The kids at Family Night

Saturday I got Sam and Emma out of the bathtub and I first got Emma dressed and then I was ready to get Sam dressed but I could not find him. I called for him but he would not answer. I was walking all over the house and I could not find him. I actually walked right past him while he was hiding between the refrigerator and the counter. His black hair blended in with the fridge. 

We had a good weekend. My friend Jennifer and I and three girls from the youth group went to eat and shop Friday night at Opry Mills. We had a great time. It felt weird not having my kids with me. Th Children's Place was having this great sale on their clothes. I bought several things for Sam and bought a few more things for Emma and Chloe for next Spring and Summer. I tried to refrain myself, but I did buy them a couple of matching outfits. It was fun to shop for my kids. I have been so blessed to have so many people buy clothes for my kids and so I do not shop much for them. I got about 20 items for $30! The kids were staying the night at some friend's house and Jeremy was camping so I took the opportunity to clean my house Friday night. I know this might sound crazy, but I actually like to clean. There is just something about my house being clean that puts me in a good mood. I then planned on getting a goods night sleep since I had the house to myself, but Maggie decided she was going to keep me awake. She kept wining for a drink and then she had to go out and then it was something else. Oh well, I guess I will sleep later, like when my kids are grown. Saturday I worked for a few hours and then I picked the kids up. We went home and Emma napped and Sam played on his tractor. Sunday we went to church and then ate lunch and napped again. Last night we had Family Night at church. There were several inflatables and Sam and Emma had a blast. I will post pictures later tonight. Emma was fearless. She got in the bouncy inflatable and just jumped and jumped. There was also this one that was an obstacle course. Sam wanted to do it but he got to the middle and then wanted out. Later that night he finally did it. Well, Emma saw him and then she wanted to do it. Now this inflatable is not necessarily for little kids, but her Uncle Jacob took her through the obstacle course. At the end of it you climb up this steep set of stairs and then slide down. She came up over the side grinning from ear to ear. Of course she wanted to do it again. They had a fun night. We got home and I gave them a bath and they both slept great last night. Well I have to go to work but just wanted to update you on the weekend.

Sam and his tractor

           My beautiful kids

Emma and her blankie

We are having a pretty good day. We all slept until 7:45 (even though Emma was in our bed) and then we got ready and went to the store. We had to go to Sam's Club to get some food for the church's Family Night this Sunday and Jeremy and some of the teen guys are going on a camping trip this weekend that he needed to get food for. The girls are going to Opry Mills tomorrow night for some girl time. We got some lunch at Sam's and then came home to try to get the kids down for a nap. Well Samuel was too excited because we finally got a charger for his tractor. Some friends bought him this tractor for his first Christmas but he was scared to ride it. He rode it a little bit when we moved into the rental house but when we moved into this house we lost the battery charger. So, we finally ordered a new one and it came in the mail this morning. And Emma, well she is another story when it comes to taking a nap. She refuses to sleep in her bed. We put her in there today and let her cry and cry and cry. We finally got her out of bed and she went right to sleep on the couch. Have I mentioned that she is a mess? She is now doing this thing that if she wants something she will stomp her foot while she is pointing and crying for what she wants. Well they both slept for a little bit and we let Sam ride his tractor but the battery was not fully charged so he only could ride it for a few minutes. Emma got a ride in the back of the wagon on the tractor. I then gave Maggie a much needed bath and now I have to listen to Sam asking, "Is my tractor ready?" every 30 seconds. Oh, I forgot to mention that it was 1 year ago today that we got Emma's referral. It seems like a life time ago but then it also just feels like yesterday that we were first introduced to our little girl. 

Well I am going to try to get my house cleaned...AGAIN. I guess the kids and I will hang around here tonight. I have to work tomorrow. Yesterday was kinda a weird day at work. The family I work for had to put their dog (that they have had for 14 years) to sleep. He had bone cancer. So tomorrow I have to run a bunch of errands getting rid of the things that belonged to Jake (the dog). It was pretty sad. He was a really sweet dog. 

Well I also wanted to report that I have stayed within my calorie range the past two days. I hope you do not mind but I am going to use this to report how I am doing. Maybe I stick with it if I am letting people now my progress.