Cheers to the Weekend, Mid-September Already?! Edition

Shooey! It's Friday and I ain't mad 'bout that one bit. Because we were off on Monday and had a 2-hour delay on Tuesday #Irma, this week has felt a little wacky. Plus, my hub was gone Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon for business and then left again at 2:00 am earrrrrrly this morning for a separate, unrelated trip and won't be returning until late Saturday night. <3 So, TGIF indeed! After not so great sleep this week (I'm lookin' at you, random bouts of insomnia), I am definitely glad it's Friday. I see early bedtimes in our future. :)

Anywho. Here's what we're saying CHEERS to now that the weekend has arrived: 

Apples and donuts. Last Sunday, after my hub had returned home from the Clemson game (Go Tigers!), we made our annual trip to our "local" (a good 40 minutes away) apple orchard. Due to a poor harvest this year, we weren't able to pick our own apples, BUT we did buy three dozen of the apple cinnamon donuts we loooooooove, grabbed a bag of freshly harvested apples, and hung out there for awhile. It was fun!

Tiger football. I think it's pretty clear that we are hardcore Clemson fans around here. Last weekend, we had a big game that my hub went to with our friends. I, however, stayed home with my s{quad} and we had a great day together, traipsing all over town in our orange and purple before settling in for the night game. And we were so excited to come away from it with the W. Whew! Go Tigers! 

At-home fun. Since we were home all day Monday and the weather was nasty, we tried to make the most of it! We made "Goo," made our first-ever homemade pie (thanks to our loot from the apple orchard the day prior), watched a movie with popcorn (Bella LOVES popcorn. Who knew?!), did some spelling homework and informal OT exercises (can't be all fun and games all the time), and just enjoyed each other's company. :)

Fun Run. Our elementary school does just one big fundraiser the whole school year, and it is always scheduled at the start of September: the Boosterthon Fun Run. Banks and Raleigh were lucky to get some great pledges from family and friends this year and ran their hearts out, all 35+ laps! Harrison and Bella accompanied me to the big event since my hub was out of town, and we had a great time cheering on our runners in their runs. 

Flag football. Last night was Banks' first flag football game of this, his fifth season playing. The kid eats, sleeps, and breathes football; so, he was SO excited for his game, even wearing his jersey to school that day. :)    

Throw in early intervention and occupational therapy visits, a dinner out with our Life Group, my Momma Date with Banks, and football practice and it made for a busy, wonky week! And now, it's just my s{quad} and me this weekend. We've got a fun block party on our street tomorrow and, of course, we'll be cheering on our Clemson Tigers as they take on Louisville tomorrow night. Other than church and a birthday party on Sunday, we don't have anything else planned, which means we'll be able to get a little rest and complete a few projects around the house. Have a GREAT weekend y'all. 

P.S. We have some BIG appointments next week. Would you mind including my Bella in your prayers if you have a moment to spare? We'll take every prayer we can get!! <3