Busy weekend!

 From basketball camps, to a dance recital, to a wrestling meet, staying in a hotel, and out to a family breakfast, this weekend was BUSY!

I just wish I could get Cinderella's company of animal friends to show up to clean my house and do our laundry!

Oh Yeah.

 I am so ready for today!

Mush

I want to do a blog post, because that it what I do before I go to bed... but my brain is mush.

I do not know where the weekend went or what I did.  Well, I do... Friday, we had friends over for the first time since before Christmas I think.  It was really fun, and then I tried to do graduate work after they left, but Brady woke up from his nap, when he really needed to sleep more, so I tried to cuddle him back to sleep, and I accidentally fell asleep.

Then Saturday I did grad school all day as much as I could, while running kiddos to birthday parties.

Then Hubby and I did the Rangely Mardi Gras party, which was all-you-can-eat Crab that they fly in specifically for this town fundraiser.  That was fun, but I was distracted because I still had a ton of graduate work to do (and assignments are always due Sunday nights... so I don't like to still have assignments to do on Saturday night - I like them done already). 

Then Sunday, I did graduate work all day long.  I listened to lectures while I made breakfast, I wrote discussion posts while kids were playing and arguing, I ignored them all and just got in the zone... and that's kind of where I still remain.  I have had airpods in my years listening to lectures or audiobooks all day... and it's pretty tiring.

It really does feel like I didn't have a weekend because I studied special education all weekend...and now I go and work in special education all week.

The silver lining is that we have something special planned for next weekend, and so I am trying to focus on that carrot out there... and get next week's assignments done early so I can truly enjoy next weekend.

1000 Words

 1000 Words

Tomorrow

 We had a full week.  After a regular week of work and after school activities Monday-Thursday, we had a dear old friend come visit Thursday evening for dinner and spend Thursday night.  This was also the one Friday in January that I worked all day for a staff inservice.

Then Saturday we had Tracey's surprise birthday party (which was awesome but pretty tiring and we got home late) AND good friends from Rifle spent Saturday night and we had a leisurely breakfast at home Sunday morning.

Then I tried to fit all the tasks at home that I usually would do on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday into Sunday afternoon.

Fun Weekend

 I tried to take a lot of pictures this weekend because I feel like I don't see my kids at all during the week.  Lots of pictures are never a bad idea...

Great Weekend!

 We had such a great weekend.

Friday we were home and I did some work, and Lee Lee had a big girl adventure with Hubby (because she's potty trained now and when one our little ones is fully potty trained he or she gets a big kid adventure with Daddy).  I was home with the oldest three and Hunter and we had fun.

Then Saturday it snowed all day and our kiddos were outside in the snow for hours.  It was wonderful and they are old enough that they don't need a parent to be outside with them.  I helped with one or two mittens and reminded them to zip their coats... but other than that, they were outside having a ball together in the several inches of snow that we got.  I did TONS of laundry while they enjoyed the snow.

Then, after a late lunch, we got everyone in pajamas and drove around after sunset to look at local Christmas lights.  Came home to a late dinner with the old Shirley Temple movie A Little Princess, and everyone went to bed later than usual.

Then, Sunday morning, we tackled a family Christmas pageant complete with stage lighting, five different cameras (Hubby's influence), and lots of costume changes because almost every child played multiple characters.  After we had all the scenes and lines recorded, I was pretty much spent.  The kiddos had some screen time and I baked some Christmas cookies and tried to pick up from the major pageant project.

It was SUCH a fun weekend full of seasonal fun family activities.

I'm tired because it was a busy weekend, but I also feel very refreshed from the focused family time headed into our final work/school week before Christmas vacation!!!!

The Weekend

The Weekemd

 

Saturdays

This is not so much the case anymore because its is rare that my Hubby isn't working on a Saturday... but it did make me laugh really hard.

 

Weekend Fun

Last weekend Chris and I had fun preparing for hunting... and blasting away the drop-off study guide I used for my O&M drop-off assignment.

Remember this study guide from June from my blindfold drop-off?

It was symbolic, cathartic, therapeutic, and AWESOME.

Plus... my hubby videoed it... because he thinks its really hot when his pregnant wife has fun shooting guns.

Without further ado... here was some fun from our weekend:

MICHIGAN to the Championship Game!!!!

University of Michigan Men's Basketball is going to the BIG DANCE!
Last night they beat Syracuse in the Final Four to advance to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP game!

Hubby and I watched the game at Old Chicago after running some errands in Grand Junction (yesterday was such a perfect day... more on that another time) and we were, of course, decked out in Michigan gear!

After the game, I had fun reading tweets and copying pictures posted by the Michigan faithful who are SOOO excited for the Championship game.  The last time Michigan played in the NCAA Basketball Championship game was 20 year ago... 1993 -- I was in 3rd grade.  I remember the game because I was allowed to stay up late, past my bedtime, to watch the game... and Michigan lost in the final minutes (Chris Webber called a timeout when Michigan was out of timeouts, and it cost them the win -- my daddy was really upset).  It has taken 20 years for Michigan to have another chance... and it all comes down to Monday night!

ONE WIN AWAY!!!
COME ON MICHIGAN!!!