Week 10: So long it could've been two

As it states in the title, this week could have easily been two. I keep looking over all our pictures and trying to remember when we did all these different things; for example, it was only this past Monday that I finished the last book in the series. It was only last Tues when we went to the beach. Travis has only been home since Wednesday night... you see what I mean. I really fear this "mom brain" of mine is getting worse. I know our generation is overly preoccupied with taking pictures, so much so that we actually have the 'Selfie Stick' as a real product.... geesh... but I take pictures because without them I literally wouldn't remember what I did three hours ago, let alone three days ago! 

Anyway...

As I was saying we actually had a pretty well packed week and it just got better with each day Travis was home. He was gone a lot but come the weekend he was so fatigued from not sleeping over the past few weeks, that we just decided we would take Sat-Sun and let him catch up on sleep before trying to hit the books come Monday (tomorrow, boo). 

This week I also had a RS activity where we did Manicures, we took a walk up to the park and chased every squirrel we could find, I came down with a little cold and traded Travis tasks so I could just sit in the laundromat and he walked Maddix down to soccer. We were all excited Travis got a chance to take Maddix to soccer; it's a highlight in our week and we all love going. After soccer we got to talk to Uncle Garret who's serving in Madagascar for early Mother's day conference call. Later we went and explored a nearby park which once housed the World Fair and is a really cool place. We then grilled hamburgers and corn and had a wonderful Mother's Day Eve meal. 

For Mother's Day Maddix and Aaron gave us one of the worst mornings... heck! They were so awful. All I could think as Travis and I cleaned our extremely dirty house, and the boys screamed and through fits was "Man, some Mother's day this is." :) But Man, they couldn't have reminded me more of what being a mom is all about then they did today: It's not glamorous. Travis made me one of my favorite breakfasts, we went to church, then had the Elders over for dinner; we even got to eat out back on our newly set up patio furniture that our Landlord was kind enough to let us use while we're here. 

Oh, and U. Bryce got engaged.
Congratulations!

HaPpY MoThEr'S dAy!