Rainy Weekend

We have had a ton of rain this weekend. The way I found out how much rain we had this weekend is that some of it ended up in our house! Luckily we found out that we have a sump pump in our backyard that I was unaware that we had. Unluckily we found out that we had it because it was not working. Anyway, what was going to be a lazy weekend ended up being anything but. From the pictures below you can see that it took a toll on the kids. Okay, maybe the rain and the house didn't but I think my mood definitely exhausted them.



Saturday night bedtime was earlier than usual. Conner and Celia were done for the night.

Sunday Celia was going through one of those moments when you can't decide if you would rather eat or sleep. Obviously sleep won!




As for Max, what can I say? Besides needing very little sleep, and very little food, he is almost ALWAYS in a great mood. Here he is being a magician.

Monday

Miss Celia climbed in bed with us a few minutes before I had to get up. I think she was very happy to have her daddy back home with her. I love when I catch these moments, and I can just watch them for awhile. I am truly blessed.


Later that day, we went to an activity with MomsClub at McDonalds. As usual the kids had a great time.


Max with his buddy Christian


Miss Celia stopping for a moment for a picture.

Aarons trip

Aaron had a great time in California. He went to the game with Mike Rippe. They have been friends for years. The last time we visited them was around four years ago, and they were expecting their first child. Now they have three beautiful kids. Aaron really enjoyed getting to meet all of them.




Aaron and Mike at the game.


Mike and Natalies little boy Benjamin, with his mommy.


Madeline


Abigale

Aaron is coming home!

We are so excited that Aaron is coming home tonight. His airplane will get in tonight around 7:00 but we are starting to prepare this morning. Can you tell we miss him? We are going to get the house all cleaned up, and the kids are going to get a sign made for him. When I woke up this morning, Max was nose to nose with me letting me know that it was time to get out of bed. He started my day with a song. It went something like this - Daddy is coming home today and mommy is going to say I missed you so much daddy. Then we are all going to hug and be so happy and what do you think he got me?

I realize that he has only been gone for four days, but we still miss the guy. I am already reminding myself that I need to show restraint and let all three of the kids talk at the same time to him before I start in. At least he feels loved, even if he also feels overwhelmed.

He said he has taken a lot of pictures of his time in California so I will post those tonight or tomorrow.

Lunch with Max

Tomorrow morning, Aaron is leaving for California for the USC vs. Nebraska game. He decided to go and have lunch with Max today because he won't get to see him for a few days. Max was very happy to see his daddy. I can understand why. Like I always say, "Everything is more fun with an Aaron!"

Saturday

After a pretty busy week, I was really looking forward to doing nothing. After getting the kids fed, and the house cleaned, I thought I would just lay on the couch and watch a movie. However, the kids had different ideas about how the afternoon should be spent.


Celia got into my drawers, found all of her ponytail holders, and decided she should wear all of them at the same time. It's a good look for her, isn't it?
Max decided to go through his toys and then bring ALL of them into the living room to have a "yard sale."
Conner just waiting for me to leave him alone.

Celia crashed

After what was obviously a hard afternoon of playing for Miss Celia, she simply crashed. I don't know that this was the most comfortable place for her to have chosen, but.....oh well.

Welcome to our blog

We are so excited to get this site started! As you can imagine, we have been very busy with the start of school, and various activities. It has been a great start to the school year. The kids have been doing a great job at school, and Celia is getting used to being stuck with just mommy all day. We FINALLY got our new camera so I am very excited to start snapping pictures all the time.