A Weekend at Home

It's Saturday evening and we have spent the last two days at home because Raly and Reese have been sick. They both have a fever and Raly has a headache and stomachache and Reese a cough, etc. I took Raly to Urgent Care today, thinking that maybe she had strep. The quick test came back negative, but they sent it in for the three day test. We are hoping that they get well by tomorrow. Besides a birthday party in the afternoon, we would like to go to a pumpkin patch. Between times of feeling poorly, they played in this tent that Rhett made for them while I was at an eye appointment. Obviously, at this moment, they were feeling better. I hope it lasts.
Also on Saturday evening, Rhett was in football heaven-three big college games on HD! How could life get any better.
Remote in hand... I couldn't handle watching while he was flipping between the games. He was like a kid in a candy store (or Adam at Starbucks). He just couldn't decide which game was better.

Last Weekend in September

Raly took all the food ads and decided to open a restaurant. She named it POP. ??? She spent nearly 2 hours creating the menu.
This is part of the menu before she added the prices.
Later, Raly and Reese decided to paint. Mostly, Reese enjoyed playing in the water. At one point, he was eating raisins while painting and he decided that his raisins tasted quite delicious after soaking in the brown paint water. YUCK!
Our kitchen faucet wasn't working so well, so plumber Rhett spent much of the morning taking it out. He thought he might be able to fix it, but it was just too rusty.
After several (4) trips to either Ace or Home Depot, we ended up with this beautiful faucet. Great job, Rhett!

We're Back!

Okay, so I am finally feeling like I can breathe again. I've made it back on top... for now. Most of the time, I like my job, but when it takes over my life, I begin to wonder if it's worth the stress.

Anyway, we are all doing well. Bozeman is hanging in there. He is becoming less and less coordinated as he loses more feeling in his back legs. We will have to use the cart more and more in the months to come. However, he's still a happy dog- always waiting for the kids to drop even the smallest amount of food!


After Reese's speech therapy today, we needed to run some errands. I asked him to put on his shoes (which I knew wasn't going to happen, but I thought I'd give it a try). He ended up wearing Raly's shoes. He was so disappointed when I made him wear his own shoes.
So, I had a weak moment at Target. Here's the story: Raly took her sleeping bag to school so that she would have something to rest on during the time before and after school while I'm working. Because we already haul a "boat load" of stuff to and from school each day, we decided that it would be easiest to leave it there. I told her that she could ask for a new sleeping bag for her birthday so that she'd have one for home. While at Target she asked just to go look at sleeping bags-it turned out that they were only $11.99 and I started to feel myself begin to waiver. Big parental mistake, I know. After calling Daddy to get his opinion, we ended up buying one for Raly and one for Reese. How cool that they came with their own water bottle, flashlight, and backpack! Raly said, "We are having a lucky day!" When we got home, they wanted to have a pretend camp out in the tents. In the end, for about $24, I got some peace and quiet for an entire hour while they played (without fighting) in the basement with their new "toys."

Work, work, work.

I don't have anything new to blog about. I have been working a lot and the kids have been watching more television than they should. After the 22nd, I'm hopeful that things will calm down. So, check back next week! Thanks.

Time to go home.

We had such a great time in Vail. So many wonderful memories. The kids played one last time in Grandpa's truck before we left for home. Mental note: leave before 10:00 a.m. on Labor Day to avoid stop and go traffic.

Shopping in Vail Village

For whatever reason, I'm not able to cut and paste pictures to get them in the correct order so these are in random order.

Raly, Mom, and I went shopping while the boys rested at the house. Raly got a hat and a toy from the Toy Store. I'm sure the prices weren't at all inflated!


Later in the afternoon, Dad and Reese met us to get some dinner. It was pretty chilly, but Reese played in the water anyway.
When we got home, Raly played with her new toy: "Ballerina Girl" also known as "Earing."
We took the bus from the Lionshead area to Vail Village. It rained on us for about an hour and then was sunny and pleasant.
Raly and Grandma wait for Emily to finish her shopping.
While we were waiting for Emily, we watched this man who looks like a statue. When you put money into his guitar, he tipped his hat and winked at you; otherwise he didn't move a muscle. We told Emily to sit by the statue so that we could take her picture. She knew we were up to something, but she wasn't sure what.
Well, he must have moved slightly and she got spooked. We laughed so hard we cried. Emily didn't think it was so funny.
Raly poses with a real statue!

Raly's Soccer Practice and Game

Friday night was Raly's first practice. Here she is kicking into the goal. It was pretty chilly and she let us know that she didn't like having cold hands.
Saturday was the first game for her team: The Orange Crush.
I think her favorite part was sitting on the sidelines talking to her new friend Megan.
While Raly was playing in her game, Rhett and I took turns playing with Reese. He likes "dayin docco."
This was the closest that Raly got to the ball. She didn't want to get knocked down, of course!

We told her that she could play on the playground if she played in the game. At one point during the game, she asked the coach if she could sit out because she was tired! Oh boy.

Well, I guess the running did wear her out. This is how she fell asleep during "quiet time."