Weekend Wrap ~ Fun Time & More Parties

Busy weekend as always and then I went to sit down to type this to find my headset for work wasn't plugged in so I tried and guess what the plug went into the headset ... CRAP. Tried to take it apart but no luck, I'm going to have to re order a new one. GREAT $60 for a new one, double crap. So this will now be a quick post while I freak out a little bit.

First I show you the boys having fun around here! The boys found the night vision glasses from last Christmas! Yup I keep coming into their room to find them in bed with these on!

Saturday was a busy day, I worked 6am to 9:30am had a nice little break. Then off for two birthday parties and then back home to work my 2nd job. It was nice to get out and we went to a friends house I haven't seen in a few years for her son's 13th PARTY (I can remember the day he was born). It's nice to reconnect with friends. It's funny I was so nervous to go since we haven't talked in a while. We didn't end on bad note just fell away for a while, but still got nervous as I drove up. But walked in and was greeted with hugs and smiles, of course there might have been one that didn't talk to me but overall a great day.

Sunday we had church then we hung out home, then Rick called he was working Monster Jam and thought the boys would enjoy. So I got them dressed and off we went! And the BEST part my bestie from elementary school was there and Rick walked her and her family over to our seats. It was so nice to sit with friends.

Happy Wednesday everyone, now I'm going to go back to freak out and what I'm going to do with my headset for work tomorrow AM. Since I do calls all day long and MUST have a headset. DOUBLE CRAP .... Is it worth the $40 extra to ship it here ASAP. UGH I must go insert my head in the oven know ... :).

Weekend Wrap Wednesday ~ I think I may have sat some point?

Our weekends are usually crazy busy but this weekend was over the top! And guess what next weekend is looking the same :(.

Rick was earning some great brownie points! Gave the puppy a bath, used my new shark to mop the floor and showed up with roses for me. He's finally getting the hang of being a little romantic and helping out.

Saturday was a NUT house! First started with 6am working until 9am. 10am we hit Lowe's kids clinic! The boys love these, I think I do MOST of the work and have to use my mom stern voice a few times :).

Then home to for a nap and then back out we went! We stopped up at my parents house lasted about 20 minutes and my parents house which is like a museum of fine arts and antiques could no longer hold us :). 2:30pm we hit our first birthday part, it started at 3pm but we had to go early since we had another party at the same time. Of course the SeaHawks were playing and this is a big football family, so the first part of the party was the adults watching the game. Bad day for a party, but who the heck would have thunk we would be at that game.

My boys are so me and just plopped their butts down to eat :).

And we're off to a 2nd Birthday party, thankfully the game was wrapping up and we got there just in time for the cake (best part) and guess what plenty of food :)! The boys had fun, but a little at the breaking point ... hehe. But we did go overall and guess what we still had to hit the grocery store. And oh yeah I had to work my Saturday night job at 11:30pm. Oh yes it was a LONG day!

Sunday was church, home to do some cleaning, met up with Rick for lunch and then I tackled the pantry and drawers. Can I tell you I love Rubbermaid (no they didn't give me any I bought all my own, but it rocks). I do everything from the bulk section so it is best to put in a way I can see it and organized.

Ok I'm pooped just typing this and guess what next Saturday I found out we have the same thing going on except for the kids clinic so hey maybe I can get a nap in :).

Weekend Wrap Wednesday ~ Did you miss me?

Well I missed you! Phew that was one heck of a whirlwind. Now I love giveaways and of course because I get to show off pictures and stories of the family with out sounding .... ummm how do I say it ... in your face. Oh what you know I'm crazy like that!

