Saint Patrick's Day Weekend Recap

The weekend started off with John and the kiddos bowling for Big Brothers and Big Sisters, representing hubby's work. 

Little Man got a haircut .

Could ya tell?

He can see again :)

Hal bowling ...

Mag bowling ...

Coop ~ again ~ bowling ....

In case you couldn't tell .... :)

Sunday morning we were treated to Shrek green pancakes ...

Saint Patty's Day after all :)

Then it was off to church ...

Which is a huge deal ! - My second time back since Sammy died. 

I have been avoiding public places since I turn into a blubbering crying mess around humans !

I made it through, jaw clenched from holding back tears and escaped at the end of the service so I didn't have to  - you know ~ Socialize !

Then it was off to the good ole' USA for our weekly shopping trip :)

We were greeted at the border by a sweet woman who informed us that we had been randomly selected by the computer to be checked and have our vehicle searched :) Lovely :)

I really feel at this point to let you know that I wanted to take my van over this day but hubby wanted to take the car from work so he could fill it with gas ...

O.K. ~  Back to my story.

So we parked under the canopy and all filed into the building , where hubby filled out paperwork , while they searched the car ....

15 minutes later - we had passed with flying colors and were free to go! So we thought :)

Breathed a sigh of relief, got everyone buckled into the car and ready to go shopping !

Hubby turned the key ~ Nothing !

Hubby turned the key again ~ Nothing !

And on and on and on ~ You get where I'm going here ... right ?

So with head hung in shame ~ John headed back into the border office to ask for help ...

They couldn't have been any sweeter to us, two border men tried to give the car a boost, and made the kids and I go back inside so we could stay warm ...

They were so kind :)

Notice I said tried to give the car a boost !

Yup! Didn't work ....

No amount of boosting was going to start that car :)

So then it was time for hubby to call for help. He called Glazier who he works with. ( and yes Glazier is his real name ).

Glazier called us a tow truck ..

Thank-you Glazier :)

I would like to point out that Glazier is a great name, just not one you often hear ! I'm also banking on the fact that Glazier is probaly not one of the 34 people who follow and read my blog :)

Again !

Thank-You Glazier :)

So then it was time to sit again and wait for our tow truck to come across the border ....

This is Patrick who came clear from Canada to rescue us :)

Patrick on Saint Patrick's Day ~ Ho Hum :)

and loaded up the sick car ....

He drove us back to our homeland ....

Where the shopping is not so sweet ....

This was the day of course I chose to dump the boots and socks my feet have been living in for the past 5 months and dig out the pretty shoes ....

So my feet froze ! 

Lesson learned !

You will breakdown on the day you chose to not wear socks :)

Did I mention ..... ?

There is still snow here !

My girls ...

Rolling with the punches ....

Purses filled with their saved allowance money ....

We .

Will .

Try . 

This .

Again .

Next .

Week .

Girlies .

Just a hunch but ....

Me thinks the boy thought this was great! 

He didn't have to sit in a shopping cart and stroll the aisles of the Walmart, instead he got to ride in a big truck!

 Afternoon save for Coop!

Wait a minute ....

Aren't we supposed to be sitting back there ????

Home Again, Home Again ....

Where I had to do my shopping this week ...... :(

I'll .

Live .

And that was Saint Patrick's Day weekend folks !