Ross took the little ones out the other night when Gary and I went to the football game with the big boys. Man, I'm jealous: Steak n Shake, Orange Leaf, and Target!
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Day#335
Gary made replacement drumsticks out of old pear tree branches we trimmed last weekend. Grant and Sam have recently dusted off and revived the Wii Rock Band game, but since the original drumsticks are no more, Grant had been using wooden spoons. And was about to beat the drum kit to death so these should work better.
Day#334
My dad was in the hospital all last week after a high blood pressure episode, but home now and doing better, I guess. I hope. Him being in the hospital coincided with Homecoming Week for the big boys, but we managed to still get to do everything which included the parade, football game with recognition for seniors, and the dance, well, a modified version of going to the dance.
Jack and Megan and another couple got dressed up, did pictures, and had a night out to The Cheesecake Factory but skipped buying flowers and tickets to the dance. Later, they hung out at our house to watch a movie. I thought it was a smart idea for a special date without all the traditional dance hoopla.
Monday, October 19, 2015
Day#322
Jack is ready for the end of marching band. He's got so much going on this school year that to be done with band will be a great relief for him. He looks great doing it though.
Day#321
Marching band season is winding down. They won their competition at Collinsville, taking first in their class and overall champions. Grant sure enjoys his contra.
Day#329
Has anyone else been overrun with stinkbugs this fall?! I think they aren't even traditional stinkbugs because they are tan and large. I go to grab a Kleenex and there's one. I go to adjust my van mirror and there's one. Our grill had a bunch inside and darn, so sorry when I had to light the burners...not. They sound like horseflies when they are flying around in the house. Guess that's this year's nuisance insect.
Day#328
Ross texted, asking if I'd be interested in having Swedish meatballs on Sunday and I was all 'oh yeah!'' because I took that as 'are you interested in going to the newly opened Ikea on Sunday?' But then when he said 'ok, I'll bring then over' I realized my assumption was wrong. And how disappointing! But I shouldn't have felt that because it turned out to be awesome.
He had bought all the groceries before hand and came over to cook and it felt like Thanksgiving. We had quite a spread with two kinds of noodles, glazed carrots, streaked broccoli, mashed potatoes, chocolate cupcakes, and actual Ikea gravy/sauce and lingonberries to go with our two kinds of meatballs. The number of servings of the gravy/sauce was 18 so suffice it to say there were leftovers. Only Sam and Caroline were home so we had way much food. Eventually Gary and Grant came in and Ross had five take-home meals for the week so none went wasted.
Photo by Sam. He tried : )
Day#327
This is Caroline's latest room inspiration and thus the transformation begins. Wasn't it just last month that I fell off the ladder painting for her? I guess it was more like two years ago we painted over the purple but it feels very recent. She's gonna have her room painted twice before we ever get our bedroom painted once. I tell ya, one natural gift that girl has is coming up with ideas, oy.
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