Two weeks ago was such a busy week. Steve's grandma's funeral and burial were on Saturday and Steve invited a cousin of his to stay at our house with his family.
His cousin has 6 kids.
Our house is only 1750 square feet. Which is not big enough to fit an extra bed, let alone eight extra beds. Thankfully, they only brought four of their kids with them and they were all willing to sleep on air mattresses and couches.
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| extra cousins |
I wanted to have them all be able to fit downstairs so we didn't have to have air mattresses filling up our living room for 3 days. So to make that happen, I decluttered and organized and cleaned our entire basement. The girls helped me clean the play room, which we'd already decluttered a few weeks ago. Then the family/TV room, I folded up our treadmill which we never use, moved a table behind the couch, moved all our weights, moved our couch, and cleaned everything. Then I moved to the garage because the cleaning of the family room made for a bunch of extra stuff that had no home. So I cleaned out all of my crafting supplies, sewing supplies, home decorating extras (including the huge number of things I've collected for the Childresses) and party supplies. I got rid of some stuff, rearranged a bunch of stuff and put it all back. And it fit! I was excited about that.
I did all that within the space of two days. I was exhausted.
I also worked more on my quilt that week, worked on family history, attended family gatherings, had a pregnancy check-up (everything's going great), helped Julia, got my haircut,
held a birthday party for Emilia,
took the girls to gymnastics, attended a funeral, painted the eyes on our My Little Pony custom ponies,
and found some more stuff for the Childresses.
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| All the great-grandchildren practicing a musical number for the funeral |
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| There were a few people at the Watts house as evidenced by the sheer number of shoes removed at the front door. |
And this week has been almost as busy. This summer has been so crazy busy that I'm reeling from realizing that school starts a week from Tuesday. The term "lazy summer days" definitely does not apply to my family.
I had nothing planned this last Monday, so of course I had to fill it up with something. *eye roll* (sometimes I wonder about my sanity) I grabbed my dad Monday afternoon and had my mom watch my kids while we drove to Salt Lake to pick up a bed, a mirror, and some free lumber for the Childresses. It took us about four hours and we didn't get home until almost 7pm.
On Tuesday, the Nelson cousins were in town, so we went school shopping together and let the kids play at the mall play area after. I had my writing critique group in the afternoon and that night, Steve and I went on a double date with some friends to Good Moves--that restaurant that also has games for you to play. We tried two games we'd never played before--Pandemic and Imhotep. Both were fun. I'd play them again.
I helped Julia on Wednesday since I'd been occupied on our usual Tuesday morning slot, then went to Costco for an easy lunch with the girls and some much-needed grocery shopping. At 4pm, we had a play date at the park with some people in our neighborhood and immediately after, drove up to Pleasant Grove so my kids could play with the youngest Childress at the bounce house place up there. They were up late and exhausted after such a long day.
Thursday, I finally finished the top to my quilt and then we went to dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's since cousins would be there again to play.
Friday, I had two other activity days girls over for an activity that involved cooking our own soft pretzels and learning that they were originally made as a treat to remind children to say their prayers (they're shaped like praying arms). Then we sat in rush-hour traffic for three hours to go to a wedding reception for a good family friend. Steve and I have known her since she was Emilia's age and she's living in Provo now and comes over to play games regularly. It was a LOOOONG drive and none of us got dinner until after the reception at 9pm because we didn't make it to North Ogden until after the reception had started. Plus, it had been a high of almost 100 degrees that day and it was so HOT there. Another late, exhausting day.
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| My kids loved dancing--with or without Daddy--at the reception. |
I did get to read a book on our drive there and back and couldn't stop myself from finishing it once we got home. So I stayed up later than I should have and then got up early to go rummage-saling with my mom Saturday morning. I found a ton of great deals, though. It was so fun. A really nice set of matching silverware to replace our mismatched stuff. 15 full sets of antique silverware for $5. I also found storage bins, a toothless stuffie for Ces, a new pokemon for Mira, a set of headphones for Emilia, a cassette-tape player so I can play the Wonder Woman tape I found to go with the book I've had since I was a kid, a rolling suitcase, a chair mat, some 100% cotton batting, and a few small items for the Childresses. All that for $20. I really love rummage saling/thrift store shopping.
Then I got our oil changed, went to Home Depot and IFA for yard stuff we needed, went to the grocery store and the library. Then I got a dinner ready for my friend Anessa who just had a baby this week and drove up to the Childresses and helped paint Chandee's bedroom so we can start her makeover. Then over to the Watts' for a late steak dinner and a game before bringing the girls home and putting them to bed. After they were in bed, I clear-coated our MLP customs and painted the bookshelf I found for Chandee. I slept well last night. Phew!
Tonight, we're having my parents over for dinner. Which I need to go get started. I hope you've had much more relaxing summers. Though don't get me wrong. I enjoy always having something to do. It's just usually better when I get to rest in-between spurts. :)
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