I am going to try and make more of an effort to post the goings on around here lately. I was re-reading some posts from (gasp!) 4 years ago (can it be?!?) and I realized that I documented things way more back then, and it was fun to look back on, so I will try to recount the day to day craziness that is a husband working 4-5 part time jobs, a Mom, and kids 7 (almost 8... gasp again!), 6, and 5.
This week we have been on Spring Break, and we were going to travel to Washington D.C. to visit with friends and family, but due to the unfortunate fact that our toilet decided to spew nastiness all over the house, in combination with Scott's truck needing work, we couldn't afford for Scott to take the time off of all of those part time jobs. So we opted for a "staycation" instead. Unfortunately Scott couldn't join us for most of it, but our good friends did instead.
Monday was a BEAUTIFUL day here, especially for April... 75 degrees and sunny, and our original plan was to head to the Henry Ford Museum, but since it was just too nice out we decided to head to Frankenmuth instead. We had fun window shopping, getting some mashed potatoes for me and ice cream for everyone else, and a visit to Grandpa Tiny's farm. I am thinking that Dad needs to open one of these kinds of farms down here when he retires... it was so neat, and that farmer looked like he really enjoyed what he did. A few small crops, a few animals (ok, maybe Dad wouldn't like that part too much, but Kaleigh could take care of them for him) and a little land to run a tour on. The kids had so much fun, and it was a great way to enjoy the day.
Tuesday we were planning on heading to the Toledo Zoo, but Quinn apparently had had enough of all of the estrogen in the crowd so the girls ended up heading down with Laurie while Quinn and I stayed back and ran a few errands before doing a little cleaning.
Wednesday we all (including Scott this time) headed up to Bay City to visit with Grandma and Grandpa, since we didn't get a chance to go up on Easter. It was fun to get to visit with them, play with some silly string, and get a yummy meal too!
Thursday was the Mom "staycation" trip to IKEA. The kids of course went with us too, but we had fun walking around. On a sad note though, we got word from South Carolina that Uncle Rich had passed away... we are praying for Aunt Shelia and the family, but we know he is having a great time now!
Friday we didn't have much planned, so we stayed home most of the day, watched the Tigers home opener on the TV while Mom got to clean carpets, and the kids played outside. Friday night we headed to church for movie night and watched The Swiss Family Robinson. After that, The Woehlke's and McClellands played kid swap, and swapped Quinn for Sophie for sleepovers. The girls had a great time, and I hardly heard a peep out of them all night.
Today we got up and headed to the Woehlke's for breakfast, and to see Uncle Andy and Aunt Christie, as they were in town to drop off Winston so they could head to Myrtle Beach for their "vacation". After that Grammy, the kids, and I headed to the Pattersons to meet Jackson. It was a great afternoon.
Whew... well that was the week in a nutshell. Overall a pretty fun Spring Break, a little bit of relaxing, a little Spring cleaning, a little visiting. Good Stuff!!
