For Mother's day weekend we decided to go to Colorado to visit Doug's family. Ok, so that wasn't our main purpose...Doug had Friday and Monday off and we really needed to find a bigger car and it just wasn't happening in Clovis! On Thursday James brought me my first handmade Mothers Day gift:
When Doug got home from work we headed out. We had a huge list of things to get done in CO and needed all the time we could get! Friday morning we were up early to go car shopping. We were really hoping to find one on Friday so we could have the rest of the weekend to hang out with family and get other stuff done. We got lucky and found this little beauty:
This is a 2005 Nissan Quest. Doug likes these because they are much bigger inside then the other Mini Vans. It wasn't as nice as some of the other vans we were looking at, but it was much cheaper and only has 37,000 miles on it so we felt like we did pretty well.
Saturday we were able to go to the Autism Speaks walk with James and his Grandparents. They had just found out about it a few days earlier and we thought it would be a great thing to go to. Some things were a little surprising to me, first the number of people that were there. It was packed! Also it seemed like a terrible place for a bunch of people who had sensory issues. It was in a sports arena, so it was closed in, and loud, they had loud music playing and a lot of different things going on. James however was so impressive! First on the bouncy slide, he waited his turn, went down the slide once and got off without a tantrum. Then as we wandered through the different venues he was careful to take care of Mikey who was in a stroller. James would get a sucker and give it to Mikey, then go get himself one. He would get a cookie and give it to Mikey, then go and get one for himself. It was so cute to see him taking care of his little brother! I forgot my camera so I didn't get any pictures. But I am really glad we were able to go!
That afternoon Doug finally went to see a doctor and ended up having a double ear infection! So once he started on the medication he was feeling much better, even well enough to go golfing! Then we had dinner at Red Robin which we love and the boys are always well behaved there so that makes it even better!
Sunday Doug and I drove out to Elizabeth to get my Mom's old bread machine. I really wanted it because we are starting on a Gluten Free diet so I will be making bread a lot in the next few months. Then we had church and Doug made us a delicious dinner of grilled ham and pineapple. The boys all got me a family sticker to put on our van which will be fun to pick out!
Monday we headed back home to get back to our normal lives! It was a fun and busy weekend and I am glad we were able to go!
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