Catching Up

Patience is a virtue, Possess it if you can, Seldom found in woman, Never found in man.

 

So it's been a while since my last post....sorry, sorry, sorry.  I'm a busy lady what can I say?

 

I seriously feel like I am being pulled in so many directions all the time that I'm never quite sure what task to complete first.  Unfortunately my blog is usually one of the things that gets put to the back burner when other crap is keeping my plate full.

 

But I have a lot of catching up to do so I figured now would be a good time to fill you all in on my happenings as of late.

 

2 weekends ago I attended my annual state bowling tournaments in Milwaukee.  I didn't bowl worth a darn but I did have a nice time with my Mom and my friends and got to sleep in on Sunday morning.  Hurray!!!

 

My Mom was crowned a Grand Duchess for being 70 years old and bowling in the tournament (see her crown pin she is wearing?).  She also received a plaque for bowling in at least 25 state tournaments in her life.  We were bowing down to her all weekend because of her Duchess status.  Duchess Muriel.  She looks like a Duchess, heh?

 

 

 

 

In addition to being able to hang out with "The Duchess" all weekend we also had a lot of fun playing Sour Apples to Apples in our hotel room while consuming alcoholic beverages of our choice.  Some consumed more than others.  Not sure what is going on in some of these pics?

 

 

 

 

 

I was a good girl.  I wasn't tackling anybody or wrestling, just sitting back and taking it all in.  Our motto for the weekend ended up being the following...

 

"If nobody else claims it, it's yours!"  I know that doesn't mean much to you guys, but for all of us there, it's pretty darn funny.  I can't wait to see what our motto ends up being next year.  LOL!!!

 

 

 

 

 

So, then...last weekend Jeff decided to attend the men's state bowling tournaments, and I was left with the kids by myself most of the weekend.  No big deal there.  However, the kids love when Dad is gone for a bit because he isn't always the most adventurous with his food/restaurants so they couldn't wait to do lunch somewhere different with Mom.

 

We decided on Beanies.  Love that place!!!

 

 

 

 

Zach and Luke were in Heaven with their Strawberry Smoothies.

 

 

 

 

As was I with my Strawberry Daquiri.  Yummy!!!

 

 

 

 

And of course, our family tradition of sticking a french fry into the burger came into play when somebody wasn't paying attention.

 

 

 

 

And Luke even managed to behave for the most part.  He only beat his big brother up once...or twice while there.

 

 

 

 

This past week we also celebrated Samantha's 15th birthday with some ice cream cake and candles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sam was even nice to her brothers and after she blew the candles out initially, we relit them and let them blow them out the second time.

 

 

 

 

In-between the birthday celebration, bowling tournaments, working at the farm and everything else I managed to teach Zach's Sunday school class on Palm Sunday and later the boys were part of our Palm parade at church.

 

 

 

 

 

I also had flowers on the altar at church on Palm Sunday in memory of their brother, Adam, who passed away 6 years ago.

 

 

 

 

 And if you aren't tired yet (I am), we commenced Sam's birthday today by assembling the new futon she received as a birthday present. 

 

 

Her bed before.

 

 

 

 

 

And thanks to the large box it came in the boys have now decided to create a hideout/fort type thing on my living room floor.  Yippe, more crap to walk around and trip over.  You gotta love that!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

And so are the days of my life.  I require a lot of patience and a lot of energy.  Being a Mom is extremely trying and tiring and I hate to say it but Spring Break has been anything but a "break" for me.

 

I wish all of you a Happy Easter holiday.  I'll check in again next week.