It's been a while!

I've been pretty slow keeping up with my blog and trying to figure out how to make it "cool."

Last time I updated was Wednesday, August 19 and I have alot to blog.

Wednesday I caught up on laundry and cleaning because my mom and sister were coming to hang out with us for the weekend. We had a really fun weekend together and I think I have a pretty darn nice husband for putting up with us girls ;)

We decided to make homemade salsa and had intended to can some. My mom and sister stopped by the farmer's market on their way here and bought loads of veggies for the salsa.
We stopped at the mall on Saturday so that me and my sis could help our mom find some stylish jeans since she has lost so much weight. (pretty proud of my mom who lost 30 lbs in the past few months due to weightwatchers and motivation :) ) We had a fun time helping her find some new clothes and the kids some new fall clothes since fall is sneaking up on us. Sunday we shopped some more. I was so sad to see them leave. I snapped some pictures of them and the salsa making and all the while, my mom and Jenna's hands were burning from slicing peppers! It turned out really yummy!

Monday, August 24th Connor walked across the room for the first time. It was exactly 16 steps and I got it all on video on my phone! It was such an exciting day for us.

Wednesday we met my mother-in-law and two nieces at the mall for school shopping and had lunch at Red Lobster. Bella needs to be in a stroller at all times or she will run like a wild animal all over the place. I have realized I hate the fact that she is pretty much potty-trained because public bathrooms disgust me horribly. In the evening we drove all the way to my sister's house so she could take out Mike's stitches in his hand. It's nice having a sis who is an RN and will do it for free! I had to deal with the wrath of public bathrooms once again since my sis and I took Bel with us to the mall later that night. Love hanging out with my sis but wish she and my brother lived closer than 45 minutes away.
Thursday I pretty much finished shopping for the kids fall wardrobes and Friday we headed to my parents after I got done with work.

Saturday is the worst weekend as far as weather goes. It literally rained all day so we stayed in and baked cookies which is what we usually do on a typical weekend.

Monday the 31st I started packing up the kids clothes for the rummage sale I am having with my friend Mandy at her house on September 19th. I never realized how much clothes these kids have until now and I am having a hard time departing with some of these gorgeous gymboree and gap outfits! It was one busy week hauling in totes of clothes and resorting them and packing back up. I tried to entertain Bel by letting her play with shaving cream on the table so that I could keep busy. I ended up joining right in and we had fun before I went back to clothes sorting.
She was my little helper all week too and she said "aww that's cute" to everything she pulled out of the totes and tried on alot too!

Wednesday we got Bella officially signed up for pre-dance class and she is pretty excited to start in one week.
Friday after work we rushed home because our friend's son Lane was having his first birthday party. He was born 26 days before Connor and they are little buds. Lane had the cutest cowboy theme party and we had alot of fun :) Min and I graduated highschool together and our husbands are great friends as well so it's funny how it all works out.

the birthday boy and his mommy. Bella and Connor

Saturday my parents took the kids to Wisconsin Rapids for a family get-together at my uncles. We missed them and felt guilty about not going because we just drove 2 hrs the day before and didn't wanna drive another 3.5 hrs and back. I felt yucky all day but managed to get ready enough to go out for a nice supper. After supper we went back to Brad and Min's house for a fire and hung out til 1:30am....way past my bedtime but we were having fun with everyone :)

Sunday we got the call that my mother-in-law had gone blind in her left eye and was heading to an emergency eye dr visit out of town. We were really scared and bummed out because she had been so happy to take Bella to the fair on Sunday and now she couldn't go. We took Bel for an hour or so just to ride the pony and a few rides. She had fun and won a purple necklace and purple teddybear. The eye appointment went ok and they are unable to determine what is going on because of the blood so they sent her home on light duty. We headed back to their house for a few hours after supper.

Monday we went back to their house early for breakfast and hung out mostly outside. Bella had fun blowing her bubbles and Connor had fun crawling and walking around in the grass and getting filthy. We also went to the neighbors to see their 5 new adorable puppies.

It was an exhausting weekend so we headed back home late monday night.