We had a fun filled, packed out weekend!
Matthew came home from school on Friday excited about the upcoming school sale. His class had put together a sports basket and a family theme basket. Both were packed full! He played outside with Ashlyn while I got a short nap. Austin is still fighting off his cold and is not having his normal night routine!!! Getting up during the night to give him his nuk makes me much more tired during the day! I am praying and wishing for his cold to be healed!!! Anyway, when Mike came home from work, we all grabbed a bite to eat and the boys were off to work at the house again! Every chance they get they go over and clean up from the construction guys! Matthew loves to help his dad and likes to run the skid loader!
Hadassah went home with Cheyenne after school. She was invited to stay overnight but when I said she needs to be in bed by midnight, she decided to have me come pick her up later that night. We know by now that when she loses sleep and then has a busy day the following day, she ends up with a cold! She needs her sleep and rest!
We were going to finally play some Settlers with dad's on Friday night! We've been living here for almost eight weeks now and have not played one game! But because the boys didn't get back from the house till 8 and I needed to go pick up Hadassah soon, we decided to just chat on the back porch. Maybe tomorrow night we will play some games???
Saturday morning we got up early and headed for the school sale. We ate breakfast there and spent the whole day at the auction at school. The kids had a fun day with their friends painting pumpkins, making crafts with beads, buying tickets to play games, taking rides on the four wheeler barrels, etc.. The sale was a great success with adding a 5K Run and Family Run in the morning. There was a much larger crowd this year too because of so many new families!!! Austin did great all day there! We came home at 4:30 and showered and relaxed. Mom came home from market and brought home some ribs that we enjoyed together. Matt and Lena came over and so we ended up on the back porch again chatting and eating pumpkin pie and drinking cider! We didn't get any Settlers played but the night was fun and we went to bed exhausted!
Sunday morning I was tempted to just skip out on Sunday School and just go to church for the message but after we were all up and awake, we were ready to enjoy our classes! We just love our church activities and singing and challenging messages! Hadassah was invited to go play volleyball with church friends at Dave and Sonia's. She loves that sport and always has a ton of fun with her church friends. Dave pulled out of the church parking lot with the back seat of his truck with girls and a group of guys riding in the very back of his truck. What a blast!
Matthew was also invited to Dante's house. They love to hunt, play in the creek and roam around their house together. Damien and Stephen joined them and had a blast!
So that left Mike and I with the two youngest. Ashlyn was so hungry for lunch and then played toys and watched Peppa Pig on my phone. Austin was hungry too and took a much needed long nap! Mike and I ate soup then Mike went for a bike ride. He's not been on his bike much at all this summer because all his spare time he's working at the house. So this was a treat for him. I sat out in the sun and then had a nap! Mike biked down to Dave and Sonia's and when he saw Hadassah he acted like he was out of control and hollered out her name! She jumped back and laughed!!! :) Mike got back home at 4:45. Hadassah came home at 5. We picked up Matthew and Dante at 5:30 and dropped them off at David's birthday party. It was one event after the next! From there the rest of us went to John and Suz for supper. The guys watched the football game and us ladies sat around talking about house paint colors and remodeling projects. :) At 8:00, Matthew got dropped off at John's and we ALL came home together! :) Crazy how we all went from one place to the next all afternoon.
Now it's Monday. The day to do laundry. My day to get some fresh fruits and groceries. The kids are off to school. Mike's at work and the little ones are hanging out together in the living room! God is so good to us!!! We are so blessed!
Here is Austin! He loves to smile for his momma the best!!! :)
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