We had a jam-packed
weekend, but it was full of so many fun things!
Let’s get to the recap!
Monday, April
17
Monday morning,
I got the kids off to school and then I settled in to tackle a long to-do
list. First up – laundry, then a bunch
of blog work, a photo shoot for an Instagram Reel, and various other random
tasks.
At 3, I grabbed
the kiddos from school, and then Jacob and I dropped Olivia at dance and made
our way to piano lessons. I sat in again
with Jacob at his lesson, and he rocked the new song he’d started the previous
week. He also started on a new song and he
got that one down pretty quickly, too.
Once his lesson
was over, I dropped him off at the golf course where Brian and my father-in-law
were already waiting, and then I headed to Publix to pick up a couple of items
that we needed since it wasn’t my week to do my big grocery shopping trip.
After that, I
headed back to dance to pick up Olivia, and then she and I headed home. I got some stuff done while she showered, and
then I started dinner while she did homework.
We just did turkey and cheese biscuit sliders and fruit for dinner since
it had been a busy day.
After dinner, I
jumped on the stair stepper to get in a quick workout while Jacob showered and
got ready for bed, and then both kiddos had to wrap up some homework after
that.
We got them in
the bed a little after 9, and then B and I watched some of the newest episode
of American Idol before calling it a night.
Tuesday, April
18
Tuesday morning,
I dropped the kids at school and then I headed home to work on blog stuff all
morning. I had a Home and School
Association meeting at 11:30, so I headed to the school for that, and I got all
of the auction items turned in for our fundraiser next month.
After that, it
was back home to eat a quick lunch and knock out a few more things, and then it
was time to pick up the kiddos from school.
After school,
they worked on homework while I prepped for the next day and tied up some loose
ends, and then we headed back out to drop Olivia off at dance. I had a girls night Tuesday, so I dropped
Jacob off at Brian’s office as he was leaving work, and then I headed straight
to girls night while Brian and Jacob ran an errand and then headed back to pick
up Olivia.
For our girls
night, we decided to do trivia night again downtown at the food hall by the
river. It’s a great place with lots of
food and drink options, the atmosphere is fun, and trivia night is always a
great time. My friends Jeannine,
Heather, and Jenn all made it Tuesday evening, but we were missing a few other
girls who were held up at work and kids’ extracurricular activities.
They did four
rounds of trivia again Tuesday evening, and we ended up winning the first
round! We did pretty well at the other
three rounds, although, the last round (the music round) was really hard. I’m usually excellent at music trivia, but
the guy doing trivia night that evening played mostly 70’s and 80’s stuff, and
he only played about 30 seconds of the songs that didn’t include the chorus, and
he played cover band versions of the songs rather than the originals, which
made it soooo hard for some of them.
We had a great
time, and I didn’t take a single picture other than the one of my beer and the
one of our music round trivia card.
Haha. Totally dropped the ball on
getting any pictures with the girls.
There’s always next time!
After trivia, I
headed home, we got the kiddos in the bed, and then I squeezed in a very late
arms workout while B and I watched some of American Idol before heading
to bed.
Wednesday, April 19
Wednesday morning, I worked in my office until it was time for my ENT
appointment. I’ve been getting tons of
wax buildup in my left ear for the last two years, so I had to go get my ear
cleaned out. I can always tell when it’s
time to go because the ringing in my left ear always gets louder than the
ringing in my right ear and my hearing also gets muffled in my left ear.
Sure enough, the doctor said my ear canal was completely obstructed and by
the time he was done, I could hear again!
He said, unfortunately, there’s nothing I can do to prevent it… it’s
just the way my body is now. So now I go
once a year and have him remove it. It
takes about two minutes and it’s completely painless. And it’s AMAZING how well I can hear after my
appointment. Haha.
After my appointment, I headed home to work the rest of the day, and
then I grabbed the kiddos from school when they got out. We had nowhere to be Wednesday evening, so I
tackled some household chores while the kids did homework, and then they played
outside while I got dinner ready. This is how I feel about cleaning toilets.
We did
breakfast for dinner Wednesday night (eggs, grits, bacon, and toast) because
it’s always a crowd-pleaser. Then, after dinner, I headed out to run, and I got in 3.24 miles followed by an
arms workout when I got back home.
