pretty muchly

Sawyer has some really funny things about him. He says funny things and lately, one of the funniest things that he says is "pretty muchly". When you ask him a question, like..."are you tired?" The answer: "pretty muchly, no".

Anyway, I'm still following our lives in photos, words and momentos. I will say, however, that after a few days it's really become MUCH harder than I would have thought. I'm sure that Tuesday will look GOOD in the album, Wednesday good, Thursday okay, Friday fair, and well, you get the picture.

Our weekend was pretty much non-stop and I haven't updated since Thursday. Let's give you the tour.

Friday

{The 3 hour oil change}

{the boys with alex after the regular Friday playdate at Alex's}

{my friends Michele, Staci, Michelle and Katrina}

Saturday

{emma and harrison at campbell's soccer game}

{grocery shopping haul from Target and Trader joes} {sawyer at grace's birthday party}

{i made ellie try on Harrison's halloween costume}

{cari and harrison}

{tetherball}

{andy stacking his poker chips. for the record, I totally beat him!}

{poor guy was so tired!}

SUNDAY

{checking out the gate daddy put up thursday night}

{A week in the life} day 3

Today was EXCITING - depending on how you look at it. There was halloween decorations that went up, naps with friends, volunteering, essentials and feces. I could have done without the latter.

{ME}

{my daily destroyed kitchen}
{NOT ME}

{After the unfortunate feces event}

{buying a gate to keep him out of the afore pictured kitchen}

Just for fun

This is just to spice up my life a bit. And, because the baby is extra cute today, I thought I'd throw out these extra cute pics of him. (They were taken in July...)

Day 2 of {A week in the life}

Here we are on the documentation process, feeling slightly dorky carrying my DSLR everywhere. Yet, I do it - and get the shot when I can. There are quite a few times, in case you're wondering when I do miss it. (Like today, trying to get a picture of the boys coming out of the gate after school. Some 5th grader thought I was taking a picture of him - and not to mention that he was totally blocking my shot! There is always tomorrow, I suppose...)

Luckily for me, today was full of average activities, yet wrought with emotion and hormones. It was 100* again today, plus Cam woke up too early (unfortunately this is a common theme, as of late), fell asleep after school and was the biggest grizzly bear there after. UGH.

Today was a volunteer day, and that was quite fulfilling as was the drive through dinner at Carl's Jr. (Hardee's for you midwesterners) for a music program fundraiser. (It was so much easier when Cam was in kinder and I could shield my kids from these. Now, they are all too aware and I'm forced to make the trip every.single.time.)

Now though, at 941 Calgon has taken me away as I sit and check out the days photos, write down our experiences and smell the wafting scent of Bath and Body Works LEAVES . YUM!

With that...another day, just a Wednesday, in photos.

A week in the life

A scrapbooker that I've followed for a long time, Ali Edwards, is doing a project/challenge this week. It's one that she's done before and one that I've widely ignored, until now.

Today I started documenting {A WEEK IN THE LIFE}. I want to remember all of the little details of the everyday life we live. So, this album is the way to do it. In addition to receipts, lists and other tokens of our day, I've also documented the goings on in photography.

The general stuff we do isn't all that exciting, honestly. It's still who we are, however, and it's important to us. Here is our Tuesday (laundry, school, errand, babysitting and soccer practice day), in pictures, if you care to see.

Weekend

First, NEW Grey's Anatomy tonight. Been waiting for this!

Second, the baby is already up. Nice less than an hour nap. I'm in trouble...

Anyway. This past weekend, Andy went to Las Vegas. He met his brother there. They hung out. They saw an Iowa State Football game. Iowa State Athletics is the reason for living, according to Andy.

there were a few interesting shots that I might have included. i still might throw those in later. he only took 8 pictures though, so there can't be THAT much material, you know?

So, while Andy headed off to sin city, what did I do? I was wife and mother of the year. (That is actually really funny because I don't qualify for either EVER. Just the other day, I forgot to go to Sawyer's conference. Just completely forgot - I wasn't doing anything else. Add another tally to stupid mom things that I do)

In addition to taking care of the kids solo, taking them to a birthday party and entertaining them (with help from my Aunt and cousin Ricky) I coached Sawyer's soccer team. Long story short - there are two noteworthy things from this experience. first, I'm not eager to repeat this again. Ever. Second, I bribed the kids. After half-time I was so discouraged by their prowess that I bribed each and every one of them with a dollar for every goal they scored.

The payout: $0.

After that hour, I appreciated all the work Andy is doing with those kids even more. And, I am quite thankful that I didn't volunteer to coach those kids.