Labor Day weekend

Chris is down in Pensacola for a school so he can learn how to do his new job. It's a really short 3 week school, but after him being deployed for about 4 months these 3 extra weeks really suck! He got 4 days off for Labor Day so he decided to come home. Great plan right?! Yea it is if everything goes smoothly and he can make the 7 hour drive without issue. He decided to leave Thursday after work and drive in that night to surprise the kids on Friday morning. He made it to about 65 miles from Memphis where he made one last stop at a rest area before finishing off. After returning to the car after the stop Chris finds a car that refuses to start. The battery isn't dead but something is not right. He tried to figure it out for an hour or so to no avail so he called me and asked me to come and bring a different car key, thinking maybe it was the chip in the key, at 11:30pm. So I loaded up myself and 3 kids and drove an hour and a half to the rest area where my hubby is waiting. After trying lots of different things we realize we aren't getting anywhere and I'm stupid tired so we called a tow truck to come and get the car. After waiting an hour or so and the hook up of the tow, then the drive all the way back to Memphis to the Volvo dealer, we drop the car off at 5:30am only to get the car to start as Chris brings it off the dang tow truck! I could scream I was so mad! We just paid $220 to have someone bring a car that does indeed start up to the dealer. We left it to get fixed and another $200 later we have a fixed sensor or some sort in the ignition of that darn car.
I was so tired!!
We went with some great friends to the lake for the weekend. They have a lake house and a boat and they are awesome enough to invite us to spend some time with them out there some weekends. We boated, ate, hung out and tried to knee board. I say tried because I tried to do it for the first time and I sucked at it really bad. I love anything that includes water and outdoor sports but this one was alot harder than I thought. I did eventually get up on the board but I didn't stay up there very long, and today I'm super sore from the workout my muscles got. :) The kids love being on the boat. And they love being in the woods at our friends house. It's like one big sleepover for the whole weekend.
After a rough start to the weekend, we ended up having a great time. I got to spend some time with my husband who I've missed so much and with some good friends. So it was a success I think.