daycare on Thur and Fri and on Friday night, we had a playdate with Stephanie and Tiffany. Aiden found a little piano that is from Baby Genius video series. Aiden loved making the piano play songs and trying to sing to them. Eli would come over and dance every now and then too.

I brought the tunnels and tents with me but it seemed like the kids played in them right when we set them up and when I tried to take them down.

Blaise enjoyed playing in the tunnels with my boys.

Eli got pretty tired by the end of the night so I had to buy him from crying with his paci. He found a doll stroller upstairs and actually brought it downstairs and eventually tried to sit in it. The wheel was about to break because he's so heavy and it's not made for a person. The little guy trying to push Eli is Ryan.

Eli found a cowboy hat he enjoyed. Blaise, in the background, loved stealing Eli's shoes and wanting to wear them. It was too cute.

It was getting late and we were trying to calm the boys down with TV. My boys, of course, stopped and watched. They even all started dancing at one point which was pretty funny.

Right before we left Steph's house, she brought down her huge mirror and the kids thought that it was great. Eli was staring at himself in it and then Aiden laid along beside him. Aiden eventually decided to try and ride on Eli's back and they both thought it was pretty funny. I give them piggy back rides at home, so I thought it was pretty funny that Aiden thought of it to get on Eli's back. It took Aiden me explaining to him that he is too heavy for Eli.

They calmed down some and Aiden watched some TV with Kyleigh while we finished up talking and packing things up. We had a good time like always!

Brad came home late on Saturday. He had a great time and got to bond with some other guys from church. The men did a lot more fellowship than the women did. While I loved the retreat and it was very God-focused, some more fellowship next year would be great. Brad went kayaking down crystal river yesterday and came back completely burnt. Brad starts leave on Wednesday which is exciting. It's been a pretty good couple days despite Brad being gone. I look forward to him being home a bit more so I can get a few extra workouts in!!