Saturday

This Saturday was a good day. We had a lot going on, but it was fun. We woke up earlier than normal on a Saturday so we could take Christi to Lynn's apartment. Christi was meeting other bridesmaids and some of Lynn's friends there for Lynn's bachelorette party. They left Saturday morning for an all-day event in Atlanta. From the sound of it, I think they had a great time.

Meanwhile, I had the day to spend with Landon. After saying bye to Christi, Landon and I went to eat breakfast at McDonald's. We're both fans of their breakfast. I know, it isn't great for you, but once in a while it's nice. Landon likes the cheese biscuit. He ate half of it, but was too distracted by the playground to finish. We played on the playground for a little while, but there were some bigger kids starting to play. With those play areas it's 1 way in and out, so we were getting in the way.

After eating breakfast, we went over to my grandfather's house to visit with them. Landon had fun running around their house. He also vacuumed the floor for them – well, he tried. He pushed it around the room for them but it wasn't turned on. We had a great time seeing them. I don't get to see them as much as I used to because we're so busy, but every chance we get we go see them or meet them somewhere so they can see Landon.

When we left my grandparent's house, we stopped by Mike and Debra's house to see the tree guys cut down some trees at their house. The other day the cut down trees at Jason's house and they took Landon to watch all of the machines they used. He was a fan of the Bobcat they used to carry the trees, but not a big fan of the saws they used to cut down the trees. We stayed at Mike and Debra's for a while so he could watch the Bobcat move trees around. He did a little bit better with the saws, but they were pretty loud so when they weren't moving anything we went back inside to cool off. We ended up leaving when it was almost lunch time. I took Landon home and baked him some chicken nuggets. He really likes chicken nuggets. We ate lunch and then he took a nap.

Around 2 my friend from work, Luis, came over and brought his mom, who was in town. We watched the Champions League final. The Champions League is the most prestigious soccer tournament in the world. You have to either win your league to get in the tournament or finish in the top 4 or so, depending on what league you play in. It's like the soccer equivalent of the NCAA basketball tournament, but it's throughout Europe. Two of the best clubs in the world, Manchester United and Barcelona were in the final. Barcelona had beaten my favorite team, Real Madrid, in the previous round so I was sort of rooting against them, but really I just wanted it to be a good game. Luis' favorite team is Barcelona, so he was obviously rooting for them. My boss' favorite team is Manchester United, so they had been going back and forth against each other. They decided the losing team's fan would bring doughnuts for the office Tuesday, so I was going to be happy either way! The game was pretty good in the first half with the score 1-1, but it was evident Barcelona was the better team. In the end, Barcelona won 3-1 in dominating fashion. They left no doubt they were the best team in the world.

Saturday evening Landon and I went to eat with some of Christi's family for one of her cousin's high school graduation party. Christi's cousin, Elaine, is opening a restaurant this summer, so they had the party at the soon to be restaurant. Unfortunately the power company didn't move fast enough, so the restaurant had no power for the dinner. No power means no A/C, but they brought a generator to run some fans. Still, it was pretty stuffy inside, but outside it was a little bit cooler with a breeze. Thankfully the restaurant had a large covered porch with a lot of tables where people could sit and eat. Most of the food was pre-made, but they did use a deep fryer to cook some delicious chicken strips. A lot of different people brought food to eat and it was all great, as usual. Landon had fun running around outside. We were getting some family pictures made Sunday, so I was trying to be very careful because he has been to fall down and skin up his knees. What does he do? Fall, twice. He skinned up his knee and his elbow, but thankfully he was ok. However, that wasn't his only fall of the night. Landon was playing with 2 little girls while we were there. He was running down the ramp to play with them and trip and fell. Where he fell, the ramp (a wheel-chair ramp that wasn't very steep, but it had a turn toward the end.) turned. Well, he rolled a little bit and the ramp turned left. Landon can't turn left while he's rolling, so he rolled off the side of the ramp into the flower bed area. Obviously it hurt. I near the end of the ramp but couldn't catch him in time, so I ran to the pick him up. Thankfully, he was alright – just scared mainly. His bumped his head when he landed, but it wasn't bruised or scratched. Surprisingly he only had a scratch on his leg and he was back running around after a few minutes.

After dinner we went home and Landon took a bath. We played for a little while before it was bedtime. Landon was tired and ready to fall asleep. Daddy was too.