Small Trip

Today we made a trip down to Tri-Cities. The main reason behind the trip was to get the Tahoe cleaned and detailed - it was a mess. But also we went to see Grandma and the kids got a huge treat of being able to see Grandpa too - which was not planned.

We left the house this morning at 9:15, so I could stop and get a coffee (which I desperately needed since Josh was up from 3:30-5am) and then be into town by 11. I dropped my car off and my mother in law picked us up, I transferred car seats and then we headed to the mall for some food and play time. I was able to do a little shopping by myself - thank the heavens! Then we headed to my in-laws' house and the kids played there and ate and had cookies - thanks Grandma!

It was a really long day for us - especially since the detailing took almost 5 1/2 hours (but the Tahoe is spotless and looks brand new, so it could've taken all day for all I care). But the kids did great. I was worried about how they'd do, with no naps and all - but much to my surprise they did awesome. Maddie slept a little on the way down, but didn't show any hints of getting crabby until right before we left.

Josh kept saying that he wanted to spend the night at Grandma and Grandpa's house, but I'm not sure anyone is ready for that yet :) So we left at 5:15 and got home at 6:45 - so a really long day - but now I'm looking forward to doing it again because today was great. And of course the kids fell asleep as soon as we were on the freeway! I wish that I could have taken a picture of what they looked like. Grandma had given Josh a cookie to eat on the way home (what I was thinking after all it took to get the car clean, who knows?) and he fell asleep with it still in his mouth. Too funny.

But we're home now, after being gone for 9 hours. I gave the kids a bath when we got home, and now I know I can do this by myself if I have to. Brad is working late again, so I'm all on my own - but I'm doing it.

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Tired, tired, tired...

Today I'm tired. Just plain tired. I'm tired of being the housekeeper, the cook, the dishwasher, the diaper genie, the garbage collector, the toy picker upper, the laundromat, the teeth brusher, the bedtime story reader, and the human velcro since my kids seem to think they need to cling to me every waking minute.

Well it's just been one of those days. Mommy needs a break! I'm sure all of you mommies out there can relate and have one of these days more than you'd like to count, but today I've just had enough and can't wait to go to sleep.

Overdue Pictures

I finally put the kids' table in the house.

Playing outside with her horsie.

Josh in his truck.

Josh and my niece. The cousins had a great time playing together.

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