Gma was here!

What a great weekend we had! My mom came up Thurs night and we went shopping on Fri. Poor AT was pooped. He laid his head down a couple times and said he just wanted to go home. However, he perked up each time we got close to one of his favorite stores (like Fred Meyer's Playland!). We had way too much fun at the fabric stores.

Sat we went to a crafting get-together in town. We finished a quilt (darn! forgot to take a picture!) that we had started at our Crafter's Getaway last Feb. (Shameless plug: The next Crafter's Getaway is Feb 5-7th! Call me for details!) Can't wait for her to come up for that one and we have to figure out something to make. We still have some old squares from my great-great aunt that we have to finish. We keep getting side-tracked by relatives having babies!
The rest of Sat we just hung around the house and let T go to town. He was looking for hunting stuff (imagine that?).

Sun we had our Harvest Party at church and then Mom and I once again dashed off to town. (We don't shop like that individually but for some reason when we get together we like to go look.) I did get some things I was looking for the previous weekend and didn't find. We went out for supper (haven't been to Red Lobster since the last time she was up) and had a nice evening. What a great husband I have to let me spend this time with my mom!

However, she had to leave this morning to get back to work and Dad. :-( We can't wait until Christmas when we get to see them all!

Gma & the girls (above)

Gma & AT (below)

What a ham!

Thanks for coming up Mom!

Enjoy your day!

Keeping Busy

Yesterday during our teacher inservice, the girls were able to participate in a cheer clinic. This in turns means they are able to perform their routine at half-time of the football game. Considering how cold it's been, the last few days had warmed up so it was really comfortable out at the game. (I don't think the other team was too comfortable; we were beating them 35-0 at half-time!)

Our cheer girls

AD

AJ

T decided to paint his duck decoys. He enlisted his children (with a huge nudge from his wife;-) ) to help him. The weather was beautiful and they had a blast. I certainly appreciated the quiet so I could get caught up on some homework.

It's hard to see, but AT had paint on his nose, his eyebrows, his hair, and his elbow (even though he was completely dressed)! AJ spilled paint and ended up with it leaking through her sweats. She had a 6 inch green knee! Then the crazy kids used Great Gma's scrub pads (yeah, you know where I'm going with this don't you?) to get all the paint off in the shower. So if you see my kids (at least the older two) in the next few days and they look freshly scrubbed (literally) I am not responsible.

The rain has moved in and I think we are headed back to colder weather. I know that fall is here and I can't wait for the snow to come (although I don't care for driving in it). It always feels more like winter with snow. I'm still wondering where September and most of October have gone?

I am looking forward to next weekend. My mom is coming up to visit. It will be so good to see her. The kids are excited for Gma to come and visit, too. I just wish she could stay a little longer (hint, hint to her boss & Dad . . . ). Oh well, we should be seeing her (& Dad) again at Christmas.

Well, the evening beckons. I'm ready to relax a little and looking forward to the next week!

Enjoy yours!

(PS This last part was all supposed to be separate paragraphs and for some reason, it keeps shoving them all together. If somebody (anybody) who reads my blog can suggest how to keep it from doing this, please let me know! I don't write run on paragraphs like this! Thanks!)

It's Fall!!

Well we are back from the land of the sick. T & the girls have all been sick and are now back to work. AT & I have had colds and we are just as happy to end with that.

Sunday AJ & I were up at church all day. T entertained the younger two at home. Apparently, AD decided to finish a project we started a long time ago. I came home and she proudly showed me that she had sewn this all by herself! I was pretty impressed because I doubt she used the instructions to do it. T helped her with the knots, but other than that, it was her project. Cool, huh?

With the cold temperatures, our garden plants are pretty much dead. Low and behold our surprise when we uncovered 5 accidental pumpkins!

Happy Fall!

Enjoy your day!

Face of the Earth

No, I haven't fallen off it. We have been hit with sick for the last few weeks. T was home sick Mon & Tues so I was working for him. Then Tues evening, AT started to act sick. He woke up Wed feeling better, but AD had a low fever. She wasn't too bad yesterday (in fact I almost sent her to school several times, but I'm glad I didn't). However, this morning she's coughing, has a fever, dizzy, and her head hurts. Don't think I'm headed back to work for a few days. Hopefully AT got his share so we've all had it and we're done. ha ha ha ha ha ha I know, I could wish, huh? As for myself, I wasn't feeling really great yesterday so I'm going to say that it was my version of being sick and I'm done. (Power of positive thinking right?)

Hope you all are doing better than us!

Enjoy your day!!