Around Here

Life just keeps going on around here. I haven't been very good at documenting it all because it all seems so routine. But here are some of the random things I have captured over the last little while. 

 1. Almost everyday, Carter's friends come home with him and hang out. I usually end up with a houseful of sweaty boys. I love that he can do it though, he loves going to school with so many of his friends this year.

2. I love Emery's drawings right now. This one was of a family that recently moved away. I know you can't tell, but it's a perfect likeness of them.

3. I bribed Brendan and Emery to get in the pool one September afternoon. They both did jump in, but didn't last long. The water was pretty darn cold. The entertainment was well worth the dollar I gave them.

 4. It's not much of a secret that I love to have things organized. I've been slowly working my way through closets and other areas of the house. But when a friend of mine pinned the utensil holders for toothbrushes on Pinterest, I thought it was genius. I was so sick of the dirty cups on the counter. This works perfect, especially since Carter has a spot at the top of his own away from anyone else. He is a bit of a germ freak and doesn't even like to share toothpaste.  I did the kids drawers and then moved onto mine. They make me happy every-time I open them.

 5. Just a cute one of Emery and Brendan. She pretty much mauls the kids when they come home.

6. I forced her to nap one afternoon. Some days it's just necessary for both of us to survive make it through the rest of the day.

7.Emery's favorite job is to vacuum. She always insists on having a turn before I do.

8. The kid's school has a lacrosse team and Brendan has been going to practices. We had to order his equipment and it makes for some interesting shaped packages.

9.The bubble wrap from all the packages makes for great fun though. Especially jumping on the great big pieces.

10. We were given tickets to a truck race at the Speedway last weekend. I wasn't expecting to really like it, but it was a lot of noisy fun. Brendan and Emery were especially digging it. I totally want to go again.

 

11. Just making cookies one afternoon. She had been asking to put the dough on the pan. I had one batch in the oven and told her she could help me with the next batch. I went upstairs to switch laundry and came back and she had done the whole pan by herself. They were perfectly sized and spaced little balls. Perfect. Better than I do it. She will have to do all the cookies from now on. 

12. This pillow has a story. They had these beauties at Target during the summer. I knew they would go on clearance. I waited and waited all summer. All the other pillows went on clearance except the turquoise ones. I checked all the time (my Target trips are a little too frequent) and then all of the sudden they had gone on clearance and were all gone in all of two days. I was truly sad. On our anniversary date, we went into a different Target and there was one waiting just for me. Corey bought it for me. Come to find out, he had checked other Targets looking for it too without any luck. That's a pretty good man that will look for throw pillows to make his wife happy. I love it even more now.

13. Emery really does love to help cook. However, her cooking skills are a little better than her hairdressing skills right now.