Catching Up Tuesday through Friday

I haven't blogged since Tuesday and some of you have wondered why I haven't. I guess when some of you are use to new blogs everyday it seems weird to come here three days in a row to no new updates. I have been so busy this week having my family in town that I haven't had much time to blog. I will try to catch you all up tonight.

Tuesday morning Carlos flew out to Pensacola to attend a conference. Michelle, her kids and mom and dad left that day.

Wednesday my sister Steph and my nephews headed over to see my sister's inlaws. I took this day to get things caught up in my house. It's funny how you seem to forget about your routines when you have family in town. Also, Taylor and Landon had their yearly checkups at the pediatrician. They both got good reports but Landon had to get three shots and Taylor too. They both weren't thrilled about that. That night Taylor had Volleyball practice and then we called it a night.

Thursday after I got the kids to school I headed to the gym. AFter the gym I went to Sierra's classroom to volunteer for half a day then headed home to meet my sister and nephews who were coming back to my house to stay through Friday. That evening I was suppose to drive Landon and Sierra to a church youth retreat that was about 1 1/2 hours away but Landon came home from school not feeling well so I ended up finding a ride for Sierra with some other kids from church. My sister and I drove her to the meeting spot and then sent her off with the group. Steph and I then took advantage of a little alone time and headed off to do some shopping. We went to a new Ross, Marshalls and Home Goods that just opened up and then drove to the Factory Outlets to hit the Pfaltzgraaf Outlet. We had a nice time just hanging out. We then headed home and called it a night.

Friday I let Landon and Taylor stay home from school because we were going to leave to head down to my grandmother's and my parents house until Saturday. On the way there we dropped off Landon at the youth retreat. He was feeling much better. My mom rode with me and my sister Steph, her boys and Taylor went on ahead.

We got to the camp around 5:00pm. We ended up following Ken and Lisa . . they were dropping off Kaitlyn too.

Mom and Ava!The kids can't go in the lake while they are here because the water is so warm there are ameba's and they are deadly!The Chapel We found Landon's cabin and got him all situated.
We then went to find Sierra. We found her in the girls cabin.Kaitlyn arrived to find her bed ready and waiting for her!
Sierra was so happy to see Kaitlyn!

Here are all the girls!
I know they are going to have a great time. I pickup them early Saturday evening. Mom and I then left the camp to head to where my grandmother and my brother and his wife and kids live. Steph and the boys were already there and decided to hit the mall until we got to town. Mom and I got there and then met them at the shopping center. We had about an hour before we had to meet my dad, brother, my sister in law and their girls for dinner.

Around 7:30 we met up with the gang for dinner. Here we are with Dad and Mom.

My brother Andrew and my sister in law Heidi. By the way, my brother is a senior pastor of a 1200 member church in Florida.Michelle . . .Steph and I missed you. We wish you and the kids could of stayed a few more days! Me and my baby brother!Steph and I were so excited to see the girls.Aunt Emmy with Emily GraceAunt Emmy with Ansley FaithThe boys love their Uncle Andrew. They were so excited to be able to hangout with him.After dinner Steph and all the boys headed to mom and dads to spend the night. I went to my Mema's house. She was so excited that I was coming in for the night. It's hard for me to get away with all the kids activities so this was a special treat. I brought my computer so she could see the pictures that we took in Italy and also so she could see the video of Jordan singing and playing his new song. We had a great time talking and catching up. I put the camera on self time and snapped a few pictures.These are painting she had done of my mom, my aunt and my uncle when they were all teenagers many years ago. She has them hanging over her sofa. My mom is in the yellow dress.

Well, that about catches you up on everything. Tomorrow we are going to all hangout and then I go back to the camp to pickup the kids. Until tomorrow.