What we've been up to!

Sorry for the lack of posts lately, we've been busy!  Here's a quick recap...

Thursday:  I took off for Portland with my friend Kristen.  We were staying with her sister in law Jenny.  Peter had already worked all his hours for the week so he took care of little guy while I was gone.  It was SO weird not having my baby with me, I really didn't like it.  I thought I had it all together and had all of my crying done, but when it actually came time to leave I lost it again.  Oh well, I just love my little guy!

Friday:  Kristen and I hit about 40-45 garage sales!!  Awesome!  There was a huge neighborhood sale and we had a blast.  We had Kristen's van with only the drivers and front passenger seat, the rest were gone so we had room.  We both found a few things on our "lists".  I almost bought a queen bed set but when I realized we couldn't fit it in her van I backed out.  The lady really wanted me to buy it and must have thought we looked sweet and innocent because she offered to let ME drive her practically brand new Yukon Denali SUV down to Lebanon (1 1/2 hours away) and return it the next day.  Are you kidding me???  I would have died driving her $50,000 leather interior, pimped out car....petrified I was going to get in an accident.  Needless to say, it was hilarious and makes for a great story!

While I was gone Peter took EXCELLENT care of Benjamin.  They had such a good time together complete with going to a friends t-ball game, bathtime, pooltime, story time, exersaucer, playmat, porch swing, and they even went to the park together....he even took pictures!  Peter is a great dad and knowing he was well taken care of and that Peter loves to be with him, made it so I could have a good time.  Don't get me wrong though, when I got home it was all I could do to not squeeze my baby to death.  SO GOOD to be back!

Saturday:  We slept in some because we were all exhausted, then Peter wanted to hit some local garage sales since he missed out on the fun.  We lazily made it out of the house and ended up finding a few things we actually needed (and a few cute clothes for next summer for Benjamin!)  After lunch we headed to Elijah's 6th bday party.  I can't believe he's that big!  It's fun to watch the little guy grow up...though it was definitely eye opening to be at a party with 8 6-year old boys, ha!  We stayed for dinner at the Zderads where they treated us to steak and potatoes, YUM.  We gave Benjamin a bath, kicked back for a bit then went to bed.

Sunday:  We had church this morning and it was a great message.  I'm really hoping to spend this week reflecting on how God doesn't give us what we deserve but instead lavishes His grace upon us!

After church we went to Pizza Hut buffet for a quick lunch then came home so Benjamin could nap.  He didn't nap but 10 minutes the whole morning at church.  He is getting SO loud, it's hard to keep him quiet anymore.  He doesn't cry or fuss, he just makes lots of noises and talks...it's pretty cute.

This afternoon we played basketball with a guy from church.  Once again we almost died but it was still really fun.  Then we had a VBS meeting since VBS is all this week.  Now we're tired, sore and ready to kick back.  I think we might watch a few episodes of "24" Season 3 via Netflix.  

It's going to be another busy week with VBS and then a trip to Idaho this weekend.  I think I'm up for it, we'll see!  Benjamin has been SO happy lately, he just makes Peter and I smile.  We kinda like him :-)