"father's day weekend......"

Father's day weekend............................
The ideal is to have a family BBQ and honor the father's in your life. Well..................
LeRoy didn't want to do anything.
My dad was coming home from the cabin.
LeRoy's dad was in Mexico.
So I decided..........to make yummy treats for my dad and my husband (even though he is not my father!)
I have been really watching what I've been eating and decided I was craving some carbs!
I went on a cook-from-scratch-frenzy!!!
I made: whole wheat banana bread, honey bread, pecan pie (for the dads), peach/pear cobbler (for the dads), homemade chili, pulled pork sandwiches, smoothies, omlets loaded with bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, cheese and onions.
We didn't eat all of this in one day. hahahahhahaha!! But that's pretty much the menu for the weekend. You have to eat 3 meals a day right?! Does bread count as a meal????So since I was a little OCD about cooking.....................
I went way overboard with an OCD lovers dream weekend.........and cleaned too!
Oh, did I clean.........Nothing was safe.
I took the entire junk/misc. drawer in my kitchen.................and asked my loving husband to hold a trash bag for me cause I was dumping it! The entire drawer!!! A look of panic washed over his face as I started dumping and he started grabbing. You know..........like flashlights and crazy glue and stuff. hahahhahahahahaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....So liberating! I did pick out a "few" things worth saving. (except for yesterday when my hubs asked my for the Gorilla Glue..........00000ppps..that must not have made the dump).
I cleaned off book shelves. Recycled magazines. Priced garage sale stuff and had plenty of garbage! Helped the kids go through their clothes and donated or priced. Folded 10 loads of clean laundry and separated the mis-match sock basket. If the little sockies didn't have a mate...........buh-buyyyyyyy.............

Organize. Dust. Clean. Framed my awesome pic from Sophia.

Cleaned out all 3 bathrooms............

Even organized my cereal (have I mentioned I have OCD???) And I think the cereal is what started the entire clean-a-palooza in the first place. My husband was loving it! He hates clutter. (and I don't have a pantry.......so I think I have pantry-envy).

I washed containers and jars.......and put stuff in them! I like everything to be uniform and contained!

Medicine cabinets.........

My medicine cabinet. Who's medicine cabinet looks like this? Especially since we have lived in this house for 18 years!

Ahhhhhh............cleaned my makeup and organized it.........Makes me so happy! (It doesn't take much these days to make me happy).

I am getting so weird in my old age. I guess it's better than gambling or drinking right?????? And I spent from sun-up to sun-down on my little frenzy......No one tried to stop me..hahha

"thanks friend..................."

That is just what I needed..............................................A lovely invite to go to the Vault and have a glass of wine and some appetizers.
On a Thursday night. Outside..............with some fresh air.
When I have had a crummy week. (and people are rude! and mean!) And I have been working too much and am overbooked (I'm sure that classifies me as a "slacker". hahhaaaaaa
Your timing was perfect and I had such a great time!
Good food and the best company (and your hair looked awesome! Loved the flower.)
(Donna, next time you are coming!!!! We missed you!)We enjoyed fondue, fish tacos and sweet potato fries! (and 2 glasses of Muscato, YUM)
We had a wonderful visit, relaxed, enjoyed the short bursts of sunshine and went to the shoe store to look/try on shoes after! Perfect evening!
Can't wait for our little summer parties that we talked about! And for some sunshine!
Thanks friend...............................

"last day of school........."

5th grade promotion.
The last two weeks of this school year was so slow!!! I couldn't wait for it to get here!
But hard to believe Tyler is now moving on the middle school next year.
Today is the last day of school.
The last day ever at elementary school.
The last time I will drop him off in front of Central.
The last recess (no recess in middle school!)
The last time we see bus 77 in front of us everyday.
The last wave from Sophia from the playground when I drive away in the morning.
The last of the field trips and class parties that I get to participate in.

Tyler getting his diploma with his teacher Mr. G.

Last time we will be here waiting to pick Tyler up from elementary school.

It's kind of exciting, yet kind of sad that this chapter is coming to an end.

It's not like he is never going to school again, but just the innocence of elementary school is over. He is getting so tall, and talking about girls (yikes!!!!) I would love to blog the conversation we had last night, but he would kill me! (It involved asking a girl out!!!! WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Middle school is a whole other beast. Socially, acedemically, maturing and making different choices. Grade school is over and we have been-there-done-that........and now we move on!

