crazy week

This week has been jam packed. My birthday was on Tuesday and the boys and I enjoyed eating outside at Chick-fil-A and running a few "errands". More like shopping I guess you could say. I called Shaun on my way home and told him not to worry about stopping by somewhere on his way home to get me a present...I had just picked out something myself. :) Whatever works, right?? We had a party over at my aunt Valencia's house and enjoyed some pizza and WONDERFUL red velvet cake and homemade ice cream. My kind of party! Here's some pictures that highlight everyone that was there.


Andrew, Will (my uncle's little boy), and my Grandmother






















Trying to get everyone to sit still, look at the camera and smile is a little difficult. We'll take what we can get :)













Spencer hasn't mastered drinking out of a cup yet...hence all the water on his shirt.






We even had live entertainment by Valencia's friend Joey :)







Mom had flowers delivered to the house for me...how SWEET!!


It rained all day on Wednesday and gave us a great excuse to stay in all day and watch some movies...or one movie over and over again. Spencer and Andrew both love watching this one train movie and will actually sit there for the whole 30 minutes of the show. It was kinda nice not to have anything planned or scheduled for at least one day of the week!

We had a birthday party on Thursday to go to at Bounce Around...the "inflatable fun house", but Spencer and Andrew weren't too enthused about going in and jumping on all the fun things. Oh well...maybe it was the big crowd that intimidated them a little. Who knows. We had to leave early though because I had a meeting to go to at church, so I guess it was good they didn't get too involved.

On Friday, my grandmother, her friend Maria and I, fed about 60 missionaries lunch at their zone conference. We just went by Walmart and got a few of the 6 foot long subs and that was the way to go. Nothing too difficult is what I'm all about. It was a little more work getting everything ready and cut and set up for them, so next time I'll ask a few more people to help out. We had a good time though.

Saturday we had our Relief Society Enrichment Meeting and had an antiques roadshow. It was fun...I didn't have any antique pieces to have appraised or be showcased but it was fun to go and see all the other sisters' prized possessions. Afterwards, Mom and I went with Junko to the Tot Trade, which is like a huge consignment shop for everything you could think of that has to do with a baby and kids. It was absolutely INSANE the amount of people that were there. I guess the word is definitely getting out about it. I did find a few items for the boys, such as winter coats and jeans and stuff, so I guess you could say it was worth it. We looked around for about 30 minutes and then waited in line to purchase our items another hour and a half. CRAZY!! The boys stayed with their first real babysitter, other than my mom or Grandmother, and they did rather well while I was gone. It was my cousin Addison and they already knew her, so that made the transition easier. I was a little worried about Andrew because he cries just about everytime I leave, but he didn't shed one tear...YEAH!! Maybe we're making a little bit of progress...slowly, but surely :)

After we got back from the Tot Trade, we had another birthday party to go to for Will. He had a tractor theme birthday and that was right up Spencer and Andrew's alley. It was a great party!














We stayed for a little while then had to run off to Home Depot before they closed so Shaun could get some measurements for some windows. Every time we go to Lowe's or Home Depot, or any other kind of home improvement store that has lawnmowers in front, temptation, temptation, temptation. We give in every time and the boys "drive" the lawnmowers. Spencer runs to one, giving the steering wheel a little turn, the gears a shake and then he's on to the next one doing the same thing. It's the little things that intrigue these boys and keep them occupied. I told Shaun the other day I was going to stop buying the boys books because Andrew would rather have a Tractor Supply Company or Lowes sales paper that has tractors and lawnmowers in it rather than anything else. I had even thrown the sales paper in the trash a few days ago, and Andrew spotted it on top of the trash can and got it out. Silly boy!

Spencer and Andrew absolutely pooped after a long day of playing. When we tried to put Andrew's pjs on, he squirmed his way up the bed until he got right beside Spencer.






In memory of my grandparent's dog, Chocolate Drop. She was a great pup for a many years. She loved to eat peppermints and turn around in a circle to get them. Mom found her this morning right by the driveway. It was a little sad because Spencer and Andrew kept looking out the window at my grandparent's house calling Chocolate Drop and wanting to give her a mint when we left.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! This last picture is one that I'm not too fond of...but Mom came to the house this past week and asked me if I knew what was beside the door. I had no idea what she was talking about, but when I took a peek, I just about had a heart attack...this huge writing spider. Spiders give me the heeby jeebies...however you spell that word :)

All of my boys are still snoring...so I better try and get a rest before they all wake up :) Have a great day!!