AWOL

Alright been gone again. Sorry `bout that. Life has been so busy.

SO here's the run-down for the past few days:

Friday night we started the twins b-day party. The sleepover went great. The kids had a great time - no fights, no wet beds, no sleepwalking. Whew!!!! All of these were concerns I had with 5 boys together for 2 days. One parent on their way out the door told me their kid walked in his sleep and one of the boys had to pull DH aside to tell him that he sometimes wet the bed, this was right at bedtime. ::rolleyes:: But all is well. LOL

The tradition at our house is that for each persons b-day they get to pick a restaurant to eat at. We got hit with a double whammy this time. I figured Austen would pick McD's or something since that's where he always wants to go. Nope, not this time....he wanted Longhorn for steak and Nathen wanted Lottawatta!!!!! So Saturday we went to Lottawatta and Sunday we went to Longhorn.

$$$$$CHA-CHING$$$$$

Let's see....Sunday of course was church. Nick got to go on a float trip with some people from church Sunday afternoon to Monday. He had a great time flirting with the chick in his canoe. She was being a DIVA with a huge tiara. But he had a good time. He came home Monday night exhausted and a little sun burned.

Mom wanted the twins to spend the night with her Sunday night so Monday I had the day totally to myself. That was awesome. I got to sleep in till like 9:30. I went to Hobby Lobby looking for stuff to make a victorian-era hat and of course some scrapping stuff. Then I went to Archiver's and got some things to make a tag book for my mom and the grandma of Baby Gracie. It's a really cute kit from Daisy D's (I think) with real soft colors and patterns. I plan on using black and white pics for it. I have one more but I'm not sure who gets it: Me, the new mommy, or her sister. Maybe I'll just have to make 2 more. Hhmmmm.

I got to enjoy some alone pool time too. Amazing to not be splashed the entire time I'm in the pool - a rare thing indeed. Monday night was spent making homemade ice cream. It has been a tradition in my family forever to eat it on July 4th, but I didn't feel like making it on the 4th so I made it early and froze it. It was YUMMY!!!!

Tuesday was spent at the church. We had a really nice day. I got to enjoy it for once. I played some spades and Mike ran the washer game. Didn't see any fireworks though. It was raining and Mike didn't want to go out in the rain, so we stayed home. Ended up with about 30 people at our house for an impromptu party though. They were all going to follow us to the fireworks so we could sit together and since we weren't going, apparently neither was anyone else. It was fun though except for the fact that I had to work the next day. It was so hard getting out of bed.

So that brings ya up to date - I worked yesterday and then there's today. TaDa!!!!

Work again.

Well, that's all for today gang. I'll be off work next week so the boss and I have been slaving to get all next weeks files through both of our desks before tomorrow. He's off 3 days the following week so when I get back it will be crazy Monday and Tuesday again.

Check with ya later.

Oh, and Denise I posted what was the only interesting thing from my missed days here at the `ol blog on SJ. Sorry so boring - LOL.