Last night I was up until 12:30 making tamales with a friend. It was such a fun experience, and my freezer is full of yummy tamales. This means I have a very happy husband! We are making the masa here. The kids love my friend and were even happier that they got to watch!
Here is our fun train ride. Annie and Brynnley were getting to the boredom point as we rode there!
Annie was sick this past week and continued throwing up into Tuesday. That translates into naps! One day Ben and Emily were coloring so cute together. I can't even describe how much he loves his little sister!
This is my very favorite site - clean, fed, happy children just waiting for me to read to them. When I had Annie I called a friend in Austin and jokingly was mad because she hadn't told me how much fun two kids would be. She just laughed and said 3 was even better! It totally is. Sometimes it's a whole lot harder, but we love all being together! I love seeing the kids interact with one another and how they play together. I love how they take care of each other and make accomodations when necessary. Emily got out the kitchen stuff this morning and it has occupied the majority of our time inside the house today. I was doing dinner dishes and the 3 of them played restaurant. At one point Ben told Annie to leave and read a book. She looked at me kind of hurt and confused. I just explained that Ben wanted her to leave the 'kitchen' and read a book while she waited for her meal. So, she went a got one of her favorite dinosaur books and read until he 'served' her meal. It was so heartwarming to see. It's moments like this that make the fighting forgotten!!!
Oh yes - Andy turned the big 3-0 this week! It was a very anti-climactic day, but we did end it by watching the western Once Upon a Texas Train! We also had our 8th anniversary this week. I made a 'fun' dinner (read there freezer meal - although I did make the cucumber mango salsa to go with it!) that we all ate at 7:30 after Ben's soccer practice. Then we watched a little bit of Bell Cosby's stand up comedy and were asleep by 9:45 - what a party life we lead!
Yes - Andy got rakes for his birthday!
To finish out our week, we did a 5K with the 14-18 youth for Youth Conference this afternoon. They were running to raise money for those who couldn't - run that is. The money is for the humanitarian services to buy wheelchairs and is completely 100% tax-deductible! Ben rode his bike, Andy pushed the double-jogger, and I failed miserably at keeping up with them! We all finished (one adult pushing 3 kids in a double jogger and the other adult a little bit further behind) and had a great time. Although with the yard work all morning and doing more when we got home, I don't know that either of us will be walking very fast tomorrow! Andy is now chaperoning the dance and will hopefully be home soon with some ice cream to go with the homemade hot fudge I have waiting...
Here is our fun train ride. Annie and Brynnley were getting to the boredom point as we rode there!
Annie was sick this past week and continued throwing up into Tuesday. That translates into naps! One day Ben and Emily were coloring so cute together. I can't even describe how much he loves his little sister!
This is my very favorite site - clean, fed, happy children just waiting for me to read to them. When I had Annie I called a friend in Austin and jokingly was mad because she hadn't told me how much fun two kids would be. She just laughed and said 3 was even better! It totally is. Sometimes it's a whole lot harder, but we love all being together! I love seeing the kids interact with one another and how they play together. I love how they take care of each other and make accomodations when necessary. Emily got out the kitchen stuff this morning and it has occupied the majority of our time inside the house today. I was doing dinner dishes and the 3 of them played restaurant. At one point Ben told Annie to leave and read a book. She looked at me kind of hurt and confused. I just explained that Ben wanted her to leave the 'kitchen' and read a book while she waited for her meal. So, she went a got one of her favorite dinosaur books and read until he 'served' her meal. It was so heartwarming to see. It's moments like this that make the fighting forgotten!!!
Oh yes - Andy turned the big 3-0 this week! It was a very anti-climactic day, but we did end it by watching the western Once Upon a Texas Train! We also had our 8th anniversary this week. I made a 'fun' dinner (read there freezer meal - although I did make the cucumber mango salsa to go with it!) that we all ate at 7:30 after Ben's soccer practice. Then we watched a little bit of Bell Cosby's stand up comedy and were asleep by 9:45 - what a party life we lead!
Yes - Andy got rakes for his birthday!
To finish out our week, we did a 5K with the 14-18 youth for Youth Conference this afternoon. They were running to raise money for those who couldn't - run that is. The money is for the humanitarian services to buy wheelchairs and is completely 100% tax-deductible! Ben rode his bike, Andy pushed the double-jogger, and I failed miserably at keeping up with them! We all finished (one adult pushing 3 kids in a double jogger and the other adult a little bit further behind) and had a great time. Although with the yard work all morning and doing more when we got home, I don't know that either of us will be walking very fast tomorrow! Andy is now chaperoning the dance and will hopefully be home soon with some ice cream to go with the homemade hot fudge I have waiting...
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