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Another Crazy Weekend

Just like last week, this weekend was wild and hectic. We spent Friday night getting some groceries and relaxing, which we sorely needed to do. Saturday, however, started early as Dessa had to get ready for a yardsale she was having. We both got up at around 4:50am in order to load everything up and then she left. As you’ve probably noticed, this meant that I was alone at home with two kids. Do you remember that scene in Home Alone where the kid slaps his face and screams. Yeah, that was me yesterday =)

But have no fear, help was on the way. My sister and her two kids, plus my brother whom I haven’t seen since last October came up to see us. Steve hadn’t seen Elly and had flown in from Phoenix for the weekend. I was extremely happy to see him. Reagan was extremely happy to see my niece and nephew, and he made them know it by keeping them busy the entire day. After they were here and had gotten to play with Elly and Reagan, we all went (minus the yard selling Dessa) to Don Pancho’s and ate some Mexican food. The kids gagged when I ordered Mole Poblano and told them it was chicken in chocolate sauce. There’s nothing like messing with young, impressionable minds.

Dessa got home at around 5 and then turned right back around and headed out to give Dinner Theater practice at the church. My family then left and I’m back to being the only parent in the house. Face slapping time!

Church Sunday was good, but busy also. Dessa had a bake sale going to raise money for the drama team, but our alarm clock was set to 5pm instead of 5am (my fault), so she was late getting started and still had things to make (if you didn’t get any of her chocolate truffles, you missed out). After church was the bake sale, so I brought the kids home with me. By this time, my face is really starting to get red and irritated from the slapping.

Unfortunately, we decided after lunch to take a nap. This nap lasted until 5:15, then by the time we had made our way through a bottle and a poppy diaper and then an experience on the changing table that we do not want to go into, it was after 7 when I got to church (it starts at 6).

After church was a dinner trip to O’Charleys with our friends Nick and Alisa. This ended a bit sadly with Reagan crying hysterically that he didn’t want his friend Peyton to leave while he hugged her and she called for Nick to help her. Actually, it was much more cute than it was sad.

Well, I leave you with this proverb and pictures:

A fool shows his annoyance at once,
but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

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