Ok so here it is I promise never to do a week long of giveaways again (fingers crossed, I don't plan on it but you never know). But man that was a lot of work, and I really missed talking about myself ... oh wait I mean my boys ... yup that's what I meant. I'm feeling a little spunky can you tell? Really I've missed my loyal commenter's come back, I love ya .. LOL :)

So yes I know you're on your edge of your seat wanting to know what I've been up to. I know my world is so riveting! So here it is (insert minuteman voice here):

The previous weekend we had a birthday party each day! One was for my best friend since elementary school (her 3 year old) it was a pooh party. So you know me and my themes, really I'm crazy about them. I think it's the OCD in me, I will do a theme down to the color and what the item is in the bag. So I told the Cole grab everything with pooh, I think we walked out with 30 items. All fun education things like puzzles, books etc. Oh don't think I've found that money tree, it was the dollar store but boy they had some great items there. Yes that is here with the massive pyle of pooh stuff!

The next party was for my cousins 1st birthday party for her son! It was a super relaxing BBQ with just a few friends and family. Cole discovered he could ride a bike, yes he's 5 and no I haven't bought him. Yes it's on the list (craigslist here I come, that or a garage sale). Caden so wanted to be with the big kids and tried very hard but just got frustrated and in the way. It was a lot of fun and a great Sunday. It was very sweet seeing my grandmother with my cousins baby. Being a step child we kind of didn't have that same bond, yes a story will come later on that.

Fast forward to this past weekend. We had Friday off with the holiday landing on a Saturday so it was a great day to hang out with my parents let the kids run around and just relax. Saturday the 4th my dad had Rick help him with the waterfront again so yup me and the boys again. I had big plans for the weekend! I wanted a pedicure and my girlfriend and I had it all set up! Then no Rick, so we had this wonderful idea to let her daughters watch the boys. So you know it was super relaxing getting our toes done, only one call and that was how to turn on DVD. Yup I thought we were home free. Then we get home! Oh boy I almost cried ... you know I'm crazy about the house. Now I'm far from the cleanest person but I do usually have some guidelines. NOTE to self go over rules before leaving home!!

Things we found (yes I'm laughing now) plus I've learned girls haven't changed since I was little TV is a powerful thing. When it's on we sometimes don't see what is going on around us. Case and Point:

1. Pizza on the carpet (yes sauce side down)
2. Toys everywhere
3. Lollipop in the carpet
4. Mystery stuff all over my suede ottoman (thinking it's pizza sauce)
5. Pop cans everywhere (1 we were gone only 75 minutes, and 2 I don't allow kids pop in my house)
6. Pop all over my computer and computer desk
7. Pop all over the floor
8. Permanent Marker on the Wall
9. Permanent Marker on my disk reader
10. Gum on the wall and carpet and oh yeah all over Cole

Did I mention we were gone 75 minutes! LOL yes I'm laughing now but man oh man I was going to cry then. Thankfully it was the 4th and I could go visit my parents and just relax. Fun day we waterfront hoped between my parents lot and my BFF (since elementary school) and saw lots of friends I have seen in years and even an old boyfriends sisters. Man I wish I would have done my hair and oh yeah lost all this stupid baby weight ... LOL. Fireworks were fun and guess what my camera has a firework button. I know cool! Sad note though Gais Bread owns a summer home across the lake from my parents and every year they put on a HUGE fireworks show. The first time in like over 20 years no show! Man times really are tough :(.

Sunday I had the brilliant idea to go visit my girlfriend in the hospital that just had a baby. On a side note I'm SUPER excited, this is one of my favorite friends we kind of drifted for about a year which made me really sad. So it was great to find her again and get a chance to catch up. Side note 2 kids in a hospital room, no lunch ... NOT such a good idea! Yes I wanted to pull my hair out and put the boys in a wall (not really ... but I was thinking it ... I say it some don't). So that was fun, NOT. Sadly my visit was cut short, but I did bring her a super cute diaper cake!

So there it is wow 2 weeks shoved into one post ... LOL. Missed you all hope all my loyal commenter come back. Miss ya! Plus I have a few giveaways to post the winners, but I've been crazy busy today I promise soon! Muah loves!

