weekend recap...

well, this weekend - i got 3 hours sleep thursday night, 3 ½ hours friday night & 2 hours saturday night....then i CRASHED sunday night! ~lol~ i still managed to get in a fair amount of play time with the kids, attend my niece's birthday party, & i didn’t feel rushed to meet deadlines....and yet again, my hubby saved the day, er weekend, by taking care of meals, entertainment, baths, etc....BIG UP'S TO U AGAIN BABE! i ♥ you!!!

amazingly enough, it all worked out really well....mama was just tired! ;0)

saturday, we were stuck in the house for the first part of the day - our area felt the effects of Hanna (good bit of rain & lots of wind)

but later, we were able to hit the school playground - the sky looked as tho it might open up and pour on us at any given time - but thankfully, it held off

daddy was attempting to teach gabby how to dribble a basketball....he's so excited about the future super athletes we have in our house....all 3 beg him to "work-out" on his total gym with them - it's actually a good machine for them to use - u're just lifting ur own body weight, so they're not straining or anything....and gabby LOVES to run! she watched some track & field events during the olympics & was simply mesmerized ~teehee~

ok, time to rest

corinn's turn

curtis & i ended up playing a little one on one - i blamed my loss on my sleep deprivation ;0)
then it was time to head home

both men were hot & sweaty, so took their shirts off - or maybe they just wanted to show off ;0)
then, some sparring started.....jaden is constantly trying to ruffle curt's feathers & get a boxing match going - i love all that male bonding - and all the shirtless men! ;0)

and u see that raggedy mini-van in the background? the one that's missing 2 hubcaps - both on the same side?! guess what she did over the weekend?
yep - she rolled over 200,000 miles!
it's really time that we start looking into a new ride.....this van has done really well for us tho! it's a 2002, that we bought when i was pregnant with corinn & we knew we'd need more room....it only had 34,000 miles on it when we bought it!

all the miles added up during our commuting days - when we lived in maryland (outside DC) and sat in traffic for hours each day, going to work in northern VA....then when we moved to front royal & drove 2+ hours each way to go to work in northern VA still.....we've had to replace the power window motor and the transmission, and of course minor repairs & service throughout the years....but she's done me good!

after the playground trip, we headed to deandra's birthday party.....she'd been asking for a Nintendo DS for a while & her mom (my sis) had her convinced that she wasn't getting one

PSYCH! ;0)

sunday, i delivered my dino cake to garrett's party at the town park....curtis & the kids went along to play
gabby, the jump rope/monkey bar queen

garrett's mom sent him over with 3 favor boxes for the kids - soooo sweet! thx tammy!

of course, jaden was thrilled with the dinosaur theme box of goodies!

gabby trying out the glider that was in her favor box

after children's choir practice sunday eve, we headed over to Nana & Grandpa's to say
HAPPY GRANDPARENTS DAY!

and to ride grandpa's 4-wheeler ;0)

matthew & jaden will just rest here with the g-parents

i hope you had a great weekend too! :0)