All I Ever Do Is Play Catch Up

 This blog post was originally supposed to be a Ten on Ten {yes, a week ago}, but my camera cord died {sniffle}, meaning I couldn't upload my pictures to my laptop.  So I borrowed my dad's card readers, {all four of them}, and couldn't get any of them to work with my camera.  I was beginning to think my card was the problem, but I got my new cord in the mail yesterday, and it's working beautifully.

Anyramble.

So now I'm even farther behind than I was before . . . the story of my life.

Oh well.

So.  No ten on ten.

Instead.  Catch up.  Because that's what I do best.

♥ It has been gorgeous here.  Eighty degrees, sunshine, just perfect.  It makes me so happy.  The last couple of years we've had an obscene amount of rain and cool weather, so I am completely happy with all of the sunshine.  It makes me appreciate the cool Fall weather that will inevitably be visiting soon.

♥ Jerm has been hunting for nearly a week, which means LOTS of extra girl time around here.  Movie-watchin', slumber partyin', treat bakin'.  So much fun!  But we miss our boy.

Oh, and by the way, this:



Is what happens when boys leave to go hunting.




Chocolate, Butterscotch, and Caramel Pancakes {with whipped cream}.
 Could this be contributing to my weight gain???


♥ We sold my car.  I am car-less.  Actually, I'm not.  My MIL is letting us borrow one of hers until we find another.  But . . . strange to be semi-without vehicle.

♥ Kam cried and cried when she found out it wasn't coming home {the car, that is}.  Miss Kam . . . we're two peas in a pod, she and I.  Opinionated?  Check.  A little sassy?  Check. Likes to talk and talk {and talk}?  Check.  Biggest emotional mess ever?  Check. Check. Double check.

♥  I've been trying to have more one on one time with each of my girls.  Tay and I, obviously, have plenty, as I nurse her to sleep for naps and bedtime, and we co-sleep.  I lay down with Kam until she falls asleep at night too, and I try to make time for stories and games, just the two of us.  And while Kenners and Sierra stay up with me on the nights that Jeremy is gone, sometimes I feel like one or the other of those two needs a little extra time with Mama.  Recently Kenners has gotten to go along with me on a couple of errands, so Thursday it was Sierra's turn.  We went and had breakfast, just the two of us, and then stopped by Joanns on the way home.  Talk about a perfect morning!

♥  Ooooh!  Bible update!  So.  I made a New Year's resolution {in 2011!} to read through the entire Bible.  Let's just say that with house building, financing, and adding another baby to our family, I didn't quite finish.  But I vowed to finish in 2012, and I'm on track.  I finished the Old Testament several weeks ago, and have just started 1 Corinthians.  Yay!

♥ And finally ~ I took a few Fall photos of the girls a couple days ago.  Oh.my.goodness.  By the time I picked out coordinating outfits, brushed and fixed their hair, found a spot outside, and got the camera ready . . . Miss Tay was so over it, Kam would rather have been playing in the sandbox, and Kenners was having a watery eye problem.  Sierra was seriously the only one who was havin' any of it.  Do you know how hard it is to get four of your OWN children to look at the camera at the same time {with eyes open, mouths closed, and no screaming?}?  Yeah.  It's a challenge.  Let's just say it ended with someone swinging a stick around, flinging dirt RIGHT SMACK DAB into someone else's eye. 

 There were tears and screams.
And hugs and smooches.
 And eye drops. 
And bedtime.
And no more pictures.
 

 

Talk to me

The Girls Trip/Mini Vacay was a huge success. Sun, check. HUGE pool, check. Mini Golf, check. The girls had a blast. I'm sorting through lots o' pictures. 232 to be exact. I'll get to posting some eventually ;)

I feel like I have so much to say. Like if y'all were my girlfriends IRL, and we met up, I'd be yappin' at about a million miles an hour just to try to catch y'all up. I guess some of that will have to wait too.

Anyway.

I'm looking for a little insight, so maybe some of you can help me out here. Let me preface by saying that I do realize that everyone is different {Praise the Lord!}, and we all have our preferences. I'm not looking for a debate, just insight. Okay.

We got an invitation to a wedding. When I say "we", I actually mean my mom and I. A friend from my pageant days is getting married, and we couldn't be more happy for her. The wedding will be held in Medford, a good 5 hour drive away. And on the invitation:

This is an adult affair.

It's not like I've never seen these words on a wedding invitation before. Many many of the invitations we've received over the years exclude children. So I guess it didn't even come as a surprise, but here is where I need the insight. Why do you suppose that people choose not to include children? Perhaps they don't have nieces or nephews or young cousins? Or they do, but it's a bother to involve them? I get the reception thing. It costs more money if you're having to feed a lot of young guests. Okay fine. But it seems strange to me that children aren't welcome at such a joyous event as a wedding. Whew! Glad I got that off my chest. I guess this is just a bit of a touchy subject for me because when Kenners was a baby I was asked to be in my good friend's wedding {another friend from pageant days. Go figure.}. But the wedding was half way across the country, and my girls weren't invited. I would have had to leave them for 4 days {rehearsal dinner and other such events plus travel time}, and I just couldn't do that. Besides the fact that Makenna was still nursing at the time, I wasn't about to leave them for that long. Anyway. I chose not to attend {GASP! I know, I know}, and we haven't spoken since. It makes me sad to think of it even now.

Wow, that was definitely a ramble. Thanks so much for listening to the rants of a crazy lady ;) And I suppose I should conclude by saying that in the end, it doesn't matter what I think. It is her day, her choice. I understand that. I'm just curious :)

And that's all for now. We're having a fish fry {or fish buffet as Sierra is calling it} this evening, and I need to get to gettin' on the fresh baked bread. Mmmmmm.