Weekend Wrap Up

This past weekend was a busy one for us. Friday we took Sammie out for pizza and then went and picked out some paint colors for the house. The outside is in need of a makeover. Hoping to have a "paint party" sometime this fall (more than likely after we get home from China).

Saturday, Dale and I finally had "date night" while Samantha spent sometime with Grammy and Papi. She loves going to their house and in fact, backed her bag the night before and first then Saturday morning when she woke up she wanted to know when she was going to Grammy and Papi's house. In the morning, Dale and his brother Mark, fixed the leaky pipe in our basement. Thankfully they were able to do it and save us a ton of $$$$ in not having to hire a plumber! For date night, Dale and I went to the Lake Elmo Inn for dinner (yummy!!!) and afterwards went to a local tavern for a drink and played a few pull tabs (we didn't even win a $1.00!). Jamie came over Saturday night for a sleep over and on Sunday she trimmed Sammie's hair and colored and cut mine too! In the afternoon, Dale, Sammie, Jamie and I went to the Mall of America for a few hours. We went to Underwater World again (thankfully we have a annual membership, as Sammie LOVES Underwater World and wants to go there every time we go to MOA). All in all it was a fun and busy weekend.

Now that it is Monday, we are hopeful that our TA will arrive this week so that we can finally make our travel plans for China! We are still hoping to leave on the 11th, or our second choice would be the 18th of September!

Stay tuned for further announcements on China travel . . . hopefully later today!