Friday

M and I went and had dinner at Fazoli's after his make up piano lesson tonight. B was home with his Dad.  It was a good dinner. M and I laughed about things and then went to bball practice.  Sweet boy.  Then B and I played a board game and M and I tried to beat his video game. Now hubby and I watching our show.

Reading

Blake has such a sweet voice when he's reading. He may not have the love for reading that we do but he's coming along and once he gets his confidence in it i think he will soar.  Tonight was the best I've seen him read and it was a 3.5 book which he's been reading 1.4 books.

I met the office at Dr. S ortho office for a continued education class.  Then hit Walmart and picked up kids. Did homework in car and then went in to the Y. The boys ran the tracks with their trainer while I did Zumba class which was fun but a workout.

Eyes closing. Gotta get to bed. B snuggled in my bed and M fell asleep with his Dad reading to him. Sweet boys.

A day in the life of our house

Work, piano lessons, the Y, dinner, homework for an hour and a half! B missed two days of school so we had make up work. ugh. I dont think i will pass 1st grade.  944 and kids are still wide awake in bed. I am trying to stay up to see Leno tonight since our friend is on there but I think the tivo is going to have to take over.

Break

Just made sausage balls, getting ready to make banana bread to take to my mother in laws house.  I also ordered a carrot cake from a friend at school that is famous for her carrot cakes.  I don't personally like carrot cakes but I know a lot of people do, so thought it would be a nice touch.  Now onward to pack and make the banana bread! (B's fav)

The words of my boys

M (9yrs old), "It would be cool if dogs could talk."
B (6) "Not if they said bad words."
hahahhahahha

Sunday

Today I went and saw the Breaking Dawn movie with Jayme.  Great movie. Then came home and went for a walk with the kids.  I cooked mexican casserole for dinner (kids had leftover pizza on a picnic blanket on our floor) then I watched a cheesy movie with the kids.  Now B and I are getting to watch our show Walking Dead while the kids are tucked into bed.

Great day!

Had a great time today shopping with my mom. I also got to see my aunt, uncle, and cousins daughter for lunch and a little shopping.  I don't get to go shopping much and I cant even honestly remember when I have gone for more then 10minutes and looked for something for myself without kids complaining so it was a special day.  It was so much fun. Mom and I tried on shoes and shopped for Christmas outfits for the boys' Christmas card picture. (If i ever get around to taking it)  I bought myself some boots too!  Great day!

Love my boys

Cleaned house all day, picked up kids, took them to their book fund raiser, got them new basketball shoes, bought me some new jeans (in record 15min time! no lie) , then basketball practice.  Took kids to grandparents and then B and i went to have dinner at Toots and came home and watched our fav show.

Thursday

Today I helped at the school most of the day. Then kids and i went and did homework in car so we could go straight to the Y.  I walked and then went to 30min of a Zumba class.  Due to my back I didnt think it wise to push it thru the whole 45min class and although I felt very uncoordinated at first it actually was pretty fun.  Will see if I can walk tomorrow. Then kids and I tried to go buy shoes but no such luck for basketball shoes. Will try again tomorrow.  Then off to drivethru Sonic and basketball practice.  Kids to bed and I am ready to join them at 930!

Workout

Today we became official members of the YMCA.  B and I took a tour while M went on to checkout the kids class.  Then after our tour B decided to join M.  The kids had a trainer teach them how to use the workout equipment in their kids section.  (they also played the Wii and met new friends )  I walked with a friend of mine around the track. Hopefully I will be able to walk tomorrow.  I mean physically walk ha.  The kids really liked it and suprisingly I liked it too. I have got to strengthen my back so I can get out of all this pain so I have my fingers crossed I can figure out the fine line of what I can do.  Then the kids had their party at church tonight for "end of semester" class.  They are in their room whispering now after B and I just finished playing a board game and M fit in a quick tv show.

Our day

Today the kids got out of school early so we went to the Y to sign up for a membership.  Then we went to visit Nanoo after doing homework.  When we came home it was time for chicken tacos in the crockpot.

Bday party

By Michael age 9 as of today....

I was at Grandpas and Grandmas.  Then I went home and kept asking ," when are they going to be here?" Finally everyone came. And we started playing videogames.  We did it for 2hrs and the videogames were on the truck.  After that I opened my presents.  Then we went to the pinata Aunt Kelly made.  I was the first one to hit it and my first try I broke it.  After that we started playing games.  Then me and Colby went inside to play Skylanders Giants.  I had 5guys, 1 Giant and 4 Legendaries.  It was a really cool day.  Mom and Daddy bought the video game and the party.  Me and Colby played Minecraft for a while and we kept hiding from each other.

Written by the boys

(written by Blake)
Today was a good day.  No fair that Michael gets to go on a field trip tomorrow.  Next week is our church party.  We watched Ninjago, it was fun.  Michael's birthday party is in 3 days.

(written by Michael)
We finally got Juice Plus today which is fruits and veggies in a gummy that our friend Cami told us about.

The kitty is sitting next to me when I write this.  At school I got 4 100's which are A's.  Their the best you can get.  We have a field trip tomorrow.  Next week is the last day of our Boys Missions class at church.  After music today Mr. Swain was teaching us different musical instruments are in movies and tv shows depending on the mood and we watched Peter and the Wolf.

Day off

Kids out of school for election day.  Took them to a jumpy place that you jump on trampolines and can play dodgeball. The kids were in heaven and played for almost 2hrs straight and wouldve kept playing if we didn't have to leave!

Monday

Monday-work, pick up kids from school, go get flu shots at two different places since B was too young to get it at the first Walgreens we went to.  Grocery, home, dinner.  B took M to cub scouts and Little B and I did homework.  He's doing so much better at school.  Really proud of him.  He also was asked to play on the Outlaws travel ball team today. Proud of my boys. Love them so much.

Our Sunday

This is our picture we took for our anniversary dinner.  

Today we went to church as a family, then home to watch the Chicago Bears whoop up on Tn Titans.  I thought it would be a fun game with all of us yelling at the tv and such but the Bears basically took the game before half time .  Then we went to a birthday party at the movie theatre and saw the movie Wreck it Ralf.  Cute kids movie.

Our update on weekend

Last night we got to celebrate our anniversary.  The boys stayed with the J grandparents and we went and shot guns and ate at Bonefish Grill which was yum.  Great night.

Today B had travel ball tryouts. He did really good.  Very proud of him.  Then his twin friends came over to play for a few hours. They played football, basketball, Monopoly, we made snickerdoodles, played on Ipad, etc.... amazing how much they can do in three hours!

For dinner I made some delicious mac and cheese I found on pinterest and corn on the cob. B made some skillet hamburgers that were good.  Now he is fishing, kids are snoozing and I am about to join them.

Chipper

Today we got a new kitten. (we get a lot of mice living next to woods)  He is going to be Chipper after Chipper Jones who is the boys fav baseball player.  Their Dad came up with name. I had a name for the girl cat we were supposed to get but we ended up with a boy.  Way too much testosterone in our house now!  But very thankful to Janets brother who is a vet who gave us the kitten free with shots and everything since we were saving it.  They get a lot of strays dropped off at their office.  M especially loves the cat and says he will take care of everything with it. (he is trying to get us to get another puppy so showing responsibility)  Told us we don't even have to pay him chores for it.