Labor Day Weekend

We had a busy Labor Day weekend. Friday night we got ready for the garage sale we had Saturday morning. It was wonderful to have Grandpa & Grandma Sherman come over and help us. It was a pretty successful garage sale and we cleared out an area of the garage, which is always nice. John had his Fantasy Football draft at our house that afternoon.
Sunday evening we took a family trip over to the Fountains for some dessert and play. The kids love to watch the fountain and play on the playground. There were too many big kids there though. They kept plowing Heidi down and running up the slides. I was proud of Ben because he took her up to the top of the slide to help her. He said, "Come on Heidi, sit in my lap. Don't worry, I'll help you." He was helping her sit down in front of him to go down the slide when a boy jumped over them and kicked Heidi. As the boy started to go down the slide in front of them, I saw Ben give him a little kick in the rear! When he got to the bottom he told me, "Mom, I had to give that boy a little kick because he kicked my sister and I needed to protect her!!!" It made me smile because earlier that day he had no problem shoving her out of the way on one of his missions! On Monday, we spent the day at the Sherman's with my parents, Aunt Donna and the McGuckin family. We had a great time hanging out together and it was fun to see Ben play with the girls- he is quite bossy (I wonder where he gets that from :). The weather was beautiful and it was so nice to spend some time relaxing outside before the craziness of the week began. It was also fun to spend some time with the McGuckins. We love them- they have such a delightful family and we are really going to miss them when they move to San Diego!!! It was a great weekend, but I did not take many pictures, oops! Here's a few.