We watched the season finale of The Mandalorian with the kiddos
after that, and then I got showered and ready for bed. B and I ended the evening with more American
Idol. We’ve only been getting 30-45
minutes of TV time each evening lately, so it’s taking us forever to get
through a two-hour show. Haha.
Thursday, April 20
Thursday morning, I had a Home and School Advisory Board meeting at the
kids’ school, so I headed straight to that after drop-off. Then I swung by UPS on the way home to drop a
few Amazon returns.
The rest of the day was spent working on blog stuff, catching up on other
random things, and deep-cleaning the floors before heading to the school to
pick up the kids.
The rest of the afternoon and evening was a whirlwind. Right after school, we headed home and the
kids had about ten minutes to change clothes and get snacks before we had to head to Olivia’s weekly voice
lesson. Right after voice lessons, we
had to be at Fine Arts Night at the kids’ school because Olivia was singing
with a few other girls in her class.
They had all of the artwork on display, so we milled around and looked at
that first, and then the presentation started at 5:30. There was a saxophone solo and a piano solo,
a short one-act play put on by three of the high schoolers, a fifth grade choir
performance, a third grade choir performance (those sweet girls did so well!),
and then the evening ended with a little preview of the opening act of
Seussical that our school is doing in May.
It was a great evening, and we all enjoyed it!
After that, we drove over to the other side of campus to the baseball
field where the varsity boys were about to start their game. My nephew is a senior this year, and they
were having senior night, so we stayed for that presentation, and then we
headed home.
B stopped by Chick-Fil-A to pick up dinner while I got the kids home to
do homework, and then we all ate dinner together when B got home with the
food. After dinner was done, it was
already time for the kiddos to get showered and ready for bed, and while they
did that, I got in a stair stepper workout along with a very quick arms
workout, and then we got the kids in bed.
B and I ended the night with an episode of Shark Tank, and then we
headed to bed, too.
Friday, April 21
Friday morning, I dropped the kids at school and then I settled in to
work on the blog and other random stuff all morning. This time of year gets crazy hectic, and I
had to get my ducks in a row for a few upcoming events. Olivia’s recital is always a HUGE ordeal
every year, so I had to sit down and start getting things organized for
that. Tights needed to be ordered along
with other event accessories, and I also wanted to start getting my list ready,
too, because there are so many tiny details to remember.
For lunch, I met one of my old coworkers, and he had taken the rest of the day off, so we had a round of beers as a special Friday treat.
After school, the kids and I headed home, and I had a few minutes to read
after I finished all of the items on my to do list. When B got off of work, the four of us headed
downtown to eat at our favorite local brewpub for dinner, and then we met some
friends outside to hang out and watch live music for the rest of the night.
Our city does these spring and fall outdoor concert series every year,
and they have different bands play outside every Friday evening. It’s free to the public, and they shut down
the streets, and everyone sets up their chairs and grabs drinks and we all
listen to the bands play. We’ve been
going for years and years, and it’s always one of my favorite things to do in
our city.
Friday night, we went with our friends Jeannine and Khristina, and their
families, and the kids played all night while the adults chatted and listened
to music. We all had a couple of rounds
of drinks, and we ended up staying out a bit later than we usually do when we
have the kiddos with us. By the time we
got the kiddos home they were exhausted, so they got into bed, and then B and I
watched A Million Little Things before heading to bed later than we
normally do on a typical Friday night.
Saturday, April 22
Saturday morning, we were all up early because Jacob had his city golf
tournament to close out his season. He
had to be there by 8:15, so he and Brian headed out bright and early while
Olivia and I hung back for a bit. He’s
only allowed two guests when walking the course, so Olivia and I couldn’t be
there for his actual match, so we decided to meet up towards the end so we
could be there for the awards portion of the day.
While Jacob played golf, Olivia and I made homemade waffles for
breakfast, and then I got in a cardio workout before it was time to head to the
golf course.
We timed it just right, and the boys were just finishing up when we
arrived, and then they handed out some awards and medals. Jacob’s school ended up coming in second
place in the regular season, and Jacob ended up having his best season out of
the two he’s played so far. Hopefully
he’ll continue to improve a little more each and every season! He really does enjoy golf, and he’s already
saying he wants to play again in the fall.
