Black light Run

Tonight Patrick & I ran in the Black light run 5k.  It was a fun date night for us.  It was fun, but cold and windy. I also realized I'm not young anymore.  Long gone are the days I would go to clubs.  While I lived in NY that was almost a given that we'd go to NYC on the weekends to go to a club.  Seeing all these young kids last night made me feel old.

It was fun though, and nice to get out and do something different.
These pictures are pretty funny!  Patrick says my eyes are creepy!

A rare event

If you know me, you know that I don't often let my kids have friends over to play at our house.
I don't know why, I just don't like other people's kids to be in my care, making messes at my house etc.    I don't ever think I'll be comfortable having kids just come over to our house and hang out.

For this reason, I rarely allow them to invite anyone over.  It's just not my thing.

Well, yesterday was a very rare occasion.  Trevor was at a birthday party for several hours in the afternoon, so I set up play dates for Griffin & Savannah.  

Griffin had his friend Brandon over, and Savannah had her friend Tarra over. They all had a great time.  Towards the end, they all made their own pizza roll for dinner.

We had a simple easy dinner of Pizza rolls, Jello with fruit inside, and carrots w/ranch.
It was a fun afternoon/evening.

This week

 

On Wednesday for Activity Days, they met at one of the leaders homes.  They prepped a dinner for the missionaries.  They also got to decorate a recipe binder, and took home the recipes for the food that they had prepared.  Savannah is so excited to have her own recipe binder, she's asking me for recipes to fill it up.  It was a really fun activity.

 

For a long time I've been wanting to go more natural with my cleaning products.  A friend of mine has been selling doterra oils for a couple of years, and has sent me samples in the past.  I finally ordered some oils for us to try out.  Lemon, Lavender, and Rosemary. For cleaning I'm mixing water, vinegar, and several drops of the oils.  So far so good.  Best part they don't make me cough, or give me a headache. I'll be adding more soon.

 

A new phase in our life.  For years each night when I would tuck Savannah in as I would be leaving, she would Always say "Don't forget to leave it a crack." Just last month I was slightly annoyed, because after all these years you'd think she'd know that I've got it by now.  Well, in the last week or so all that changed.  She asked me to shut her door all the way.  She says we're too loud downstairs when she's trying to sleep.  Maybe its because she's turning 9 next week.    Ms. Big Stuff!  Now she says "Don't forget to shut my door!"

 

Last week at school Savannah had a big fall as she calls it.  When I picked her up, she had a rip in her jeans, and a rip in her shirt.  After her shower I bandaged her up (which hurt a ton).  She hobbled around the rest of the night.

 

 

While I was taking care of Savannah, Trevor walked in and his feet smelled so bad I almost threw up.  I immediately made him soak his nasty feet.  Pre- teen grossness!

 

 

Each of my kids has brought home a cabbage plant their 3rd grade school year.  Now it's Savannah's turn.  We haven't had time to replant it yet, so it's just sitting in the kitchen.  Savannah was over watering it.  It was looking bad, so I wrote a little note near it that says Do Not Water Plant

Yesterday morning I found Patrick had added some funny lines.  Always the playful Dad.

 

 

Trevor started Track.  He's loving it so far.  They run so much!!  On Wednesday he went to bed around 7:45pm when I checked on him at 8:00pm he was already asleep.  I love that he's exhausted at the end of the day.  Finally, something to wear my boy out!

 

Griffin & I both had eye appointments this week.

 

 

 

Last night Trevor and I hung out together.  It was just the two of us.  First, we went to Target so he could spend a gift card he's had since Christmas.  Next, we went o Krispy Cream so he could use a coupon he's had for a free donut of choice.  Lastly, I surprised him by taking him to the movies.  He had been asking me all week if we could go see the new movie Non-Stop.  We both really enjoyed it.  It was a great time chillin with my boy!

 

 

Movie filming

Today at the middle school directly in front of my school, they were filming a movie called "A Good Kill."  I know now that Ethan Hawk is in it.  Traffic going to work was crazy because the camera crew was working right out front near the road.

 

At the 5th grade recesses the kids were beyond excited.  Their is a soccer complex in between the Middle school, and our school.  While we were out their that's where they were filming.

There were a bunch of kids in orange penny's walking together in a group, and a few couples (extra's) here and there.  The production assistant came over to talk with the kids and answer all their questions.  It was very exciting for the kids.  He told them when he yelled "Action" they would all have to scoot, so they wouldn't be in the shot. 

 

 

 

Kinda fun. Not our usual day at school.

 

 

Seriously, the perfect weekend

FRIDAY

 

On Friday night after the kids were asleep I got all caught up on my favorite show.

 

 

I love the show.  I love that they cover so many different topics.  I want my family to be like this one once they are all grown.

 

 

SATURDAY

 

 

 

Saturday was Griffin's first soccer game of the season.  It was a relegation game.  That meant that if they won, they'd move up in the bracket, and take the schedule of the team we beat.  It was Cold, Rainy, Windy, and miserable!!  Trev & Sav sat in the car.  The team did great, and won!!  It was 3-0 we are happy to be 8th now out of 20 teams in our age group.

 

Saturday late afternoon we went to Costco sans kids.  We loaded up!

We brought dinner home from Perico's Mexican restaurant.

 

 

*One of the best things about this weekend was that we got so much done, but we totally relaxed too.

 

We bought the movie Frozen on Amazon, and watched it as a family.  Savannah was in hog heaven.  The boys seemed to enjoy it much more this time too. 

 

After the kids went to bed, Patrick & I watched The Breakfast Club.  It's been so long since I've seen it.  A classic for sure.

 

 

SUNDAY

 

I got the crockpots going (one lid broke).  And, I also started prepping some freezer meals.  The kids were busy with their electronics, so Patrick turned on a documentary about JK Rowlings.  After I was done in the kitchen I joined him on the couch.  We enjoyed it.  From the start of the day we had been washing ALL of the bedding in the house.  Trevor had given Cody a bath, Savannah had cleaned her fish tank, and I had cleaned the bird cage.

Later in the day, Patrick and I made one more run to the store.  We needed a few more things.
When we got home late afternoon, he put on the movie A River Runs Through It.  Another good one.  It had been awhile since I had seen it, so I got reeled in quickly.

After the movie was over, Patrick re-hung the boys curtains in their room.  They had pulled them out.

 

After that we had dinner.  After dinner it was time for game night & dessert.

I made a favorite easy chocolate chip cookie bars.  The game was Hedbanz.

 

Patrick's card was hilarious!  I had to tell Savannah ( in nice, simple terms) what it was.  He had such a hard time guessing.  Once it asked if you could buy souvenirs when you visit this place.  Finally after like six rounds, he guessed Ballet studio, and I said "more like Dirty Dan's" then he guessed correctly, finally. 

 

 

In all I prepped quite a few freezer meals.  Hopefully, this will help us stay on track with our food budget, and curb us eating out as much.

 

 

It really was a nice, relaxing, busy, great weekend!  Maybe it was extra nice because I skipped Church.  Sometimes it's nice to just not go.