Weekend Wrap Up

We've been making milkshakes and adding some protein for Miles, so Marmee gifted us some of her fun glasses. 

Carson is a big fan. He picked the biggest glass for himself.

Friday was a snow day for the boys. In all, we probably got 5-6" at least. Marmee came to our house so she would be snowed in with us for a couple nights. Carson was ready to go outside bright and early. 

He played outside by himself for a hour and then came in for hot chocolate, which is very much a tradition. Mom fail, I forgot to buy hot chocolate. Thankfully we had some chocolate milk, so we heated it up and improvised with what he had. He liked it just fine. I actually think it was better than regular hot chocolate. 

After a little break for Carson and a half day of work for Darrin and me, the four of us went out to play. 

I always love to see our backyard covered in snow.

We built an igloo. Everyone was onboard building for longer than I would have imagined :)

Darrin and I went riding on some trails. 

It was fun, but the snow was pelting out face which took away from some of the pretty views since I had my hands covering my face with just a little opening to peek out.

Sledding and tubing is all fun and games until you have to walk back up the hill.

After tons of fun outside, we relaxed inside and all did our own thing. When we all chill in our own spaces, Carson is always in the sunroom. He loved having Marmee hanging out with him. 

Saturday morning started off chill. We worked a custom puzzle that Miles got for Christmas. 

These custom puzzles the boys got for Christmas were so fun to put together. 

The morning was chill until I got the idea to paint Miles' room. It's been on my to do list for a while. He's been patiently waiting. I told him the only way I would do it is it he would help me because I didn't want to force my crazy idea on Darrin and ruin his snow weekend. Miles said he was help, so off to Lowes we went to pick a color. 

Carson learned a few new things. He was VERY excited and energetic about the project. He was talking nonstop and very keyed up. I finally told him he couldn't talk for two minutes. After around two minutes he said "Love you mom. It's been two minutes. I counted in my head." 

He was also very concerned about how we were going to move Miles' bed because it's a king sized bed and we were moving it to a different wall. He said, "Will you guys move it and I will spectate to make sure the legs don't move on the bottom?"

Miles and I worked Saturday and Sunday. We had to involve Darrin on Sunday to his dismay. Everything is put back together and I am exhausted. 

Before and afters to come soon. We got everything put back together in the rest of the house too, plus got everything in order for school and work tomorrow. Now it's time to rest for the few minutes I have left of the weekend. It was a hard weekend working, but Miles is so happy and I'm glad to have that project marked off the list.

2nd Grade Hornets Football

It's 10:30pm and I'm still in my work clothes, so this will be short and sweet. To say life has been busy lately would be a major understatement. I didn't have much lately to blog about so I thought I'd go back and catch up on one of the topics from during my blogging absence.

Carson played flag football for the first time! It took a little convincing because he kept saying it looked hard. I knew it was just a fear of the unknown. I had a gut feeling that he would really like it so I talked him into it.

This was his little team. All but one are from his school and they are all second graders. 

It took him a couple games, but he figured it out and was able to make some plays and score some touchdowns.

He even had a couple interceptions which were really exciting.

Both my boys are blessed with such great friends. Carson loves doing anything with these boys.

His coaches, Coach Adam & Coach Corey, did a great job with the boys. They put in so much time with practice and drawing up plays. I love when youth sports coaches love them and are kind to them, but also take the game seriously. That's what these coaches did. His first year of football was a great experience. When I asked him if he liked it, he said, "football might be my favorite". 

Weekend Wrap Up

Walking into his first ever basketball game. He was super excited. On the drive, he said he was nervous because he didn't know all the rules. I reassured him that he just needed to do his best and learned whatever his coach taught him. 

Several kids were sick, so these five had to play the entire two games. 

He already knew these two friends. 

It was a lot of running for 7 & 8 year olds, but they did a great job and walked away with two close wins. 

Carson actually made a lay up to send the first game into overtime and his friend, Chandler hit the game winning shot. 

We didn't have a lot of expectations after one practice :) but they got better as the day went on. It was fun to watch them have fun. 

Darrin struggles to just be a spectator, so he recruited Miles and they worked the scoreboard and clock.

Granny & Pa were able to come watch.

He does a great job coaching the boys. We learned a lot going through sports the first time when Miles was young. Sometimes Miles comments on how we used to be with him. I remind him of one of my favorite quotes..."when you know better you do better". 

Miles went to a birthday party at Top Golf. Great group of boys right here. They had a really good time. 

My friends and I had a little girls night out. We used to spend every weekend watching travel baseball together, but now the boys are divided between football, basketball, and baseball. It was a fun night to catch up. I'm so happy that we've stayed close and our boys have too.

Carson looked so grown at church this morning.

I did a little meal prep today and got everything ready for the boys to go back to school tomorrow. I didn't have a plan for these veggies, so I roasted them all before they went bad. 

I can't remember if I've mentioned this on here yet or not, but I made a little desk area next to the chair where I chill when we are all home and go to our own spaces. I moved my computer back there to make it more convenient (and comfortable) to blog. I love to read my Bible, Kindle, and blog there. Darrin also hooked me up with a new way to upload pics to the blog and it is by far the most efficient way to do it. I may just have a plan that sticks!

Back to reality tomorrow for everyone. The boys start school and Darrin and I will work five straight days. It's been several weeks since we did that! Ready or not, here we go.