Work, Birthdays and Time with My Sis

 This week went by fast. It was just the usual with work. Friday, I decided to play hooky and go with Ashley to Dodge just to get away. Jill and Lane were able to meet us, we did walmart and Applebees, then Ashley and I went to a movie. It had been 8 years since she had been to a movie, so I think she was due. I back back in Greensburg in enough time to go pick up the kids.

Saturday morning at 5am, Travis and Ray left for Colorado until Thursday. The kids and I went over to mom and dads to help picking the Foch grapes. Ashley got there a bit later with her kids, so will all of the kids (Tanner was there too with Lane and Wyatt) we were not any help. Ashley and I decided to take the kids to my house to get them out of everyone's hair. It was fun, but crazy. They played, we got them lunch, then Ashley took hers plus Wyatt over to mom and dads for naps. I kept Lane and my two. All three slept for over 2 hours, so I had some nice quiet time.

In the evening we went to Tanner and Jill's for Wyatt's birthday party.

Tanner's front porch view.

The backyard view at sunset.

Truman tasting the grape juice. All of the kids loved it!

All of them waiting for lunch at my house. Surprisingly, they waited very patiently for me to finish getting lunch ready.

 

Tonight we met the Kern's at the park then they came over for popcicles on the porch.

 

Bedtime story

Whew

I had started writing this post Friday night, but lost it when our power went out. It has been a busy week but a good weekend. This week we hosted a conference in town that I helped organize, had the unveiling of the Fleener-Beck Memorial Friday morning, and we had a booth at the Taste of the Wild West event in Dodge Friday evening. Friday was a long day, around 13 hours, but a good one. I am so glad to see the Fleener memorial in place and glad that John Fleener is pleased. I have enjoyed getting to know him better over the last few months working on this project.

 Saturday was the Twilight Theatre fundraising auction. I went out with the kids and Pat brought them home around noon for naps. I bought a little white sewing desk. Today we went to church, and home for lunch and naps. It was good to have some downtime and relax. I held Amelia in the chair while she slept, I snoozed a little and watched volleyball on the olympics. After they both woke up, we went over to mom and dad's. Ashley and Tanner's families were there. We picked more of the table grapes, had pizza, and Clair and Wilda Banta came over and gave all of us rides in the Model T. It was fun! I didn't get any pictures of us in the Model T, I hope Ashley or Jill got some good ones. ;)

Tonight's project

Felt like sewing something tonight. I had bought a few kids tank tops and tshirts at the second hand store when we went to kc with making this in mind. I think it turned out pretty cute. We'll see what Amelia thinks in the morning.

Corn Harvest 2012

 Amelia and Marie washing the silks off the corn.

 Grandma Pat got all of the kids animal hats and water bottles.

 Jett was telling a story with his piece of corn. I think it was something about the process of what we were doing, it was pretty cute and funny.

 Lunch!

 Friday we went to the fair for the last night of the fair. It was watermelon feed night, the kids loved it and were a sticky mess. We made one last trip through the barn to see the animals. If you ask Amelia now what animals she saw, elephants are included in her list. She knows she didn't see any at the fair, but she wants to make sure you know. She's a stinker.

 Garrett taking Amelia for a "ride."

 Saturday morning on the couch with their blankies and milks. They are both really into their milk, blankies and the Fresh Beat Band. Amelia has to have her white blanket with the flowers and her pink bear, Truman has 4 blankets in his crib right now, but he wants the fleecy blue one and the knitted green one to carry around.

Truman is saying more words all the time, at least I know what he's saying. Tonight I laid him in bed (with his 4 blankies) and he said night night mommy, bye bye. So sweet.

Amelia has been staying up in her room playing and reading books long after we put her to bed. It was a least 10 tonight when she was still up. She came out of her room 3 times to tell me her music was over and I needed to restart it. She had the light on and told me she was reading books.

A night at the fair, again

Tonight the kids and I went out to the fair to see the animals again and watch the atv rodeo. Amelia got to feed midnight the pig animal crackers and got to get in the pen with a couple of goats. Having been a "building kid" in 4h, I remember wishing we could have had livestock to enter. The barn kids seemed to have more fun. I realized I didn't get any pics of Truman at the fair, ill try to get some tomorrow.

Today I also went with the city administrator and mr. Fleener to wichita to see the memorial sculpture. It looks pretty awesome and will be moved out here next week.