Weekends

I'll admit I've been a horrible blogger lately. Our weekends have been pretty packed, so I spend the whole week trying to clean up/recover and never get around to blogging. I also never get around to taking pictures, so this may be pretty dull. So here's what we've done our two last weekends:

1. Murder Mystery dinner
I love any excuse to dress up, so what could be better than forcing your friends to dress up too? Karen found a Murder Mystery game at Tuesday Mornings for super cheap and since I have been moaning for years about how I want to do one, she sprung for the game. What a gal!!! She and her husband were also assigned the role of bartender and waitress for the evening and were such great sports when we made them serve us ;D After it was all said and done -- I got to be the Murderer, woo hoo -- we spent the next 3 hours playing one of my favorite games: Saboteur.



2. Lyndsi
We also got to keep our favorite babysitter for the whole weekend while her family was off camping. I was FORCED to make sure she had a good time so I took her out Saturday morning to see Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants Deux and then out to lunch. SUCH a sacrifice. Is it lame that I was smiling and giddy the whole movie and I'm getting close to 30? Please tell me some one else out there watched it and liked it?

3. Mamma Mia sing-along
I feel lucky to have so many great girl friend's who will go along with my crazy outings. When my sister told me Mamma Mia sing-along was coming out in the theater, I called my other Mamma Mia obsessed girlfriend, Shauna, and the plan was hatched. We somehow talked 8 other firends into thinking this was a good idea and then forced them to sing loudly with us. Shauna was the one who made us all get up and dance and I'm so glad she did because it just wouldn't have been as fun if we hadn't. And of course we had to spend 2 hours to go out for dessert after wards!

I should also mention that after seeing two movies with scenes of Greece in them, that I really really want to go!

OH! And if anyone wants to go again -- I totally will!

4. Closet organizing
I do have to take a picture of this because my closet looks AWESOME! After 1.5 years of shoving stuff in our closet and never getting around to organizing it because Sadie was in there, I spent an entire day in there. I love the sens of relief that comes from knowing some tucked away part of your house is so perfect. I feel the same way when I do the linen closet, or the spice cupboard. Even the fridge or the pantry!

6 years of kids clothes had to go somewhere. The sad part -- Nate has 2 bins for his 4 years of life, and the girls have 6!

See how my sweaters are color coordinated?! See all my cute Christmas trees?! I've got some fun Halloween stuff out already. I love the next few months of Holidays!

5. Primary Activity
Our water activity was yesterday and we had a great turn out -- which is always a plus. We couldn't have pulled it off without a lot of help. I think our Ward must have the corner on creativity. Sorry to the rest of you people reading this blog who are not cool enough to be a member of our Ward, but we pretty much rock. ;D

6. Triathlon
About 3 days ago Dustin decided he was going to do the Anthem Triathlon. Proof that he is soo not a planner. Most people would want to train or something, but not Dustin. He did really well and he's planning on doing it again December, which will probably have nicer weather. We had already committed to the Lamb's housewarming party, so he didn't have a cheering section either. Maybe in December.

Dustin must have been on some sort of high because after his race he still had enough energy to go watch UFC with some friends and stay up until 4 am.

This is Dustin with some of his AWESOME swag. Notice the Similac label on the water bottle. Weird place to advertise for baby formula, but even worse: it's on a #7 plastic bottle. Aren't those the ones that leak cancer into your body?? Some other gems: a tooth brush, hair elastics and hammer gel.

7. The Lamb's Housewarming
Janel has worked miracles on the house, the food was yummy *greek* and the company was even better. Nate had a great time playing with all his boy buddies and Sadie had a great time eating dessert after dessert. Thanks for having us all over guys!!! It was so much fun and so nice to have the kids disappear upstairs.

Ellie decided she didn't want to go since there would only be boys there, so she ended up at Meredith's and we still haven't seen her today. Thanks for taking her Mer!!

**Just a heads up -- GNO this WEDNESDAY! It's for anyone and everyone. We're meeting at Brenda Janda's at 6:30!!!! Miss Chelsea Pace is in town.**