Another weekend flies by

This weekend it was nice not to have too much on the schedule. Just a soccer game for Ella on Saturday and time with our small group on Sunday. Somehow in the midst of "not a lot happening" the days flew by and Monday morning was greeting us again.

We tried to stay outside as much as we could on Friday and Saturday since it'll be turning cooler here this week. So Friday the kids and I planted our massive mums in the landscaping. Carter is so hilarious, he has to take out all the power tools and equipment to do his yard work. Given the go ahead, he loves to dig in the landscaping in search of 'da big worms'. So he and Ella made up a batch of lovely mud and then managed to find about 5 worms to inhabit the goop. Of course, I didn't have time to take pictures between digging the holes, planting the mums, and obsessively checking Christian's head for blood thirsty mosquitoes, I was a bit preoccupied.

Saturday came and went in a flash. It was one of those mornings filled with the aroma of Scott's Belgian waffles and sticky syrup everywhere. Unfortunately, we still can't get the kids to collectively sleep in. Carter did come in to bed to snuggle with me and that lasted longer than usual so in my book it was an 'almost sleep in'.

Sunday the kids had fun at church. Praise God! I think it was the first Sunday in a long time that I didn't a.) have a child in church with me b.) get called out because of Carter (causing a ruckus or wetting his pants) or c.) get paged because Christian was crying hysterically because he doesn't like the strangers in nursery. The message was great and the kids had fun in class. Carter has been learning a lot in his new class. He sings his songs for us at the dinner table. Last weekend he learned "building the temple" and sang it for-ever using his little fists to make hammers to the tune. Just precious. My parents stopped over to spend some time with the kids and during lunch Carter sang (for the first time all by himself) Jesus loves me--the whole thing! Pretty cute. In Ella's class they had a time for dancing and singing which is right up her alley. They made a bracelet and streamers for her dance. On the way home, we asked what she learned about and she replies so matter of factly, "well we made these stylish things to-day....to wear while we praise God!" Scott glances over at me in the seat next to him with this look of "oh my word, what are we in for??" It's so much fun with these kids. We gotta love em!

We are anxiously counting down the days until Grandpa and Grandma Moorlag arrive along with Uncle Mike, Aunt Sarah, and cousin Josie. It should be a fun filled whirl wind of a weekend. We always love to connect with family.