Awesome Labor Day Weekend

I got up Saturday morning and got straight to cleaning and tidying the condo.  I was glad to have a free Saturday morning to do so and I was especially motivated because my parents were coming in the afternoon for a visit.  When they arrived, things were looking lovely and it was awesome to be able to relax the weekend away without worrying about a dirty house.

After Mom and Dad arrived, we all just hung out at the condo watching golf.  Later in the day, Mom and I went to Borders to pick up a book, which unfortunately wasn’t in stock, and Dad and Casey went to Golf Galaxy.  We didn’t get back to the condo until later than we would have liked for dinner, but we whipped things together anyway and ate what we could at the late hour.

On Sunday morning, Mom and I got up and went to church.  It was a different service than usual because they did a “hymn sing” instead of a sermon, which was really excellent!

After church, we went back to the condo and picked up the “boys” to go and check out Manassas Battlefield Park.  It’s only a few minutes from our house and it was a great way to enjoy the gorgeous weather we were blessed with all weekend.  For lunch after the park, we ate at a local BBQ place.  After that, the boys went to play golf and Mom and I went to do a little clothes shopping and also made a stop at Michaels to look at paper and beads.  For dinner when we all got home, we had pizza.  We thought we might play some cards one of the nights they were here, but we are all so pooped each night that it didn’t happen.

We got up this morning with big intentions, but we ended up lounging around a bit before heading to Leesburg for lunch.  Mom and I stopped at a few shops, while Dad and Casey enjoyed some people watching on a bench, and then we ate at a restaurant called Döner Bistro, which serves German and Turkish food.  Casey had been wanting to go for some schnitzel, so we all got on board to try the place out.  Except for the not so good bratwurst Dad ordered, the Döner special Mom and I had and the schnitzel Casey had were good… as were the fries we all enjoyed!

 

After lunch, we came back to the condo and relaxed for just a little while before Mom and Dad had to head for the airport.  It was an absolutely awesome weekend and I’m so glad they were able to come down… I miss them already and I can’t wait to go home to visit them in just a few weeks!