weekend recap...

Saturday morning, we got up & got moving so we could catch Deandra's (my niece) 2nd basketball game of the season...Dee is the same age as Jaden (9), but her game was at the local middle school...which is actually my old high school...which was pretty darn trippy! i seriously felt like i should have rocked my cheer leading uniform for the event! ~lol~

it was fun getting 2 see Dee play...she's really good & learning the game fast!

while she played, the girls & my nephew, Bryan, kept themselves entertained...wait a sec, i don't know those kiddos!

really...whose punks r those?

seriously, i swear i've never seen those children in my life!

i will claim this well behaved boy tho! ;0)

the game was short & sweet...& Dee's team won by 2 points!!!

an after the game, 1st cuz shot

the rest of our weekend was spent hanging out & trying 2 do some more organizing around the house...for real, will we ever b completely settled in?!

the kiddos went missing 4 a few minutes & i discovered them under their fav tree on the far side of our yard...turns out, they had set up camp out that way & were busy building a camp fire ;0)

even when they weren't playing 2gether, they were playing 2gether...

while the girls loaded their Barbie ATM with coins, Jaden rode circles round em...this entertained me 4 quite some time ~lol~

on Sunday, we had a pretty cool parade come thru our small neck of the woods...Curtis had just left 2 run out 2 the store, & he called 2 tell me & the kiddos 2 go outside...

the VMI cadets do this every year...i'm pretty sure they march all the way from Harrisonburg to New Market...it's a part of their training

it sure is a sight 2 see...i bet there were 500 cadets out there that day! they were friendly too - they'd smile & wave back 2 us

the kiddos & i watched all the way 2 the end...then the girls ran out 2 make sure they told every last soldier goodbye

later that night, we had more visitors! 2 strays that frequent our house often...

they rarely get close enough to let us pet them...but the kiddos talked me into bringing out some tuna last night so they could make friends...they didn't have collars on, but weren't too terribly skinny either...my mom says the old lady that lives next door feeds all the strays, so they probably just came by our house for some dessert ;0)

& that was it! pretty boring, huh?

that's ok...we needed another relaxing weekend 2 prepare us for what's about to happen...the chaos of Thanksgiving & Gabrielle's birthday!

we'll be driving up to Northern VA to visit Curt's parents (hi Pops!)...back to West Virginia to spend some time with some of my family...we'll have everyone over for cake & ice cream to celebrate Gabby turning 7 (seriously, how did that happen?!)...Gabby's having a sleepover & we hope to take her & her friend skating on Sunday...this week is a short week for school & work, but tons of activities are jam-packed into those short 3 days...i'm already ready for the holiday to be over!

& the thing is, i don't want to feel that way...i want to take time to enjoy Thanksgiving with my family...to slow down & really concentrate on everything we have to be thankful for!

things have been really tough lately - financially anyway...Curt's not getting the hours he used to/needs to, & his boss is having a hard time getting paid for jobs they do - so that means we don't always get a paycheck on time...it's so frustrating! but we try to remember that we're both lucky to have jobs right now....we have sooooo much to be thankful for! we're all as healthy as can be...we have a loving family that gets to be together over the holidays...we have a warm bed to snuggle into each night & food to put on the table each day...we have each other!

& that's all that matters, right?!
;0)



And God is able to make all grace abound to you,
so that in all things at all times, having all that you need,
you will abound in every good work.
2 Corinthians 9:8
(New International Version)