The Weekend Update

Oy Vey, I feel like things have been so crazy around here (as I'm sure they have been for you), but boy howdy I have missed da blog world. It's a sad day when you don't have time for blogging...well, for me at least. :)

So, here's an exciting recap of the weekend:

Friday I had to devote much of my day to CLEANING! Bah! I hate to admit it, but me & Fly Lady are on the outs--she has completely rejected me because I haven't wiped my sink or laced my shoes all weekend (for shame)...it was fun while it lasted, Fly Lady. We also ate at Rudy's BBQ which pretty much has THE best cream corn on the face of the planet. And I have to say this: Only in Texas could you open a restaurant in a gas station (nice), offer slabs of meat in crates with butcher paper as plates, claiming to be "The Worst BBQ in Texas" and people come and eat there. You gotta love how they embrace their hillbilliness.

Anyway, on Saturday I got my booty up and at 'em to go running with my friend Kristen(who pretty much could have run circles around me if she wanted to) and can I just say: Oh Mamacita!!! I was so slow and sore afterwards. Plus, I think I wet myself a little (yes, I am ashamed to admit it on the WWW, but people let's get real: birthing my children not only destroyed my bladder, but also my dignity :) Oh well. Anyway, the run actually gave me hope that I might be able to complete The Turkey Trot this year without being carried away in a stretcher :)

This race brings out the shear fear of failure in me, which turns out to be very motivating. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat with visions of an 80 year old man running at a Turtle's pace, passing me (um, maybe because that actually happened the first year I ran it. Lovely.) And let me tell you: being shown up by an 80 year old man in front of thousands of people is an incredible motivator.

On Saturday we also celebrated two birthday parties (my niece Madison's Princess Birthday Party & my nephew Britton's Halloween Birthday party) My kid's LOVE all of their cousins and we feel blessed they are able to be so close to them. It's so fun to get them all together because they act so crazy....I mean, they have fun.

We also drove out to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday with our friend's the Hiltons and had a good ol' time! They had a ton to do, but my kids basically could have fed the goats all day (do all kids love goats, or just mine?).

They also painted their own pumpkins, which were pure masterpieces, if I do say so myself…


The real miracle of the day is that Braden actually wore, and kept his pants on finally proving we are not total white trash. :)They are all kinds of tuckered out...