Cancelled, Changed, and Rearranged

This last week was so strange.  I had a million plans, 90% of which got cancelled, changed, or rearranged. I was supposed to have a photo shoot with a local photography group Wednesday night that got changed to next week because of weather. I had a girl contact me Friday to do a quick last-minute photo shoot--that day--and then she totally stood me up for after I had rearranged my schedule to fit her in. I was supposed to go get some compost Saturday, but then it was raining, but then it stopped and we were going to get it anyway and then the people we were getting it from changed their plans and now we're getting it this Saturday. I was going to move some sprinklers in the bed I want to use for a garden Monday night, which then changed to Friday night because Ben was going to help (and bring his family for a visit) but Lincoln was sick Monday. But then my Wednesday night plans changed, so they came then.  It only took us about an hour and 15 minutes to move the sprinklers.  It was awesome! Thanks, Ben!

My meeting Tuesday night didn't change.  Saturday, we FINALLY painted our bedroom (since we weren't getting dirt).  Though the baseboards aren't back up yet and all the rest of the trim still desperately needs a coat of paint.

Friday I looked at the budget and noticed there was less than a week left in the month and we still had money in our restaurant budget, our babysitting budget, and our family fun budget.  So we had a FUN night! We went out for dinner at Cubby's, then went to Nickel City.  Emilia was unsure it would be fun, but she's asked every day since then if we can go back.  We had 900 tickets by the end of the night.  Not because we're cool or anything--although we did win 110/200 and 70/100 tickets playing Deal or No Deal--but because we stayed long enough to be one of the few people with small children there and all the college kids didn't want the prizes.  We probably got 300-400 tickets from other people being generous.  It was fun, because we could actually let the girls pick out pretty good prizes and they were super excited.

Thursday and today the girls got to play with their cousins Jane, Meg, and Kate who are now living in Utah again.  It's a joyous reunion for all of them.

That's about it for the week.  Here are some more pics for you of my adorable children.
This girl cracks me up. She makes this face with a sucking-in-air shriek when she's excited. Ain't nobody gonna misinterpret that. :)

She is just so adorable! And nearly always this happy. Easy to love, this one.

This one's pretty darn cute, too. When she's happy anyway. So, 40% of the time?

This is how Cecily often insists on drinking her bottle.

These girls love their daddy.  He's a good jungle gym, too.

Lilacs are my favorite flower.  Yea for spring!