On Saturday I woke up super early at 5:30 a.m. to get ready for the day. This isn't unusual for a Saturday morning. Ryan doesn't understand how I can barely dddrrraaaggg my butt out of bed at 7:30 on workdays, but I can be bright eyed and bushy tailed between 5:30-6:30 every Saturday morning. I'm just so excited to have an entire day to play! Going to work gives me nothing to live for, and therefore, I just want to stay in bed. Saturdays are a completely different ballgame. The sooner I get up on Saturday, the sooner I get to start playing and the longer I get to play! I love my weekends!
Anyway. Back to this last weekend.
Ryan was cooking at the Boy Scouts' breakfast so I headed over there at 7:00 to grab a bite to eat and then went to pick up my new friend Jenice at 7:30 so that we could go YARD SALING!!! I'm so glad that I found a buddy that is willing to get up early and come out looking for deals with me :) She brought her adorable little boy along and we had a lot of fun. I think yard saling is even more awesome when you have a baby or toddler because almost every sale has something for kids. It is a good place to get new toys and clothes on the cheap. We both found a few things so it turned out to be a good day.
We quit yard saling around 9:30 so that we could run and get snacks to eat while watching the Vernal parade. My niece Karlee was with her cheerleading group on a float, so we went to watch and support that. Unfortunetly we were on the wrong side of the street to be able to see Karlee on the float, but her teacher told us later that she got off at one point and walked with the older cheerleaders while doing a few cheerleading moves! Super awesome!
Jenice and I went back to Roosevelt after the parade so that she could put her little boy down for a nap. I'm so glad that she was able to come with me and I hope that she had fun too!
That evening Ryan and I went back to Vernal to have a barbeque with Andy and Tawnie. Their neighbors, Stacy and Mason came with their children and it was fun to get to know new people. After dinner we lit off a few fireworks and the kids got to play with some sparklers. Here were two of my favorite pictures of Brooklyn and Karlee:
We had such a good time and we are so grateful that we have family and friends close by that we can see anytime we want!
The next day, Sunday, was fabulous. The kids did a really good job in primary during singing time and I am having a lot of fun in the calling. Just watch, they will release me now that I am feeling good about being up in the primary! Ha ha!
I realized on Sunday evening that I didn't have to work the next day because of the holiday, so that pretty much made my weekend even more awesome than it already was! Woot!
Monday also turned out to be a wonderful day. I used my morning to clean and organize in preperation for our baby coming. I had boxes and boxes of children's clothing that I had to sort and put in the laundry and a nursery to get slightly cleaner and organized. We have this large bookcase up in the baby room that I had decided needed to be moved to accomodate the crib. I took down all the books and the decorations off the top and then proceeded to move the book case. About half-way across the room to my destination I really started to wonder if I should be doing that strenuous of an activity. Next time, I'm just going to wait for Ryan to get home from work. Anyway. It is done. I have the bookcase, crib, and changing table where I want them. I also have gotten pull-out storage boxes underneath the crib and cute black Ikea boxes under the changing table so I have places to put things. Ryan also hung the curtains on Sunday afternoon, so we are well on our way to having the nursery finished! I will post pictures just as soon as we are completely done. I didn't want to spoil the surprise!
So now a little secret spilling time. Ssshhh....this is Ryan's secret! ha ha! I know I have told you guys about how Ryan never likes to throw away old clothes. I decided that I would show you just how many pieces of clothing that he has! Please observe pictures #1-7.
3 HUGE draweres filled with socks, shirts, and underwear :) he he!
An entire dresser filled with more clothing....
His nice clothing hung up in one half of our master closet.....
His pants and sweatshirts thrown on the top rack of the spare room's closet....
Coats and more random clothing in the spare bedroom closet....
load of clean laundry still sitting on our bed....
And one more load of his clothes in the dirty hamper!
Can you believe how many clothes he has?! Most of them haven't been worn since we got married. Ridiculous.
I'll now show you my clothing collection so that you have something to compare his to:
My clothes on my half of the master closet....
And my three large drawers not even entirely full.
That is it!
And he says I have a clothing addiction.....I'd say that's the pot calling the kettle black! Ha ha!