Well, another week comes to a close. Well, actually another week has just started. I guess it is Monday. I have been having a hard time getting that all day. Someone is going to have to remind me that I don't have to take Emma to school tomorrow or I will be sitting in front of the preschool wondering if they are going to open the doors. It was a relatively quiet week. Either that or I am more organized than I thought.
Jordan is excited that the inhaler that he was given in working. He isn't having the issues that he had been. He is having to concentrate on his breathing when he trains hard to keep from hyperventilating but otherwise he is happy to be back training at full speed. He spent his weekend working and hanging out with his friends. We didn't see much of him. You won't see any of him in the montage. He is looking forward to the first XC meet of the season this week which is at home. Will have lots of pictures of that next week.
Abbey "hibernated" according to Carson. ("I learned that word on Curious George", he told me.) She relaxed and watched TV, caught up on her Wii skills, cleaned her room, watched the little 2 so we could go out on Saturday night, and attended the home football game Friday night. She helped with the Character Counts celebration they had in coordination with the game and kept me posted with score updates.
Carson is loving school. He tells me so much of what he does during the day. He is pretty darn exhausted each night. One night during supper he laid his head down on the table and said, "I'm just going to take a little rest for a second." He is definitely ready for bed at 8:00. I even had to wake him a few mornings which is a little different. He spent the weekend playing with friends and having fun at Cole's birthday party. He and Emma both went and Cole had the same amazing balloon artist that Emma did for her party. He made Emma another crown and Carson a Goofy hat. Carson loved the Silly String fight they had at the end.
Emma spent much of her weekend doing stuff with Carson and the neighborhood kids. She is having a great time in preschool and has adjusted well to 3 days a week. She has been napping a bit more than she did this summer and I have been having to wake her up each morning. She doesn't bounce out of bed like my other 3 do. She always wants "five more minutes". Got that from me. Her favorite part of the weekend was the large "yellypop" that she got at Cole's party. She has been licking on it off and on all weekend and hasn't made a dent in it.
Dana was only gone one night and that was really nice. He made it home in time to be in charge of the Booster Club membership drive and the athletes brought back $13,000 worth of memberships. Way to go guys. The largest year so far. Dana was please and thought it seemed really organized. He spent Friday night in the concession stand at the football game helping the Booster Club. He also went golfing Saturday morning with some guys from the neighborhood. They golfed at The Harvester which is ranked the best course in Iowa by Golf Digest. He said the coarse was brutal, he lost nine balls, and no one talked about their scores later that evening when we went out but they did laugh alot. He just had a great time. :)
My allergies kicked into full gear this week making life not so fun. Brady started on Monday and he is really sweet. A pretty quiet little guy but did pretty well for his first week. I attended the After Prom Committee meeting and got signed up to help with some fundraising things. I stayed home from the first football game. Carson, Emma, and I curled up on the couch together and watched movies. They both were battling stuffy noses and full heads also, so it was a great way to end the week.
Dana and I enjoyed lots of time with out neighbors this weekend. We went to Prairie Meadows on Saturday with 6 other couples for the horse races. Dana and I have lived hear since 1995 and have never been in the place and we had a great time betting on a few races. We did come away with some money. Not alot but it paid for our meal that evening. I know we will definitely go back. Last night we had a little get together at Mark and Kelly's house. The kids had a great time playing together and we just relaxed and had great conversation with friends. Today was really lazy. We worked on a few projects this morning and spent the rest of it on the couch watching the Top 100 Songs of the 80"s on VH1. The big kids had homework they needed to get done and Jordan had XC practice today so we didn't take the boat out. I am sure that it was pretty busy out there and we didn't miss much.
We really love this neighborhood. When we hand picked the lot we built this house on we did it strictly for the price. We had no idea that it would turn out to be the perfect place to plant our family. The kids never have to go far to find a friend and neither do we. It is so great to know that in a second people will jump into action to form a search party to look for a lost child. (I know because it happened this week and no it wasn't one of ours but it might have well been!) Also, to know that if you are ever in need of a little extra man power 7 or more strapping men show up and the project is done in hours not days! Or if you just want some fun people to gather with and throw a few back that can happen too. It is a large extended family and we are so blessed to be a part of it!
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