A Nice September Saturday

Out of nowhere yesterday, Braden switched off the Tennessee/Florida game, turned to me and said. "Let's go have a picnic."
I thought I had fell asleep for a minute and was dreaming this conversation. "Um, ok" I said, and we got up to get the kids changed and packed up. All the suggestions for KFC and pizza didn't sound so great to me, so a brilliant idea popped into my head, and we drove to Agritopia.

Have you been to Joe's Farm Grill. It is awesome because there are a ton of picnic benches outside in the yard both in front and in back of the restaurant, plus a lot of pretty garden areas for your kids to run through. Our kids ran around outside for a while, and drank orange soda (they NEVER get soda, so it was a real treat for them). Then once we got our food, we went inside to their midcentury modern style eating area and our kids actually behaved. For the second time that night, I thought I was dreaming. I got the barbecue blue cheese burger (which was awesome) and my kids got a grilled cheese. They stuffed their face full of fries and we left content and in good moods. We drove to the park by our house, and played for 2 hours. While we were there Braden ran into an acquaintance of his, and we talked to his wife and his friend's wife the whole time. Turns out it's a small world after all. They had 3 little girls (two were Lala & Peepers age), and their friend had 5 kids, the last one twins. All 11 kids played like they were longtime friends and our kids got put to bed all bathed and really tired out.

I have a feeling that this is going to be the best autumn we've ever had. I think I'll go watch "You've Got Mail" and buy some more pumpkins today . . .