a peek at us last week

 i found this pic on my phone, not clue which kid of mine took it.  but it sums up my life. for the most part i have 4 kids.  haha.  jessy joins us from 10ish till i kick him home, mostly after supper, most days of the week! ha

i was digging through my freezer and found 14 frozen bananas!!! what the heck?  i ended up making 3 DOZEN muffins with them, all of them were gone less than 24 hr of making them. ha  as i un thawed them i looked down and thought "man, those look like things you flush" bawahhhh

 we had rain on thurs, after the girls set up chairs on the front porch to watch the storm come in and came in SOAKED. we busted out the paint

 and time flew by!

 fri was the BIG day around here.  thurs night shawn, cry and her crew joined us.  we did a first EVER.  we left all the kids and went to dinner!  then coffee!  i didnt take any pics cause i lost my phone for most of the night. haha.  shawn found it and gave it to chris to hold on it...anyways, we did dinner at st louis, (1/2 price starters ha) but bec it was raining we ate inside and discovered how LOUD it was, AND how lucky we all are to be married and NOT on the market!  the food was ok, ive had better there...but the quiet coffee after was delightful and we were shocked to see the time was 9, we had to get home to put the kids to bed before the big day!

fri we went to magic mountain!  instead of buying gifts for the kids this yr, we took them to mm.  i havent been there in 23 YRS!  its a great water park in moncton but we never go and have never taken the kids bec its really expensive to go. i was able to score 4 BOGO's and gave one to my brother to join us. cry and shawn had won free passes, lucky them! but with just my family WITH the BOGO'S it was 97.50!  CRAZY!!! 

we had a blast. i put my phone down and spent the day in the whirl pool, the lazy river, the wave pool...which turned out to be my fav! and was thrilled to announce at the end of the day that i did NO water slides! haha

 just before c and s left. dude, why are you squinting????

 is that you forgot your sunglasses? HAHA and it was STUPID hot out???

 here!  take mine!  you look good with them! haha

 so i was told to go look at the name of the pizza joint....that is located between the bathrooms.....hahahaha 

 cry, shawm, quinn, charlie, jon and copper left around 4, we ended up staying longer...but before we left i walked around snapping a few pics...the wave pool. which i really enjoyed

 some water slides

 more slides

 the pool

 the kiddie pool and their 2 sets of water slides...

 it was a fun day and im glad i did it.  when we left the kids asked when they can go again. we said "never" haha.  prob wont go again for a few yrs....

i had little time this week to draw or paint. BUT i found my old water color pencils and drew this on the fly...as i cooked supper...ha

 then i decided to pre-paint 3 diff colored back ground for future pics...

 and decided to attempt a bird, my first ever.  its so BAD. but what ever, im trying!  i looked into taking some art classes but was shocked at the cost!  for now ill just stick to trying on mt dollar store paper and kids water color! ha

 i went to the mission thrift store to look for beginner readers for joey. i came out with this.  its a guide book on how to paint birds, and from my last pic, i need it. haha

 so, this is SO sad. SOB.  this tues n.b starts back to SCHOOL!  WHAT THE WHAT!?!?!? did we not just start summer vacay?!?! cause thats what it feels like to me :(  but no. summer is over. and school starts back up.  i decided to bury my head in the sand. at the cabin.  our last guest leaves tomorrow and im packing up to take the kids for 8 DAYS!  WHEEEEE!  SO excited.  i havent been to the cabin since the middle of july, so im stoked to go back. and with the home school group, i was able to take next week off and im going to the cabin!  no celluar, no wifi, no texts or emails. 8 days of nature. i cant wait and im so glad we homeschool so we can do this!

i did how ever, pack some books for me to spent time to REALLY, actually do it! ha this wk i WILL plan, some what, ha. what our year will look like as 3! home schooling EIGENHEERS! 

 this is just the start of my pre packing looks like. ha add 12 more bags!

today!  so today chris took the kids to the cabin to meet up with jon.  i havent been alone since, well, i cant remember!  i am THRILLED for 10 hrs ALONE!  i went garage sailing (spent 2.00), then to the mission thrift store, then went to micheals where i walked up and down the aisles for almost an HR. ALONE!  then grabbed some groceries. came home, texted with my sis, threw some laundry in AND spent 3 HRS watching my new fav show (mindhunters!) uninterrupted=never happens=so amazing...to then start packing and digging through the school room....most imp!?!? i did this all ALONE=GOLD!

so thank you chris for the gift of SILENCE! its amazing! ha

and with that, im logging off. im going to the cabin for a week of reading, painting, cooking GREAT meals (for some reason, i made stupid, great food at the cabin), nightly fire with NO bugs, walks to the river, hammocking (yea, i just made that word up) and just enjoying the simple life! 

have a GREAT week back to school!

Posted by mel at 6:06 PM