fun, family-filled weekend

Back to Monday again! Amazing how that seems to happen - every week.

I had a great weekend! It will filled with all sorts of quality family time. Saturday afternoon-ish Mom and Dad M. came over and looked at husband's car because last time he was home the car wouldn't start (I promised him it had been driven just a little over 2 weeks ago, I had been a good girl and not just leaving it completely!). Turns out, the battery is way dead. Like dead dead. Dad had this nifty battery tester thing that looked like something you'd find in the toy department, but it was real! And it told us our answer! After that discovery  we had a yummy lunch and I ran some errands with Mom M. It was fun to be out in the snow! It just poured down!! Well for 2-3 inches. That seemed like a lot though!! It was really pretty!! 

That night we all (both sets of parents, family and friends) went out to see my brother perform at his first ever real gig!! This was a big deal folks - not one of those coffee house open mic nights, but a real place where real performers go!! His group was the first opener, and they were just AWESOME!! I am so amazed with my brother's talent! We clearly have a musical family!!

I posted 2 YouTube videos from the night - one is decent, the other was on my phone so the sound quality is pretty bad! They named themselves Robin Hood & the Philthy Rich. My brother, Phillip, was "Philthy" - he even grew scruff for the event. Big sis is not sure how she feels about the man scruff!!!

Sunday I went on a date with my dad. It was long overdue as it was a "gift" from Father's Day this year! Leave it to us to wait until it's 30 something degrees outside to go for a walk!! It was really beautiful outside though, and with the proper layers, not too cold! Who knows how long we walked (we went to a local trail area) but it was followed up with coffee and a cookie - my treat! Yes.. I'm a big spender. It was good quality "pops time"!

Alright, gotta finish getting ready for work! BTW tomorrow is my 3 month work anniversary!!! As a present (kidding) I get to attend Bed Bug Training today. You would think that would be one of the first trainings we go to.. I'm pretty convinced it's because going to a 2 hour training solely on bed bugs in the first week of work would probably run people away, so they spread it out to make sure we're staying!! Actually it's probably something to do with HR and scheduling, but I like my idea better!

Here's our tree, as promised! If you have good eyes ;) you can spot a present under the tree! Kittttty cat.

(Hint: you can only really see a bit of a white blob.)