Day off and date with my little man!

I ended up getting the day off. Very grateful for that since I put in 6 hrs of overtime on Monday. I am unable to take William to school much because of work, so when I get a chance to try to get a day off, I always prefer Tuesdays or Thursdays so I can take him to school. It just so happened Ross and I both had off today, which was great! We took William to school, then headed to the gym for a great workout, then after we took William out for lunch. The kids have chore charts and when they do something extra that was not asked of them and not one of their chores, they get to pick from a stick, and it has a special treat on it, William got a date with mom! Dad tagged along for today's date. William at first said it no, but then changed his mind! Days off sure go by quickly!

was not ok, but then agreed to it.

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Today was quite a busy day. Ross and I both worked, and I ended up staying at work till 9pm, and then got called back in at midnight for another case and didn't get home til 3 am. So, I did not get a picture taken today. Enjoy a day off!~

Sunday Fun day!

Since I started this new Mon-Fri job, I have come to realize that weekends go by really fast! Monday morning always seems to come way to quickly, and I look back and wonder what I did all weekend. During the week, I make a mental list of all the things I should get done this coming weekend, then by Sunday night, I realize I didn't get much done I had hoped to! Oh well. I did manage to FINALLY get my Christmas decorations down. My goal was do get it done last weekend, but there was no way that was going to happen. However, I did slowly get the tree decorations off. I asked Ross to take the tree outside....this is what I got.

Yup, that is our lit Christmas tree outside on our back porch! Maybe I should of clarified better when I said to take it outside! William helped me tonight take down the nativity set and get it all put away! Kept him quite busy for about 30 min! I need more pieces so it takes him longer!

As the weekend comes to close and another work week starts, I remind my self to embrace each day and enjoy my family! “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” – Matthew 6:33

Basketball and Birthday Party!

We started our day with Charlie's first basketball game at the YMCA! He has been looking forward to this day for sooo long! He did really well. Make a few baskets, and a couple steals! He was pretty worn out when he got home. I guess he didn't realize how much running went along with playing basketball!

Since Charlie's birthday is pretty close to Christmas and weekends get busy, we decided to wait till after the Holidays to have his friend birthday party! Today was the day! He has had a countdown to this day since his birthday! We had 12 7-8 year old boys, plus William at our house for 3 hrs. Conversations with boys are much different than with girls as is play time! Charlie wanted to be able to go sledding with his friends so decided to have a Sledding theme party! Thank goodness Ross was home to help with these energetic boys!

A little close up of the cake. I was told about this baker in Menomonie from my neighbor Heather. She makes amazing cakes. The sledders are made out of cookies! The detail is just amazing!~

Another busy day!

Isn't that true for all days nowadays? That is how I am starting to feel at least! Today was extremely busy at work and I ended up staying late AGAIN! Crazy huh! Ross got home earlier than planned which is always a nice surprise and beat me home, which never really happens! So tonight we celebrated our Anniversary, well kind of! I picked up some wine and we watched a movie! Exciting right! In our house, neither one of us agree on the same wine, he likes reds I like sweet whites, so we always end up having to open two bottles. Don't worry, there is no wasted wine in this house;)

10 Years!

Can't believe it myself! Today is Ross and I's 10 year Anniversary! It is amazing how much God has blessed us in the last 10 years. So how did we celebrate you might wonder? Well we both worked long days. I was on call(I know dumb right) and ended up staying until 7 and got called back in at 1am! Because of the snow storms around the upper Midwest, Ross's flights were delayed and he landed about an hour later than scheduled, then he got home and blew snow! Grace had basketball practice today also, but since Ross and I were both working our wonderful babysitter took her! Don't know what we would do without her!

Snow Day!

School was called off for a wind chill of -40. What do you do after a long day of being stuck in the house? Chase each other of course. This is a daily occurrence in our house. For some reason William is always the one chasing Charlie. The kids did go over to the neighbors for a long time today which gave Ross time to himself to...........I'll get back to you on that:)