overstuffed weekend

 Friday...

the tournament started for Cody's basketball team
I couldn't be there because I was at Luke's football practice
it was a bummer that they were at the same exact time
but Heath was there and said Cody did great
Coach wanted him to get more aggressive and confident
and that's just what he did, he's come a long ways
getting the game updates by text was killing me
I was getting so anxious
 sadly though his team lost by two points
even though they were in the lead up until the last quarter
Cody was so bummed that it was all over with
he had a great season and he is already thinking about next year.

Saturday...

I convinced  asked Amanda and the girls to go out shopping with me

there were some things that I had to get checked off of my list

they just had to get done no matter what

but one stop was just to check out a great sale that was going on at the GAP

we had no idea that everyone else was planning the exact same thing

the place was packed and the lines were at least forty people long to check out

We did try on a lot of things but I was just grabbing things along the way too

throwing them into my bag

I was sweating bullets as they were ringing up all of my things

my receipt said that I saved three hundred and twenty one dollars,

I didn't know if that was a good or bad thing?

but I do know that our Easter outfits are now bought 

so that makes me very happy 

and I love how bright and colorful we will be.

Sunday...

morning the boys enjoyed a little Saint Patrick's feast before church

we all were wearing our green like most everyone else at church 

but somehow we missed getting a family picture taken

oh well

Right after church we headed over to my brothers house

where we were having a family celebration

to celebrate our two March birthdays

one who is just barely in her twenties and the other who is at the tail end

Brooke turned 21 and Summer 29

it's funny to think that they are just eight years apart and 

that Matt was just eight years old when Brooke was born

They both deserved the day to be celebrated

we sure do love them.

Even though we will be celebrating this little girls first birthday

in just a couple of weeks

she was still the life of the party

This is how happy she was all day long

she is just the sweetest thing

we can't get enough of her

Spring break is starting in just a few more days

and we couldn't be more ready.

what's making me smile these days

it's the little things like:

Ryan's outfits that he picks out for school. 

 I do give the kids advice sometimes on what they should wear but not all of the time

as was the case in this outfit.  Can someone remind me why I bought red sweat pants in the first place?

Cody's writing from school, nothing to explain there other than it makes me happy to read.

When Luke gets mixed up with his words and called his football team The Beagles instead of The Bengals.

Listening to Cody and Luke sing songs like Fallen Kingdom from Minecraft, it's fun seeing them getting more into music even if it does have to still do with a video game.

Speaking of singing, does anyone else get the McDonald's Fishy McBites song stuck in their head?

Cody loves eating the McBites but I had to laugh when Ryan told us that shrimp is the only sea creature that he will eat.

A portrait of myself that Ryan drew of me (Minecraft cube style), I'm looking amazing.

In Luke's class the kids had to each pick out a musher to follow in the Iditarod race, Luke picked his out because of the way his hair looked. Too bad it's not paying off though, his guy is in forty something place and Luke's not very happy about it.

Hope you have plenty to be smiling about in your days too.

you know what they say

about paybacks...

so last week Heath left for two and barely a half days to go steelhead fishing
when he got back he asked me if I missed him
and I told him, "no, you weren't gone long enough to be missed."
I know that was so mean of me, right?
anyway so he's gone again to go steelhead fishing some more
but this time he's gone for six days
and I can honestly say that I miss him already.
the time he's gone just happens to be the week where all of the kids activities overlap
Cody's last week of basketball practices to get ready for his tournament
Ryan's karate classes that happen to be at the same exact time and days as
Luke's football that just started up with practices this week
not to mention the fun of adjusting to daylight savings time
and taking care of all the other day to day stuff.
so lesson learned
I'm keeping my mouth shut next time and just missing my husband.