Weekend Recap and Mission #11

Weekend Recap & Mission #11

Happy Monday!!! Okay, so, last night (Sunday), I had one of those amazing "eureka" ideas to start recapping my weekends on Monday's post considering this IS a blog to chronicle my adventures (and misadventures) in 2014.

So, here goes... Friday evening was pretty uneventful with the exception of a brief visit from my sister (it was her birthday) and my crazy awesome niece. I did make a movie in the park and ice cream date night with my niece in April. I can't wait!

(Sorry for the blurred faces. Have to protect my girls.)

Saturday was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! The day started with coaching my last game of the 2014 Upward basketball cheer season. Sooo sad to finish the season because my girls were absolutely amazing, but excited to get back to my "normal" Thursday night schedule and looking forward to the 2014 Upward football cheer season in the fall. I'm leaning strongly towards coaching and commissioning. ;-) 

After the game, a friend and I headed to De Leon Springs State Park to see what we could get into. If you've never been to De Leon Springs State Park in De Leon Springs, FL, I strongly suggest you make a trip there. You are guaranteed to have a blast!

So, it was a must for friend to eat pancakes at the park's Old Spanish Sugar Mill Restaurant (1 & 2), so the first thing we did was head to the restaurant to put our name on the waiting list. Because the park was having an event, the wait was about 2 1/2 hours. To kill time, friend and I decided to go exploring. We hiked and walked and walked and hiked and visited the interpretive center and all of the displays on the grounds (3). So cool! And, eventually we got around to having lunch. Self-made all you can eat pancakes made on the griddle in the center of our table. So! Much! Fun!

After lunch (to work off lunch), we rented a canoe and explored the waterways near the park (4). It was my very first time canoeing and I am hooked. I LITERALLY CANNOT WAIT TO GO AGAIN!!! It was such a nice and relaxing and beautiful and fun day in the Florida sunshine.

Sunday was extremely low-key after such an amazing Saturday. Walked to church (it's .4 of a mile from where I live), got my worship on, and walked back home to get some things done around the house to prep for the week. Later, I went out to dinner with the grandparentals.

And that brings us to today, St. Patrick's Day. Happy St. Patrick's Day and hope the luck of the Irish is with everyone today and throughout the week. Speaking of the start of the week, I guess I should recap last week's mission too, huh?

Last week's mission was to treat your co-workers. Since I coach cheer and we have snacks on Thursday nights and most of the snacks that I get come in 10's AND I only have 8 girls, I kept the remaining snacks in a reusable bag and brought them in to share with my colleagues. This one was super easy, but my co-workers really appreciated it. :-)

Mission #11: Complete.

Mission #12: Use a reusable shopping bag.