This has been a great week! Tuesday, June 7th, was my BiRtHdAy! I spent my day in town with my Mom and kiddos. First, we ate lunch at Red Lobster...YUMMY!!! During our meal, Trent showed up :) He cleaned off our plates, hung out a bit, then headed back to work.

After our delicious seafood meal we headed over to the mall to meet up with my sister and the little boy she takes care of. The kids rode the carousel (so did I :) ) and then played in the play-place while I did a little shopping - ALL BY MYSELF! Thanks Mom!! :)

When I returned to the play area that was totally hopping with kids when I left, I found Eli covered in sweat, passed out on the bench....the once child-infested, circle of fun was now barely crawling with a measly 5(ish) over-tired kids, a couple parents, and my smiling Mom. She's so great!

So, then we strolled back through the mall, grabbed a Milkshake from Chick-fil-a, popcorn from Target, and headed out to the van. When I turned the van on, my thermometer read "101"!!!!! It was HOT! Shortly after that, the temperature regulated and read "97".... still, it was hot! The kids zonked out on the way home. I pulled into the garage and opened the back door or the van....both Molly and Eli were dripping sweat! Once we all got into the house and settled down for a movie, Molly said "I don't ever want to go out there again, until it's winter!" Ha!!! Possibly a little too warm for her.

That night we had a little cook-out. My parents, my sister and her husband, and my sis-in-law and my 2 nieces joined us. The kids got soaked in the little pool, they made me a cake out of Little Debbie brownies & cool whip, we ate Trent's wonderful hamburgers, I opened presents, and we just had a great time. Happy Birthday to me :)

Wednesday we just stayed home. After Trent got home, we called a good friend to come help with the garden. He brought over 2 of his kids and a bunch of seeds. The kids and the dads worked together and got our little garden planted :) We're a little late.....but, better late than never!
Last night, we made sock puppets!

We really had fun. It was a little late and Trent was VERY tired, but it was fun :)
Today, packing, cleaning, laundry, movies (since it's supposed to rain all day), & baking! I haven't done much baking lately. Pumpkin pie for my brother's graduation party, pumpkin bars, & chewy bars. Oh, and pizza crust in the bread machine. YUM!

This weekend Trent and I are attending NICHE (Network of Iowa Christian Home Educators) for the first time. I'll fill you in on all that after we get back from the conference.

Have a great weekend!
xo Amanda