Weekend....what weekend?

My goodness, every week seems to fly by faster and faster. Before we know it Christmas will be here! October has been an extremely busy month around the Cody house. I have something going on almost every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this month through December. Whoo.....it makes me tired just thinking about it. =)
This weekend was just the start of all of it. Britt had to work this weekend, so Ashlyn and I went to homecoming at Bandy's Friday night with my parents. We had a great time. It was a little cold, but it was nice to go and watch my old home school play football. It brought back so many memories from back when I was in high school. I just love going to high school football games. And Ashlyn LOVED it too! She was dancing around to the music that the band was playing. I think that she had a ball.
On Saturday Kellie and I went to Rockbarn for a day at the spa. Britt had given me a gift certificate on Valentine's Day, and I just now used it. Can you believe that? I got an hour long massage. It was SOOOO NICE! My neck feels so much better today. After our massages Kellie and I had lunch out by the pool. We just sat for a couple of hours and chatted. We really need to do that more often. Maybe we could do a girl's day there one day for a Christmas get together. That would be nice.
Saturday night I went with my friend Renee to her sister's 40th birthday party. The party was held at Mia Famiglia in Cornelius. This is a new restaurant in the new shopping centers by the Peninsula, so it was very nice! All of our meals were paid for before hand. Our drinks were the only things that we had to pay for. And the food was delicious! It's so funny because Renee and her family are from New York. They all live in NC now. I was officially adopted into their family on Saturday night, so I am their "country daughter". I just love all of them. They are so much fun to be around. They really are like a second family to me. After dinner we had more drinks and listened to a piano player at the bar. He played all kinds of songs that you could sing and dance to. It was a fantastic party!
Sunday Ashlyn and I went to church. For lunch the church held a luncheon to raise money for the mission trip to Costa Rica that is in January of 2007. Mom is going to be one of the lucky members of the mission team this upcoming year. She is really excited about it. After lunch we went home and took a nap. Then we went back to church at 6:00 for Ashlyn to begin children's church which is every Sunday evening from 6:00-7:30. At first she wasn't sure about the idea of being left alone, but after she ate her corndog and fries she went right back to her room with all of the other kids and had a blast. When I picked her up she was grinning from ear to ear. She had painted a picture for me, which is now proudly hung on my refrigerator door. She got in her carseat last night and told me "I had FUN tonight mommy!" It was great to hear those cheerful words come out of her mouth. I was so worried about leaving her there, but she was FINE! She is looking forward to going back next week.
Now my weekend has ended, and I'm back at work. YUCK!! =) Oh well. Hopefully this week will fly by and Friday will be here in the blink of an eye. I can't wait for FRIDAY! Girls night out here I come.