Busy Weekend

Well, this was a fun weekend all around. Friday morning, my cousin Emily gave birth to her first child, a little girl named Allison. We are all very excited for Emily and her husband Chuck! There are some pics of the new family in our cousin Kristi's blog if you want to check them out. Grandma's house will be chock full this Christmas Eve - it will be fun to have babies around again. Congrats to the Palmers!

Brett and I had this whole weekend to ourselves, as it was Brandon's weekend to be at his mom's. We had a light supper and then cruised the new SuperTarget that just got built nearby. It's BIG. While there Brett bought the new DVD that came out of the Disney classic The Fox and the Hound. Apparently this was one of Brandon's favorites when he was little, therefore one of Brett's favorites too. I had never really seen it before, but we watched it when we got home and it's really cute! It also features some well-known actors as the voices - such as Kurt Russell, Mickey Rooney, and a very young Corey Feldman. I don't think I'll spoil anything when I say that the fox in the movie starts out as an orphan. This got us thinking - what is it with Disney movies and orphaned kids? Think about it:
Cinderella - orphan
Lion King - father dies
Finding Nemo - mother dies
Snow White - who were her parents?
Jungle Book - orphan boy raised in the jungle
Bambi - mother dies
Little Mermaid - no mother
Dumbo - no father?

And the list goes on. Things that make you go hmmm...

Saturday morning was spent on laundry and putzing around, but at noon we went to Simply to the Table. This is a business that is run by two women friends that I used to work with. They have a set menu each month, and you choose a number of meals from the menu based on the package you purchased. Everything is set out for you with very clear instructions - and the best part is, you don't have to clean up! You package everything for storage in the freezer, and you are given a label with instructions for preparation. We both had fun doing it, and now we have 8 meals in the freezer. This is our first time, but I have a feeling we'll be back.

Saturday afternoon I baked an apple pie! This is only the second one I've ever baked, and the first one for Brett. I told him I felt like baking, so he could pick anything and I would try it. He of course picked his favorite. So I got Mom's recipe and gave it a shot. It didn't turn out quite like hers, but it actually tasted alright. I'm still kind of in baking mode, so I may try something else this weekend.

Saturday night we went out to dinner with some friends, Jay and Dawn, and to the movie Man of the Year. This is the new Robin Williams flick, and we really enjoyed it. There's a lot of great political humor in it that is so relevant to the present. It also raised some interesting thoughts, such as the fact that the general public is increasingly going to comedic news programs such as the Daily Show with John Stuart for their news. Speaking of politics, is anyone sick of all the campaign commercials yet?

We had a leisurely Sunday morning and spent the afternoon lounging and chatting with Brett's family. Overall it was a really great weekend!