Saturdays should be for playing...

I was so happy to have Ben home this past weekend! His rotation this month has been pretty busy and he hasn't had weekends off, but since he was between rotations over the weekend, we had him home to play! We spent Saturday morning hiking, eating lunch, and doing a little shopping. We hiked at Thunderbird Park and the weather was lovely! Becca wanted to walk the entire thing without holding hands, but we made her hold hands through a few places so she wouldn't collide into jagged rocks. She's such an independent little girl. :) Emma toted around her little backpack for most of the hike - it held snacks and her fisher-price camera... it wasn't until she started adding "rock treasures" to her pack that she decided it was too heavy and handed it over to mommy and daddy to carry. We later ate lunch at Whole Foods and then browsed through the Container Store (it just opened over the summer) - they had a lot of unique stocking stuffers, btw. In the next store, Ben was so kind as to watch the kids while I tried on some maternity clothes. Somehow I got out of there with just a much-needed pair of pants. :) Later in the afternoon we left the kiddos with a sitter and we went to see Twilight! Ben and I both really enjoyed it... it's definitely been getting relatively poor reviews, but it was worth seeing in our opinion. We ended our night going out to dinner at the Elephant Bar. Mmmmm... I recommend the chocolate lava cake. Here's to fun weekends with our hubby's! :)