Weekend Recap

I feel like some weekends leave me exhausted and desperate for another day off, but other weekends (like this past one) leave me completely energized and ready to take on the week! This past weekend was the perfect balance of busy and relaxation, and totally included very nice naps on both Saturday and Sunday.

Friday night we had some c-razy weather roll through as much of the country did.  We lucked out and it stayed north of us for the most part.  We ended up heading to the movies.  I am pretty sure we've been to the movies more times in the last 2 months than we have in the last 2 years. Anyway we ended up seeing Act of Valor.  It is about Navy Seals and the actors are actual Navy Seals.  It was a really really really good movie.  According to Eric it is one of the most realistic war movies he has ever seen.  I highly recommend it, but bring your tissues!

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Going to the movies meant we stayed up waaaaaaay past out bedtime so we slept in Saturday morning.  Eric was cooking fish for a Wild Game Cookout (we are in Alabama) so I met him at the church where it was held to get some delicious Crappie and Amberjack for lunch.   When we got back to the house I had all intentions of cleaning the house, but I sat down to check my emails and the next thing I knew it was 6pm and time to head to our friends' house for dinner.  I figured I must have really NEEDED the rest.

I spent Sunday afternoon watching basketball games on tv.  Most of the NCAA womens conference tournaments were finishing up today so I got to watch my Lady Boilermakes beat Nebraska in double overtime for the Big 10 Championship and I got to watch the Vols whoop up on LSU.  It was a GREAT day of college basketball!  I can't wait for the NCAA tournament to start in a couple of weeks. 

A few more pics from this weekend.

1. The front that rolled through Friday afternoon!

2. The rainbow that followed me all the way home Friday.

3. I was looking for a dessert recipe for the cookout we had Sunday night and I ran across this recipe for  Quick Crescent Pecan Bars on pinterest (where else?!).  Once again, pinterest gave us another winner! I followed the recipe but I added some chocolate chips for a little extra oomph! 

4. I kept seeing pictures of brooms standing straight up on facebook all weekend and some of the friends who were over Sunday night said that the barometric pressure this weekend was just right so that brooms and eggs (yes eggs) would stand up on their own. I wanted to see and it worked!  I had enough time to take a pic because it was not going anywhere! 

In other news, I am sooooo excited for my cousin and his wife who welcomed a healthy baby boy into the world Sunday morning!