Weekend w/ the Weights

Aren't these boys cute? :)  This past weekend we went to Doug's parents' in IL for a visit because Doug's oldest brother Jeff (far left) & his wife Jannan & their daughter Avalon flew out from Cali.  So we came down from WI and Doug's middle brother Matt (far right) & his wife Erianne & their daughter Aleah flew out from OH.  First time in 13 months we've all been together at the same time! 

We had some headaches getting to IL and some headaches getting back, unfortunately.  Doug hadn't requested the weekend off being on-call, because the date changed for the weekend trip a million times.  We had headed out Friday evening, got partway down, then Doug got a call for a case back in Madison, so we turned around.  Then again Saturday mid-day we headed out, 3/4 of the way down, then Doug got a case back in Madison, so we turned around.  We finally made it to Doug's parents' at 4 am on Sunday morning, then were bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for Church on Sunday morning 9 am in his parents' ward :)  It was neat for Gran and Grandad to have their whole brood there to show off.

We played double 15 dominoes, us girls all got in naps and reading, a good pup pup walk & sleigh pull, some outlet mall shopping (of course, jeesh we're predictable), and of course, we BROUGHT IT w/ P90X :)  We're all doing P90X (just finishing 3rd week now) together as a fam w/ a blog Matt's running that has in addition to all of us, a bunch of cousins w/ their wives, Erianne's sisters, & a few friends.  Pretty proud I've made it this far!   This picture is from Monday morning when the Weight Boys were "BRINGING IT" in the Weight Room in Doug's parents' basement :)  Did you know they were so popular in high school that they named a room after them?  0. Insert Eye Roll Here .0

The plan for Monday was we were going to all drive up to Madison in 3 cars and have lunch, play all afternoon, see where we live, etc.  But when we were a little bit further than halfway up in Rockton, IL, the engine in Doug's mom's Audi All Road blew (timing belt) and we spent some time hanging out on the side of I-90 waiting for the tow to get there, then we followed the tow truck all the way back down to the Audi dealership in Naperville.  By that time it was 6pm :( We all had Mom's birthday dinner at Red Lobster and then Doug and I left from there to head back to Madison alone :(

All in all, if anything could have gone wrong it did go wrong, but it was still a fun, quick little weekend trip.  I absolutely love my brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law!!!  We have such fun together :)