Wow...can I just say I am excited to actually sit down! It has been an extremely busy week/weekend. It all started Friday. It was my lovely weekend shift, so I worked all night. Kids had to go to Grandpa's for a sleep over since Casey also had to work early Saturday morning. It was strange to come home to an empty/quiet house. Instead of laying down, I decided to stay up for a little while and clean so I didn't have 3 pairs of extra hands trying to "help". I was able to sneak in about 2 hours of a nap.
When the kids got home, we fixed dinner, and then I packed up all 3 to go to Brylee's first birthday party at the Clearfield Aquatic Center. It was fun, but oh my...NEVER AGAIN. If Casey would have been there, it would have been fine. But all 3 by myself in water was horrible. If Jami and Mandy hadn't been there, I would have just packed up and left! Zander didn't want to be in the pool, so he bawled. Zoey did, but even around the kid area, the water kept knocking her off balance and sending her face first into the water. I had to follow her around while holding Zander so she didn't drown. Oh what fun! Maizy is pretty self contained as long as she has a life jacket on, but she is not quite old enough for me to not worry, so I had to keep close tabs on her as well. I love being a mom, but the worrying is the worst!
I finally left the party at 9:30-which meant we didn't get home until after 10pm. The kids and I woke up at 7am to bath everyone since they smelled like chlorine. We headed to Nephi without Casey (he had to work) to go to my nephew Roger's welcome home. He did an awesome job speaking...and surprisingly my kids did pretty well in Sacrament meeting. We stayed for a while and enjoyed a little food at Kirk and Andrea's house, then headed home.
I got home around 4pm and had to frantically finish cleaning the house for Zander's party. It was a fun party. Lots of people came to help us celebrate his first birthday! After cleaning up, I crashed!
Monday morning was the usual with the kids. I had to leave early Monday night for work since I had a meeting prior. I worked my usual 3 in a row. I unfortunately didn't get to go to bed Thursday morning after work since Casey had to leave immediately when I got home. I had to change and drive Maizy to preschool in Henefer. I decided if I went to sleep, I would probably miss picking up Maizy, so I went to town and got the "low" tire fixed, washed and dried the van, and finally took my post work shower (yay)! After getting ready, it was already time to get Maizy. I just continued in the same direction to Ogden. Picked up pictures of the kids that were taken a week ago (for Zoey being a beast, they didn't turn out too bad). Took them out to eat at McDonald's and let them play. Took Zander to his doctor appointment, and hit Costco before heading home. Mind you, it was 5pm when I got home-I didn't hit the pillow until after 9pm.
The chaos continued into Friday. We had an entire bushel of peaches, a half of a huge zuccini, and fresh tomatoes that NEEDED to get used or they were going to be bad. Friday involved:
making 4-double batches of peach/pineapple freezer jam
1 double batch of strawberry/raspberry jam
2 loafs zuccini bread and a pan of peach crisp
batch of fresh salsa
We ran out of supplies to finish, so Saturday involved:
3 more double batches of peach/pineapple jam and 1 more double batch of strawberry/raspberry jam.
Whew-glad that is over!!!
I finally left the party at 9:30-which meant we didn't get home until after 10pm. The kids and I woke up at 7am to bath everyone since they smelled like chlorine. We headed to Nephi without Casey (he had to work) to go to my nephew Roger's welcome home. He did an awesome job speaking...and surprisingly my kids did pretty well in Sacrament meeting. We stayed for a while and enjoyed a little food at Kirk and Andrea's house, then headed home.
I got home around 4pm and had to frantically finish cleaning the house for Zander's party. It was a fun party. Lots of people came to help us celebrate his first birthday! After cleaning up, I crashed!
Monday morning was the usual with the kids. I had to leave early Monday night for work since I had a meeting prior. I worked my usual 3 in a row. I unfortunately didn't get to go to bed Thursday morning after work since Casey had to leave immediately when I got home. I had to change and drive Maizy to preschool in Henefer. I decided if I went to sleep, I would probably miss picking up Maizy, so I went to town and got the "low" tire fixed, washed and dried the van, and finally took my post work shower (yay)! After getting ready, it was already time to get Maizy. I just continued in the same direction to Ogden. Picked up pictures of the kids that were taken a week ago (for Zoey being a beast, they didn't turn out too bad). Took them out to eat at McDonald's and let them play. Took Zander to his doctor appointment, and hit Costco before heading home. Mind you, it was 5pm when I got home-I didn't hit the pillow until after 9pm.
The chaos continued into Friday. We had an entire bushel of peaches, a half of a huge zuccini, and fresh tomatoes that NEEDED to get used or they were going to be bad. Friday involved:
making 4-double batches of peach/pineapple freezer jam
1 double batch of strawberry/raspberry jam
2 loafs zuccini bread and a pan of peach crisp
batch of fresh salsa
We ran out of supplies to finish, so Saturday involved:
3 more double batches of peach/pineapple jam and 1 more double batch of strawberry/raspberry jam.
Whew-glad that is over!!!
2 comments:
I'm glad I'm not the only one who had a crazy busy week. Yours was worse. Anytime you need me to make sure your child doesn't drown, let me know! ;-)
Wow that is crazy busy! Glad you survived. Also I don't know how I didn't hear about Roger's welcome home but now I'm really bummed. I guess I should have asked about it since their family was kinda busy lately.
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