Weekend Wrap Up

Friday night was another game for Miles. It was a beautiful night considering it's March. Every game you get that isn't freezing this time of year is a gift.

Unfortunately, we lost pretty big. We have a young team, so this season should be an adventure. They have plenty of talent, but it will still be interesting to see how it goes.

Happy to have this group together. A night spent with friends at the ballpark is a good one in my book. I looked forward all week to hanging out and watching baseball :)

Darrin had an early morning on Saturday cooking chicken for a baseball fundraiser. I went to Kroger and stocked up for the week and did tons of laundry. 

Miles hasn't been feeling great all week and started taking a turn Saturday, so we jumped in the car and went to convenient care. I usually wait and see, but with four baseball games this week, we had no time for that. After a shot and antibiotics, he's already feeling better today. Going early might be my new plan of attack since it definitely worked in this case.

Carson looked like a teenager going to church this morning. We left Miles in bed this morning since he ran a little fever yesterday. I figured he could use the rest and we could spare others his germs. Both boys got much, much needed haircuts yesterday.

Darrin and I both went to Carson's practice this afternoon since it was such a beautiful day. Now it's time to get some rest for the busy week ahead. If the weather cooperates, they have 6 games between the two of them. 

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Still in our gaming era. Carson's pick is always Catan. He's good at it and he knows he has a shot to win.

I bought Carson a new game for Valentine's Day. It's Yahtzee, but with letters. I was the only one that liked it. I can almost guarantee we will never play again.

I made this from 2 Martha White strawberry muffin mixes. It was so good especially while it was warm. 

I moved a lot growing up and went to 8 different schools in 3 states. I'll never get over the fact that these two became best friends in kindergarten.

I have thousands of pics of them playing baseball over the years. 

Carson has decided he wants to pick out his own clothes. One of his teachers told him he had on a good outfit recently and I think it inspired him to keep trying. 

More games and milkshakes.

My sister-in-law had to mail something back to me from my mom's house. Instead of just mailing that one thing, she included some Valentine's stuff for the boys. Aunt Jeree made their day.

I don't know what we are going to do when we don't get to do this.

Miles took advantage of the pretty weather to do some fishing. He caught 5 fish in February!

Weekend Wrap Up

Thursday we had a fun baseball game against several of our travel friends. The weather felt like a dream for February. Kimberly snagged Darrin's chairback when he stood up and never gave it back so we got to chat all night :)

Being a sophomore is already so much more fun than freshman year. Whew...glad to be here. 

Little brother had all week to do his homework but waited until the last night. It was not a fun ride home from the game helping him figure out the main idea of a 3rd grade ELA story.

We had nothing to do all weekend, so naturally we created something. We took the boys and one of Miles' friends to Top Golf. 

Carson was worried he wouldn't be able to do it, but he killed it. 

Darrin and Carson both had on Burlebo shirts. I tried to get Carson to change shirts so they wouldn't be so matchy. He was not having that. I think both of them wouldn't have it any other way. 

Today was church and then shopping. A pick up order from Sams, a Walmart delivery, and a quick Kroger run. We are stocked and ready for the busy weeks ahead. Precut fruits and veggies from Kroger are my new life hack. It's more expensive, but the timesaver is worth it to me right now. 

Baseball season and another trip are just around the corner. Bring it all on!

Weekend Wrap Up

Friday started with flowers at work for Valentine's Day. They were so pretty! From now on when someone is driving extremely cautiously in front of me I'm just going to assume that they have flowers seat belted in the back seat. Always a challenge to get home with them!

Carson had two make up basketball games on Friday night. They went 1-1.

Saturday morning started with some Valentine gifts for Darrin & the boys. 

One studies the new baseball cards and one eats the candy. 

This picture sums up how different they really are. They might have some similarities because they are being raised in the same house, but that's pretty much where it ends :) One is very much a gray on black, serious 95% of the time kind of guy, while the other is full color with a stuffed animal hanging around his neck and always looking for some fun. 

For the most part I have quit telling the boys when to do their laundry. They just do it when they decide they need to which means it's 2-3 loads at a time. It takes Carson forever to fold it all because he's still learning and he watches TV during the process. 

Apparently part of his process is throwing all the things that have to be hung up on his closet floor and then he hangs it all up at the end. Neither of the boys does laundry how I prefer but I really try hard to allow them to figure out some of their own processes and not force mine on them. I was not given this opportunity and it's just something I want to do differently. 

Darrin and I got pedicures on Valentine's Day. He hasn't had one since our honeymoon and let's just say it was time. 

We had a late (for us) dinner. Miles fixed the steaks completely by himself and Darrin fixed the potatoes. All I had to do was cut up some veggies to eat while they were fixing the meal. Raw veggies while they are hungry and waiting on dinner ensures they will eat them every time. Our favorite dip right now is ranch dressing with season salt sprinkled on top of it. I just put the ranch on the cutting board with the veggies and it's all gone in minutes.

Today was the last basketball game. Carson's team went up in the last minute after being down the whole game. It was such an exciting win. 

Darrin had a great time coaching basketball for his first time. He did a great job with them!

Carson has a friend over to spend the night since they are out of school tomorrow. Nachos on the counter was a big hit. 

Today is my mom's birthday. It has been the saddest day for me since she died. We had a cake in her honor which I told the boys we would always do. As I sang in church this morning I remembered that she is spending her birthday singing in heaven. No better way to spend your birthday.

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