Parent's Night Out and Trip to the Lake

Our church offers Parent's Night Out once a month and we thought it would be good to sign up this year. It's only $10 to sign up and is $8 a child per night for 3 hours, so it's a good deal. The only thing is that you have to volunteer one Friday night for the 3 hours. Of course both sets of grandparents live here, but sometimes we feel bad for using them so much, and there are times, like this Friday night, that neither set was in town, so it's worth it to us to have Parent's Night Out as an option if we want it. We went out to dinner with several couples from our Sunday School class and had such a fun time getting to know them! We stayed out until around 8 (I know, we partied hard! Ha!), so Hudson gave those poor teachers a time since he normally goes to bed at 7, but I think it was fine.

I have to tell this funny story from the drive home Friday night. We were talking to Hudson in the back seat and we jokingly asked him if he liked Mommy or Daddy better. I know we shouldn't do that, but hey, we're always looking for bragging rights around here. Well, Hudson, without even pausing, said, "Both." Joel and I both looked at each other in awe! Did he really just say that?!!?? He's one smart boy and is growing up WAY too fast!!! The other day, Hudson said, "Melmo so big," meaning Elmo is so big, which is one of his books. I know, no verb, but that still qualifies as a sentence, right?!?!

Here is Hudson riding in his little play wagon. He loves to pull this thing all over the house, but he also likes to get in it and be pulled.

Saturday, we headed to the lake for what is probably the last time we'll get to go on the boat this year. Sad! We had an awesome time out on the boat, tubing and skiing. Hudson loved going out on the boat. Every time we went outside, he would run down to the dock saying "boat, boat" and wanting to get in it. He liked to "drive" it!

Here is Jordan skiing. Of course, right after this picture was taken, our camera battery died and we didn't get any pictures of the rest of us!

Hudson was obsessed with Jordan's dog, Shug. He finally learned how to say "Shug" and it was definitely the word of the weekend! It sounds a lot like "Shuuuug."

Since our camera died, here is a picture from the 4th of July at the lake that never made it to the blog! I love that everyone is smiling!

It was a great weekend and we're looking forward to the fun long Labor Day weekend ahead!