{weekend}

I absolutely love not-too-busy, not-too-planned, fun yet still relaxing weekends.  

that's just the kind of weekend we had.

friday night:: the guys went to the science fair at school while the girls stayed home
and popped popcorn and watched charlotte's web in our pajamas. 

saturday morning:: was my sister's birthday and my parent's anniversary. so my sister, charlotte
 my mom and i had a girl's day out. we started off at a brand-new adorable little bakery for coffee
 and pastries (yum) then headed downtown for a little shopping. mostly window shopping with some 

treat-shopping at the popcorn shop. then my sister and i set out  to do a little antiquing on our own as she is looking for a vanity for my niece. we headed south about a half hour or so out of town and
hit several of our favorite antique stores. we didn't find a vanity but did find some other treasures including
 an old-school fisher price school house i have been looking for.
the day was a success, and we both scored several things we could not pass up'

saturday night:: eric and i made a quick get-away for mexican then stopped at our neighborhood
bar for a quick beer. no sleeping over at grandma's this time,
so we were on a bit of a tight schedule but sometimes 2 1/2 hours away is all you need.


it was just perfect.

sunday morning:: coffee and waffles and cartoons and nowhere to be until 2:00. 

baths and showers and some laundry and a tiny bit of housework but still very relaxing.

sunday afternoon:: dinner at my parent's house. 

dinner and dessert and presents and the cousins all playing together.

 beautiful weather, beautiful day.

sunday night:: due to time change kids in bed by 7:00 p.m. (hahahaha)... 

eric and i had a late dinner together,

 i worked on editing some pictures and we got caught up on survivor.

not-so-lovely part of the weekend?

thinking something had seriously happened to my camera as all my pictures were coming out blurry.

it wasn't focusing, panic was setting in....ummm...hi...the camera accidentally got switched to manual. 

yes, i do want to learn to shoot in manual, but i'm not there yet and i would like to learn

 to do it on purpose, not because i think my camera is broken.

whew.

i was trying to get a picture of the gorgeous sunset on our way home and this is what i got...

blurry and manual and still just a little bit gorgeous.

a perfectly lovely weekend and by perfect i mean perfect enough for me...

which isn't really perfect at all but still quite lovely, if you ask me.

i hope you had a great weekend full of many perfect or not-so-perfect moments!

{linking up with heather's life made lovely today}

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see you tomorrow morning for virtual coffee!