It seems like all I do lately is give people updates on our weekends. That's kind of boring huh? Well too bad... because you're getting another one!
Friday I enjoyed the company of get this... OTHER WOMEN! What? Really!? I know right! I had a girl's night "out" and it was quite enjoyable. Ryan and Ben kicked it at the house and I went and hung out with Ashley and Martha and some other girls from their ward. We watched a chick-flick, ate junk food and talked GIRL talk. It was nice and much needed I think for all of us. One really good perk of the evening is one of the girls I met does hair, but from home and so she charges HALF of what I've been paying the salon. SCORE! Another way to save money...
Thursday I got a surprise text message from my sister Delinda that said she was "accidentally" in Atlanta visiting for the weekend. Saturday was her birthday, so we were excited when she decided that they would come with us to our already planned Saturday activity- the Red Bull Soapbox Race.
Click here to see some pictures and info on if there's an event near you! It was a lot of fun, hot... but fun. We wished we could have hung out with Delinda more but it was nice to even get to see her since she's moved far away from us! Ben was a champ, had fun playing in the park and drinking lots of Gatorade (G2- half the calories, which means less sugar and my kid stays hydrated!). They had the NASCAR Camry that drove by and made a lot of noise and Ryan and Ben LOVED that. We couldn't really see the soapbox cars too well as they were "racing", but before we got to snap some photos in the pit.
It was fun, and next time they're in town- we are so there!
After we got home we let Ben finish his nap and then went to the store for groceries and then ate dinner, put Ben down when it was time- and Mommy and Daddy watched a movie and ate a half a pan of Rice Krispie treats and cuddled. It was... LOVELY. :) Except for we watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and it was a little depressing. But pretty good.
We had a good Sabbath, Ben was good at Church especially after a good breakfast, nap and then snack! So we had a nice weekend and are a little bummed it's over. However, one more week of work and then we're off to the beach for Labor Day! Destin, here we come!
We decided to not go to St. John's this winter with the Terry's unfortunately. It really saddens me deeply, but like my mom said (and the Rolling Stones...) "we can't always get what we want" and well, life goes on. We get to at least go to Destin and then we're mostly likely headed to TN to go to Dollywood with my cousin Laura and her family and stay in a cabin in the Fall. So that should be lots of fun too. ALSO... good and exciting news! I helped my parents find a pretty good deal on tickets for Christmas this week and we purchased them so prayers were answered and Grandma and Grandpa are coming for Christmas!!! Wahooo! (Ash, that's for you!) It will be so nice to have them here and we will enjoy their company and I'm excited for them to spend Christmas with Benny.
Money always seems to be a stress in our lives. Maintaining a mortgage, car payment and VERY expensive daycare payments is difficult. We are currently looking for other avenues to lessen these stresses and this is one of the reasons why we can go with the Terry's to St. Johns. Hopefully things will straighten out soon, even if we have to do it ourselves. I am praying we can find cheaper but still GOOD care for Ben during the day, until I can hopefully one day do it myself. Of course this is something that presses on my mind and HEART daily... I miss him so much I try not to think about it because I get all weepy if I do. We of course would like to have more additions to our family but we can't until we can get some of the costs of life down. So I pray that this will all work out soon. I'm not getting any younger!
Other than that we are good. We are tremendously blessed and I am so grateful for our family and friends. We have so many nice and wonderful things and a roof over our heads and food to eat. And more importantly each other.
Friday I enjoyed the company of get this... OTHER WOMEN! What? Really!? I know right! I had a girl's night "out" and it was quite enjoyable. Ryan and Ben kicked it at the house and I went and hung out with Ashley and Martha and some other girls from their ward. We watched a chick-flick, ate junk food and talked GIRL talk. It was nice and much needed I think for all of us. One really good perk of the evening is one of the girls I met does hair, but from home and so she charges HALF of what I've been paying the salon. SCORE! Another way to save money...
Thursday I got a surprise text message from my sister Delinda that said she was "accidentally" in Atlanta visiting for the weekend. Saturday was her birthday, so we were excited when she decided that they would come with us to our already planned Saturday activity- the Red Bull Soapbox Race.
Click here to see some pictures and info on if there's an event near you! It was a lot of fun, hot... but fun. We wished we could have hung out with Delinda more but it was nice to even get to see her since she's moved far away from us! Ben was a champ, had fun playing in the park and drinking lots of Gatorade (G2- half the calories, which means less sugar and my kid stays hydrated!). They had the NASCAR Camry that drove by and made a lot of noise and Ryan and Ben LOVED that. We couldn't really see the soapbox cars too well as they were "racing", but before we got to snap some photos in the pit.
It was fun, and next time they're in town- we are so there!
After we got home we let Ben finish his nap and then went to the store for groceries and then ate dinner, put Ben down when it was time- and Mommy and Daddy watched a movie and ate a half a pan of Rice Krispie treats and cuddled. It was... LOVELY. :) Except for we watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and it was a little depressing. But pretty good.We had a good Sabbath, Ben was good at Church especially after a good breakfast, nap and then snack! So we had a nice weekend and are a little bummed it's over. However, one more week of work and then we're off to the beach for Labor Day! Destin, here we come!
We decided to not go to St. John's this winter with the Terry's unfortunately. It really saddens me deeply, but like my mom said (and the Rolling Stones...) "we can't always get what we want" and well, life goes on. We get to at least go to Destin and then we're mostly likely headed to TN to go to Dollywood with my cousin Laura and her family and stay in a cabin in the Fall. So that should be lots of fun too. ALSO... good and exciting news! I helped my parents find a pretty good deal on tickets for Christmas this week and we purchased them so prayers were answered and Grandma and Grandpa are coming for Christmas!!! Wahooo! (Ash, that's for you!) It will be so nice to have them here and we will enjoy their company and I'm excited for them to spend Christmas with Benny.
Money always seems to be a stress in our lives. Maintaining a mortgage, car payment and VERY expensive daycare payments is difficult. We are currently looking for other avenues to lessen these stresses and this is one of the reasons why we can go with the Terry's to St. Johns. Hopefully things will straighten out soon, even if we have to do it ourselves. I am praying we can find cheaper but still GOOD care for Ben during the day, until I can hopefully one day do it myself. Of course this is something that presses on my mind and HEART daily... I miss him so much I try not to think about it because I get all weepy if I do. We of course would like to have more additions to our family but we can't until we can get some of the costs of life down. So I pray that this will all work out soon. I'm not getting any younger!
Other than that we are good. We are tremendously blessed and I am so grateful for our family and friends. We have so many nice and wonderful things and a roof over our heads and food to eat. And more importantly each other.
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