A Week At The King House

So where have you been you might ask? Well I spent 10 days in Maryland. Probably the longest I've ever spent there actually! My sister was going to the Women of Faith conference and I agreed to play "Mom" while she was gone. Since my niece was turning one the following Saturday and my husband would be in Atlanta for training all week, I decided just to stay in Maryland! I was going to update while I was there but wow! It was like boot camp for the weekend while my sister was gone. You may ask...
Jen has a computer doesn't she? Yeah she does... I just don't know when she finds the time to use it!!

Here is just my first day schedule while at my sisters....

Up at 6a.m. take Kendyll to school (with all the other kids who were of course still sleeping as I yanked them from their beds)
On the way back, stop at McDonalds to get breakfast because there was no food in the house
Get home, eat breakfast, get Kennedy ready for school
Take Kennedy to school
Come home put Megan down for a short nap because wow was she ill!
Take a quick shower
Wake Megan up after 45 min
Feed kids lunch
Go to grocery store
Come home shove frozen food into freezer still in bags
Go pick up Kendyll from school
Come home put away food
Go pick Kennedy up from school
Come home feed Kennedy snack and get her ready for gymnastics
Take Kennedy to gymnastics
Take Kendyll to boyfriends house
Stop by Gavin's Grammy's house
Pick Kennedy up from gymnastics
Eat dinner (Yes at 9:15)
Come home, give baths/Showers
Bed by 10:30

Whew! Just typing it made me tired again! That is just one day at my sister's house! The woman has a crazy amount of stuff each day! Don't have any desire to do that myself! Good thing she has good kids or I would go insane.

The week was fun though. It's always nice to be around family and just "relax". Got to see Kendyll play soccer and enjoyed a day at Playwise with Kennedy, Gavin, and Megan. Ended the week with a special birthday party! Although I don't miss the craziness... I sure do miss my loves!!

Didn't really have much time to take pictures but here are just a few I took!

Yeah for scoring the first goal!

Picnic Lunch!

Crazy kids!

Lil Construction Workers!

Did we drop off the face of the earth??

Nope we haven't. I've been in Maryland the past 10 days playing mom for a weekend, hanging out for a week, and going to a birthday party. I'm currently trying to recover from this trip and get out from under the piles of laundry, homework, and other stuff that must be done to return my life back to semi normal.

I will be posting details and picture of our trip soon!

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Philipp 4.6-7

Why is this so difficult??

I need mice!

Cause I really feel like this!!

Recognize this guy??

Well this house does! His whole entire family has taken up residence in the bodies of my two little ones! We've been trying everything but he seems to have camped out for a while! If only Mucinex worked as well as it says it does!

Until then... it's countless tissues and nose sucking sessions for me! Lovely!

You Know You Should've Stayed In Bed When...

You know you should've stayed in bed when:

* You wake up at 3 a.m. to your dog barking for no apparent reason and then are unable to go back to sleep because that lovely dog woke up not 1 but 2 children while barking

* Those same children who didn't fall back asleep till 5 a.m. are awake and ready to play at 6:15 a.m.

* Sending the older one back to bed and hoping the little one will fall back asleep on her own.. you drift off into a light sleep only to hear a LOUD crashing sound from the baby monitor followed by screaming! You run in to discover she can now reach things on the toy shelf next to her crib and has knocked the heavy puzzles onto the floor

* Your son asks for toaster streudels for breakfast. While trying to multitask and make your daughter her breakfast at the same time you don't realize that the baby food container you put in the microwave apparently still had a little bit of the wrapper on and it sparks a fire in the microwave.

* Trying to deal with the fire you smell something else burning... yep... the toaster streudels are burned! Nice.

* By the time you make a completly different breakfast, get children dressed, and ready to go you have 10 min to get to the doctor. While walking out the door you realize you have poop on your shirt!

* Looking down you realize you aren't the only one with "poopy" clothes. Back upstairs to change the shirt and clothes.

* You now have 5 minutes. You get in the car and hit the gas... a little too hard... blue lights in the mirror. Gotcha! (You shake your head, say some not nice things and then after a lecture and thankfully no ticket get back on the road)

*  Arrive at the dr. appt. You're late. Have to wait for next appt.

* The younger one has to get a shot. However, the older one is acting like you just told him he has to get 6 shots! Tantrum city! Not to mention the younger one is right there with him!

* A normal 9 month check turns into pink eye and a yeast infection. 2 more prescriptions!

* To avoid another episode like the morning you get chick fil a for lunch. Coming in the door... that stupid dog that woke the kids up jumps on you and to avoid dropping the child you are holding or the food you do a little dance just to drop the older kids drink. Crash! Cue... older kid crying screaming..etc.

All this and it wasn't even 1:00 yet! So thankful for naptime and hoping the afternoon doesn't beat out the morning!

A New Way To Get Around...

I was vacuuming the stairs. I kept seeing Gavin drag his sleeping bag around in circles and when I finally realized what he was doing I had to get the camera! These kids are crazy!

Who needs to walk or crawl?