After golf was done, Brian and Jacob went to pick up donuts from our
favorite place for the next morning because it’s right down the street from the
golf course, and Olivia and I headed back home.
We all had a light lunch when we got home, and we did our Saturday chores
like laundry and tidying, and then I spent a couple of hours outside Saturday
afternoon because it was gorgeous. I
could lay in the sun and read all day when the weather was the way it was on
Saturday – 72 degrees, sunny, low humidity, and a light breeze. It was perfect.
Mid-afternoon, I came in and tackled a couple of things in my office, and
I got some things prepped for Sunday because we had guests coming to stay the
night. B cleaned out all of the showers
and tubs (praise!) and we got the house nice and tidy and ready for the next
day.
Saturday evening, our friends Amanda and Josh had invited us over to hang
out at their house, so I made a Walmart run to grab some beer and stuff to take
over there for dessert.
We headed to their house at 6, and we ended up staying there until after
11. They had a few of our other couple
friends over, and we all sat around their outdoor fireplace all evening. All of our kiddos go to school together, so
the kids had a BLAST playing on the trampoline all night, and the girls caught frogs
after the sun went down while the boys played disc golf.
At the end of the night, Olivia, and her best friend, Aubrey, came up
with a little scheme to ask if they could spend the night together at our
house, and it was the cutest thing ever.
The way they asked us reminded me exactly of the way my friend Jen and I
used to ask our moms to spend the night when we were just about their ages, and
that made me smile… definitely couldn’t say no to that!
We all left Josh and Amanda’s around 11 with Aubrey in tow, and we swung
by her house to grab some PJs and her toothbrush. Thankfully, all of us live in the same area
and we’re all only five minutes away from each other, so it was quick and easy.
When we got home, Jacob headed to bed, but the girls were ready to
party. B and I stayed up for a bit
watching Shark Tank, and then we headed to bed sometime after midnight,
but Olivia and Aubrey were still going strong.
Haha. I peeked my head in Olivia’s
room before bed and told them not to stay up too much later, and thankfully, they
listened to me.
I woke up around 3:30 AM randomly, so I got up to check on them, and
thankfully, they were asleep. I was
actually a little worried they might still be up then. Haha.
Sunday, April 23
Sunday morning, we all slept in a bit, and the girls were already up by
the time I got up. They said that they
had gone to bed at 12:40 AM, so that wasn’t too bad considering we’d gotten
home so late.
We all had the donuts for breakfast that Brian and Jacob had picked up
the morning before, and then the girls played all morning while Brian and I got
the house ready for the guests. I had to
wash all of the bedding and get things tidied up after having spend the night
company, and then Brian cleaned off our back porch since it was covered in
layers and layers of pollen.
I also got in a yoga workout and prepped my planner for the week ahead,
and I did a couple more loads of laundry, and I got showered, and ready, too. We all had a light lunch together, and
Aubrey’s parents came to get her shortly after that.
The kids played video games for a bit afterward, and I did some blog work
in my office, and then Brian’s cousin and his wife arrived a little after 4 to
stay with us for the night. They live in
LA, so it’s not often that we get to see them.
As a matter of fact, Erik and his wife just got married a couple of
years ago, so this was our first time meeting her.
I’ve only gotten to hang out with Erik a couple of times – once B and I
went to visit him in LA and we had the best day with him as he showed us
around – and then, he came for our wedding back in 2007. I hadn’t seen him since then, so it was
wonderful to spend time with him again and meet his wife.
We chatted for an hour after they arrived, and they played with the kids
for a bit, and then once they were settled in, we headed to my mother-in-law
and step-father-in-law’s for Sunday dinner so they could visit with the rest of
the family.
We had a delicious dinner over there and then we sat around the table
chatting all evening, and by the time we got home, it was time to get the kids
in bed for another late-ish bedtime.
Once they were in the bed, B and I stayed up chatting with Erik and Maria
Claudia until way past our bedtime, and then we passed out sometime before
midnight. What a weekend! Whew!
Happy Tuesday, y’all!
