It's Valentine's day, which means I have an excuse to feed my kids chocolate and eat some myself. That's a win-win! Parenting is tricky. I want to give them everything, but I also don't want them to be spoiled, think they are entitled or generally be a nightmare. So, in the short term, giving them everything they want might seem fun, but in the end, it's doing them such a disservice. It's a balancing act, I know, first world problems. So when days like Valentine's day come around, it's a fun day to not be so strict and eat chocolate first thing in the morning. It doesn't happen often, so it's that much more fun when it does!!!
Our kids were quadruply spoiled, Gramee and Grampa had a bag of goodies for them, and so did Doug and I. Later in the week Grandpa Boo and Ginny gave them chocolates and then Grandma Sheryl. Note to self, other people will do the spoiling, save your money for shoes. :)
After a little Valentine celebration, we headed back over to storage. Doug was a bit of a crank to me about how I was looking at every single photo and not getting any work done. He also tried to tell me that I should TRASH my yearbooks. Who is this person?! He hugged me later and sort of apologized. I still don't think he's thrilled about my yearbooks, but he's gonna compromise on this one. So all in all, just a tiny fight on the day of love, and we ended up finishing the sorting! Success!
And, Doug took me and the kids to Sonic and also bought me 3 chocolate bars! We were planning to go to the steak dinner at church the next night, so this was a perfect family outing. I very much appreciate Doug taking me on this particular day, it felt like such a celebration. He's a sweetie, even if he did have the audacity to suggest I throw away my yearbooks. I think I'll keep him.
Our kids were quadruply spoiled, Gramee and Grampa had a bag of goodies for them, and so did Doug and I. Later in the week Grandpa Boo and Ginny gave them chocolates and then Grandma Sheryl. Note to self, other people will do the spoiling, save your money for shoes. :)
After a little Valentine celebration, we headed back over to storage. Doug was a bit of a crank to me about how I was looking at every single photo and not getting any work done. He also tried to tell me that I should TRASH my yearbooks. Who is this person?! He hugged me later and sort of apologized. I still don't think he's thrilled about my yearbooks, but he's gonna compromise on this one. So all in all, just a tiny fight on the day of love, and we ended up finishing the sorting! Success!
I spent the afternoon looking through old photos, here's a few:
Left is from our wedding, the two on the right side are from our wedding shower in Fort Worth.
Trip to visit Kristee in Bolivia (December 2003).
Mom in Bolivia
Our wedding invitation picture:
My first car, 1999 (I think)
I have a picture of Kees like this somewhere....
Kristee's bridal portraits, I was the assistant.
With my cousin Lacee and our baby boys, 2009:
Senior prom 2001, with my friend Rachael
We had an after prom party at church, we switched things up, I learned to play exactly one song on the bass, and there's no way I could do it now!
That's the last of the old pics, for now...
We had burgers for dinner and peach cobbler for dessert!
After dinner, the kids and I went over to the church to help Grampa put the "Traeger" together. It's a large smoker. They ended up running three of them to get all the steaks cooked at the Valentine banquet!
Back at Gramee and Grampa's:
Saturday (2-15-14):
I have issues, like serious procrastination/distractability issues. Now that the storage stuff was sorted, I needed to get all of our stuff segregated from my mom's stuff. Easier said than done. I spent quite a bit of time looking at my mom's photo albums. How did that happen? Well, let me tell you, but I probably won't get right to the point because my brain is most definitely not linear or logical, so yeah..
I was getting all our books off Gramee's bookshelf. I thought I had "pressed" some of our papers in between her books. I ended up looking between a few things. And the photo albums LEAPT off the shelf. It started with her wedding album, and what happened next couldn't be avoided, promise. I did get quite a bit done, but not enough, not nearly enough.
I was getting all our books off Gramee's bookshelf. I thought I had "pressed" some of our papers in between her books. I ended up looking between a few things. And the photo albums LEAPT off the shelf. It started with her wedding album, and what happened next couldn't be avoided, promise. I did get quite a bit done, but not enough, not nearly enough.
More old pictures (round 2):
Leaving for their honeymoon 1977:
Young love:
My dad's parents, Mamaw and Papaw:
My mom's mom, Moma T., didn't find any of her with Grandpa! Maybe next time.
Various family photos:
Sisters!!!
13 years old, Glamour Shots, big crazy hair...
We were supposed to be getting all dolled up for the Valentine's banquet AND I was supposed to be getting us packed to spend the week at Grandma's. We were planning to leave after the banquet. I basically swept through the house like a tiny fiesty tornado, and left quite a path of junk throughout the house. My mother will be sainted shortly. Instead of griping about the mess, she kept saying, "Don't think about what you didn't get done, just think about all you did get done." I didn't have the heart to tell her that I hadn't gotten anything done, she still hasn't figured out that sometimes I just look busy, but my productivity level is quite low. Shhhh! Don't tell her. (I feel the need to say, because sometimes people don't get my humor, my mom reads the blog, so don't stress yourself out about keeping my secrets.)
So we sort of managed to look presentable, dropped Kora off at the nursery, and ate the yummiest steak I've ever had. They had 3 Traeger's going!!!
At the banquet:
Singing!
About halfway through the banquet, I realized I hadn't fed Kora much dinner and I still had 12 hours worth of packing to do. So, Kees and I left to go pick her up. I bathed the kids right away, stupid mistake! Cause right as I got everything sprawled out ALL. OVER. THE. FLOOR, Doug's dad and step mom came over. I'm not sure who was more mortified, me or my mom. I'm sure my mom's house is never as clean as she'd like it while we're here, but this was quite possibly the worst it has ever looked....standing room only. What's worse than mortified...google told me "abashed" is a synonym, still doesn't cover it! So here's my formal apology, first to my mother, who is a good housekeeper and secondly to my in-laws, who may never believe that is true. I'm sorry, to all y'all!
Bath time
We eventually made it to Grandma's, our heads barely hit the pillow and then we were up and at 'em headed to church.
My mom helped the kids build a plane in the yard! I think she was wanting to get out of the messy house.
While Kora was napping Gramee spent HOURS doing a Highlights puzzle book with Kees.
In the past 7 months, I'm pretty sure this is the only mess we didn't make! Gramee did it!
So we sort of managed to look presentable, dropped Kora off at the nursery, and ate the yummiest steak I've ever had. They had 3 Traeger's going!!!
At the banquet:
Doug's dad and stepmom did the entertainment.
My Valentine!
About halfway through the banquet, I realized I hadn't fed Kora much dinner and I still had 12 hours worth of packing to do. So, Kees and I left to go pick her up. I bathed the kids right away, stupid mistake! Cause right as I got everything sprawled out ALL. OVER. THE. FLOOR, Doug's dad and step mom came over. I'm not sure who was more mortified, me or my mom. I'm sure my mom's house is never as clean as she'd like it while we're here, but this was quite possibly the worst it has ever looked....standing room only. What's worse than mortified...google told me "abashed" is a synonym, still doesn't cover it! So here's my formal apology, first to my mother, who is a good housekeeper and secondly to my in-laws, who may never believe that is true. I'm sorry, to all y'all!
Bath time
Remember how excited I was about the mess that wasn't ours, well Kora did this...
Grandpa Boo hand delivering the kids chocolates. Kora approves!
We eventually made it to Grandma's, our heads barely hit the pillow and then we were up and at 'em headed to church.
great pics!MEMORIES!
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