Bonus Weekend

It's been a busy week. Work has been stressful, so I took off early two days this week. I was treated like royalty all week for my birthday with lunches, dinners, treats at work, calls, cards, presents, etc. It was pretty cool. Friday night, we went to a couples bridal shower for the son of one of Ron's friends - Mexican food and Margaritas - not a bad combination after a bad week at work.

The bonus weekend started Saturday around 2 p.m. - Amanda, Chad, Peyton and Apollo came to Clinton for basically 24 hours - they weren't scheduled to be home this weekend, but Ron invited them to play in a golf tournament on Sunday, so....... BONUS WEEKEND!!! Made Grammy pretty happy. Amanda and Chad decided to take advantage of the cooler weather and built-in child care for Peyton and played 9 holes of golf on Saturday afternoon. We had a great time with Peyton - Great Grandma Arthur stopped by to visit as well. Chad did a super job grilling some steaks for dinner which we all enjoyed.

Sunday, everyone but Peyton and I played golf in the Ag Appreciation Golf Tournament at Clinton Country Club. Peyton and I went to Great Grandma/pa Mintun's house around 7:30 a.m. Peyton entertained everyone and took a short nap before we went to church. She has really taken to Great Grandma Mintun and has a great time playing with her. Everyone at church made over Peyton and enjoyed getting to see her. Great Grandma Arthur helped out Monica in the nursery - there were several kids in there today. I think she really enjoyed getting to spend some extra time with Peyton, and I appreciated her being willing to stay back there so I could play the organ. Worked out great. I checked on her during the sermon, and she was not crying - my goal for the day.

After church, Peyton and I went back to the Mintuns for lunch. Peyton is such a great little eater and quite a conversationalist during meals sometimes. After lunch, Great Grandma took Peyton for a walk in her stroller - I'm not sure which one had the greater time.

Soon afterward, the golfers were back home, and the Todds headed back to Olathe pretty quickly.

Ron and I followed them to Olathe (planned) - we went to Sam's Club on the way, then we stayed with Peyton while her parents had a date night at Bonefish Restaurant. We had a blast! I realized I was privileged to get to feed her all 3 of her meals today! We took her outside and pushed her in her swing, which she loved We played and played and watched her crawl and pull up. It is so cute how she puts her arms out now to be picked up. We'll head back to Clinton tomorrow after a short visit in Olathe. Fun, fun.