"Tyler's 5th grade party.........."

End of the year party!Bowling and mini-golf! The kids were wound up and excited. It was only Tyler's 5th grade class.

They were hyper to begin with.........but once the lights went off and music cranked up..........OMG........these kids went crazy! Funny crazy. I just sat back and observed. At this age (11ish) it's the pivotal age of interaction with girls and boys. Subtle flirting. Alot of the girls are taller than the boys. The boys oblivious to the (not so) subtle flirting from the girls. Girls nervously following the pack of girls flirting with the boys. Singing and dancing to the loud music.

Watching my son from a distance was hilarious. He was dancing, or moonwalking across the entire lanes of the bowling alley (we had the entire bowling alley to ourselves!) Not caring who was watching. Being crazy with his friends. Laughing at his bad bowling skills. He may (or may not) have been aware of all the girls watching him because was being quite charming....ha!

So my motley crue got a game of bowling in and then wanted to go out and play mini-golf.

Once we got out there, it had started to sprinkle. All the other groups had gone back in to bowl and we were the only ones out there. It started off normal.............................

And they started getting sillier, and sillier and the shinnanighans began!

Poor sweet girl with all these rowdy boys. (I had a great group!)

I'm sure this is the proper way to putt???????

I had to be alert and aware because the balls were flying off rocks, going into the water, going onto other holes, these kids were crazy.

But GREAT time had by all. That was on the the funnest field trips I have gone on with one of my kids. Next week is the last week of school. Elementary school and field trips I get to attend are over forever.....kinda makes me sad. Tyler is on to middle school next year! Yikes.........Nicole finally got her metal for her 1st place 5k we did at Cheadle Lake..........

And my sweet friend Kela supplied a beautiful arrangement of dogwood blooms for my kitchen table. Thanks friend...........

Yesterday Nicole had a basketball tourney in West Linn that lasted all day. We left at 8:00 am and got home last night at 8:00 pm.......That was a long day. No pics. Just a sore bottom from sitting in bleachers all day!!!! Wish I could relax today, but we need to clean house and I need to get supplies for work. No rest for the wary.....

"Foster Lake 5k....(part 1 of my weekend)"

Let's start off Saturday morning with a 5k!
(we just sign our kids up and tell them we paid for it and they are going with us! hahaaa) Foster Lake Dam Run 2011.

Nicole and Drake are official running buddies (even tho Nicole says SHE slows HIM down. he is a fast little man.)

What a beautiful morning. Sun was out and warm!

We got to my sisters house in Lebanon at 8:00 am and headed up the Sweet Home/Foster Lake.

We had to walk about 3 miles (maybe a little exaggerated....) to get to registration and then walk across the dam to get to the starting line? So we decided this was our "glory shot" running....(the race hadn't even started yet!) hahahaaaaaaaaa

I wasn't sure what our route was yet.............a little nervous........

And taking pics along the way incase we didn't make it. hahaaa......and got a pic of my sis playing with her butt. Pictures don't lie............I told you I was going to post this one! (I think the sillier the pic, the better........shinnanaghans!)

We waited around an extra half hour for the race to start! Was getting hot! And we were already tired. I didn't eat a proper breakfast (10 almonds and a 1/2 cup of coffee didn't quite cut it). And we are off...............Ummmmmmmmm....no one told me their was a hill???? The kids were in front of us (by quite a bit! Nicole in the green shirt and Drake in the red shirt). Going down is ok........but we will have to come back up!

This is where my sweet sister ditched me (on the uphill side). hahahahaahaa........

I think she kept this pace up for the rest of the race............nice knowing ya! (really, it's ok)

The kids made it back up the hill..........I wasn't so thrilled about it (but then today I went on a 10 mile bike ride....what am I thinking??)

We all beat are times from the last 5k! yay!

And we saw Brandi there too!!!!!

We did it!!!!!! Another 5k under our belt!!!!! Good job sista!

And my awesome daughter got 2nd place and a metal for her age division! (last 5k she got 1st place!)Good job Nicole! So fun that we can do this together and you are such a stud, you are collecting metals!

And we are headed to the Strawberry Parade in Lebanon and all decided to wear our numbers all day (cause we are cool like that) and Nicole should wear her metal all day too...........