Friday...

Friday again.

This week has been

s.l.o.w.

Probably because we have been on the

count down for Friday

so Daddy will be home

after being gone for 2 weeks!

{He surprised us though and showed up

thursday night!}

~

1. James...playing hide and seek.

We looked for hours

before finding him

in the middle of the living room with

his back exposed!

 2.One of the perks of having a teenage sister

who works at the grocery store,

is being able to text her a pix from the sale ad to

find out if the little local store has what I want!

{They didn't have the pretzels and I wasn't

desperate enough to drive to the

next big town and get them!}

 3. The older kids were pretending the

bathtub was a pool...

so I surprised them and

put Angelina in her little suit

so she could go swimming too!

 4. The kids were thrilled the

baby got to take a

swim too...

and she didn't even have to sit in her

little bath chair!

 5. This week we have had

lots of

Happy Mail in our mailbox!

One day we opened some

ASL flashcards for the kids

and a new wide angle lens for me...

happy, happy!

 6. Our washer is still broken.

usually it's Jon's thing to go the

laundromat...

but, since he was gone for 2 weeks

I had to do it.

So, I cheated and simply dropped it off with the

laundry lady,

and picked up clean, dried and folded clothes

a few hours later.

$35...done for the week

and I didn't even have to lift a finger.

I told Jon I'm in no rush to get a

new washer!

 7. We got a new

phone book in the mail...

so Elsie decided to read it.

She read random numbers out loud until

my head was spinning.

She is funny!

 8. We made Strawberry smoothies

for a snack.

We served them in fancy

china tea cups.

So yummy!

 9. James noticed the new package

of TP sitting in the bathroom.

He took it upon himself

to put it all away...

Love it.

 10. James was helping out

after lunch

by wiping down the counters with a sponge.

Never mind that he was kneeling

in all the food!

 11. I've been having some not-so-fun

back pain lately...

So sometimes I've got

to get creative in keeping little fingers

busy so I can ice my back.

One day I gave them

water and q-tips and had them clean

gunk out of window

ledges.

Kept them busy for a long time!

 12. One night James slept with

his Dirt Bike book.

Wonder what he was dreaming about?

 13. We went to visit my

Grandma yesterday.

She lives just down the road, yet

we hardly ever make it there!

I need to make it a priority.

James loves going to visit there...

it may have something to do with the big box of toys!

 14. Happy little

Angelina smiles...

 15. We were taking

happy pictures to send to Daddy!

And that is the end of our week.

We are hoping for fun

family filled weekend!