Weekend Wrap Wednesday ~ Bring on the Parties

Talk about a busy weekend! Friday after work I picked the kids up and ran to my girlfriends house. Do to Cole going to Walking with the dino's we missed her daughters party. So we did a make up party at her house. Yummy pizza and adult talk well that is between the yelling and screaming of the kids ... LOL. Can boys and girls play nice together at age 5? I think after Anng and I had about an hour of the he said she said we were leaning towards nope ... LOL. Overall not a bad night had a glass of wine, so hey what could be bad about that :).

Saturday is was back to normal up at 5am to work my shift for the call center, call volume was picking up which was super nice and kept me busy. Got off the phone and quick breakfast and got everyone ready for the first party of the day. I was so excited I was ready and out the door early and I was going to be EARLY to a party! Yup that was the plan until I got on to the freeway got stuck in a jam, got the brilliant idea to get off the freeway on to a "short-cut", HUGE joke that was. Got stuck into more traffic, it took me 1 1/2 almost to go what would normally take me 20 minutes! Yup you guessed it we were late missed the games, but did get in time for presents and my favorite CAKE. Yup the key to my heart is cake, and after seeing some pictures of myself I think I need to back off the cake and everything else. Hmmm maybe wiring my mouth shut will help? Or why not get back on to my Jillian DVD? Yup that is an idea now to get my legs and body on board there!

Ok back on point, after the birthday party we headed up to a Pampered Chef party. Really like I needed any more cooking items, right? Well since Kristie got me hooked on quiches and pie crust for meals I had to pick up one of those nifty things that protects the edge from getting burnt. One more thing I'm sure I'll use all the time, really that was me being serious this time!

After the party is over we headed to the lake, I know what more can I shove into one day. Over all it was fun the kids played, I stayed far away from the water since 1 I refuse to get into a bathing suit and the 2 the water was super COLD ... just ask Heather who jumped in and barely could get her legs to move to get out of the water. Yes that picture is Cole in a Barbie Life Jacket, What his was at my parents house and this lazy butt wasn't feeling like walking up one waterfront to my parents house. After several floating items had to be retrieved, no wine for me to drink (just playing) it was time to head home. Think I was a little bit of a heat stroke fell asleep and barely woke up in time for my night shift at the call center. Of course couldn't fall back to sleep after my shift, got to sleep around 2:30am.

Sunday 7am the alarm goes off since I had the brilliant idea to go to the zoo to check out the new birds that arrived. Happy to say we got there at 8:15 which is good since I was shooting for 8am .. LOL. We met up with my friend Anng and her daughter, I know we were just asking for it again getting the two kids together again. And they didn't disappoint us the whole time they were bugging each other. Cole is such a boy and boy does he like to push it. So yes it was a fun 3 hours at the zoo, yes I said 3 hours of walking around. We even bought these stupid little sticks for $1 a piece to feed the birds, yup $3 we spent ... suckers! I even have a picture of Anng and me as we like to call it the infamos bathroom shot. LOL it of course was in the bathroom, I couldn't wait until after we got out. We hit the house I thought ok I can get some sleep, put everyone down and 20 minutes later I hear Rick and I'm up. Of course everyone else gets up and outside we go. Back to planting a few more items, Rick and his friend showed up with 2 yards of bark. Yeah the yard looks amazing and guess what we need more plants. Off to the store I go, really I think I might have bought every veggie and plant in the last two weeks! I am happy to report I found a Pear Tree at Wally World on sale for $5 yes who knew plants would go on clearance? I even got my Topsy Turvy up, which let me tell you isn't as easy as it looks. But if the tomatoes come out looking great it will be worth it. Rick did put it up high so I'm not sure how I'm going to water it, but we'll see ... LOL. I got inside to finish up some work I know you counted right 7 days a week is what I just worked!

Monday is usually my day off but our receptionist took the week off so I'm working a full week this week. While I had to work Rick had the day off, he finished up the bark in the back yard and even get this (hold on I almost fell over) he got my grape harbor up! Yes you heard that right after 3 years of asking my harbor is up! So there it is a busy weekend lots to do and a busy week too! Cole has a concert on Thursday and Rick has to go out of town for a few days, thanks to my friend Tarra who is going to go to the concert with me! Yeah!!! More to come later!