Hello! How was your weekend? Did you get snow?! I know a lot of the upper midwest and Colorado got snow today. Crazy. It seems too early! Anyway, I'm gonna get going...
1. I don't think I talked about my up-coming girl trip last week, did I? Anyway, if you call the end of January "up-coming", we are on the same page. My girlfriends from college and I are all meeting up in San Antonio for a long weekend. I'm so excited!! It's been far too long since we've all been together and I can hardly wait. If you have any suggestions of fun things to do or great places to eat, I'm all ears!
2. I've been pretty busy lately with senior pictures and family pictures. Just this morning I had the pleasure of meeting a family originally from Iceland to shoot their son's senior pictures. We met down in the West Bottoms and got to see some crazy stuff from weird people. I loved it! Last weekend I was downtown with friends from our daycare days. That was really fun to see their boys so much older. I've also done a maternity session and a couple other senior girls. Once I get all the pics edited I'll have to post a few.
3. My mom was down this weekend to watch the grandkids play their sports. She was able to squeeze in three soccer games and one volleyball match. Sadly, she missed my niece's soccer game because it was at the exact same time as #4's volleyball game yesterday. And after sitting outside for three other (COLD) soccer games, my mom had had enough. I can't blame her. It was a chilly weekend.
Last night my sister and her family all came over for dinner and a fire. We had so much fun sitting outside roasting marshmallows and making s'mores! The kids played flashlight tag and ghost in the graveyard. (I even got in on the action by plotting with #2 to scare the little kids. SO FUN!) We are hoping it stays nice enough to be able to use the fire pit on Thanksgiving night and maybe rope in a few other adults to play. I have to say, it scares the crap out of me to play because I don't like being scared. I only like to DO the scaring!
4. My mom and I took the little girls shopping yesterday. After I had them try on clothes, we realized it was necessary. They barely had any pants that were long enough anymore! We went to Old Navy and Scheel's. We ended up being very successful - thank goodness. Shopping with kids is not for the faint of heart. I think they were in the dressing room for 30 minutes at Old Navy. I kept running back and forth looking for different colors and sizes. But in the end we persevered and they now have enough clothes to get through the week. Phew! And, we have our color scheme for our family pictures. Now I just have to figure out WHEN we are going to do our family pictures given our crazy travel schedules the next few weeks.
5. Today #2 had a soccer game. While we were driving there it started misting. By the time we got to the fields it was raining. By the time I walked over to the fields at the start of the game, it was full-on raining.
Exhibit #1:
Mind you, it was also 39*. Fahrenheit. Cold. I was wrapped in a sleeping bag with my umbrella tiled to an angle. It was coming down GOOD. Finally, with about 2 minutes left in the half, the sky just lit up followed half a second later with a crack of thunder. Game cancelled. Thank goodness! (The girls will have to play that game again.) Like the hubby said, Girls = 0, Parents = 1. By the time we got to the car, we were all soaked and #2 couldn't feel her fingers or toes.
6. This sight made me chuckle:
I call it, You Know You're a Ski Family When...there's a pair of goggles from 1976 on your counter because one of your kids tried using them while chopping onions. Too funny! Seriously, where did she even FIND these?!
Anyway, we had the BEST dinner tonight. The hubby and big girls had meatball subs with melted cheese, the little girls had spaghetti and meatballs and I had zoodles and meatballs. It was delicious and such a perfect Sunday night dinner after a cold, rainy soccer game! I love Sunday night dinners because everyone is at the table and we laugh and sit and talk much longer than any other night during the week. These little, seemingly mundane, moments are the ones I really treasure.
7. BONUS #7! I have set a goal to be finished with Christmas shopping by December 2nd this year. And when I say finished, I mean FINISHED. I want ALL gifts, even the easy gift cards purchased. EVEN the tip for the Cleaning Ladies. All done. (That doesn't mean everything has to be wrapped, just purchased.) So, I have everything mapped out and lists made. I'm probably about 1/3 of the way done, too. I'm loving the feeling of having a plan. I can't purchase everything yet because of return policies, but that's fine. It just feels good to have a plan, you know?!
Anyway, that's all I've got tonight. Stay warm and dry!
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