Weekend Review

Do you ever get to the end of the weekend and wonder where in the heck the weekend went? Because that is pretty much what it feels like in this house Every.Weekend. And I usually end up feeling like nothing got accomplished, which puts me in a sour mood, which is not the way I like to start my Mondays. So, as attempt to remedy that, I'm going to start sharing with you what we did over the weekend (because I am sure you are all just dying to know) so I can remind myself of everything we did get accomplished instead of focusing on the items still left on our to-do list. And maybe I'll even remember to take a picture or two (since that whole "Wordless Wednesday" thing kind of disappeared. Whoops). Of course, this will also be a test of my memory... Because Friday night was seriously so.long.ago.

Off to a good start--I already had to check my phone to remember what we did on Friday. I worked that day, which typically makes the evenings a little more chaotic because I'm not home to get dinner started. However, when I went to pick up the boys from my mom's house, they were both still sleeping, so Darrell actually ended up being the first one home--and by the time I got home with the boys he had dinner pretty much on the table! My mom joined us for dinner because after dinner she and William headed out to a carnival at my sister's school. Darrell had to leave shortly thereafter to go pick up our produce basket (I know I've talked about Bountiful Basket on here a time or two--we still love using that program!), which left me home to put Garrett to bed--normally a pretty easy task, but because of his late (and long) nap, he was a little feistier than usual. About the time I got him settled down, my mom got back to the house with William, and although all of the "prizes" he brought home were toys, I'm convinced there had to be some candy consumption during the course of the night because he was pretty wound up. While I was putting him to bed, Darrell got home with our basket and started getting the produce prepped and stored (as well as figuring out what the heck one does with three bunches of cilantro). By the time we got William settled down and the kitchen cleaned up, we had enough time to crash on the couch for a little bit of Netflix before bed

Saturday was the first day of swimming lessons for the boys (William's third time, Garrett's first). Both boys did pretty well, so we're excited for the next few weeks (and summer, of course!). We came home and played for a little bit while Darrell hung some décor downstairs (you know, only two years after we moved in...). After lunch I headed out to a local consignment sale (which was a major bust) while Darrell put the boys down for their naps, and then headed home so I could get some food prepped for Sunday (Easter with my mom's family) and make the pizza crust for supper. We skyped with Darrell's parents after naps, and I then I headed up to church for the night. Our youth put on a dinner theater every year, and I volunteered to help in the kitchen--which basically meant I spent three hours on a Saturday night doing dishes that weren't even mine. It was still pretty fun though (we have a pretty great church if I do say so myself) and The Cookie Jar (a totally awesome local establishment) did the catering, so I got some excellent food out of the deal as well.

Sunday was madness. Darrell is pretty much the official narrator for the choir when they do their Palm Sunday cantata (as well as their Christmas program), so he was at church by 7:30 for that. I brought the boys with me at 9:30 for breakfast between services, and then we went to the 10:30 service with my parents (and my brother and his wife even showed up!). After church we rushed home to get everything ready (including the crockpot potatoes that we had started at 7:00 that morning!) to head to Mitchell to celebrate Easter with my mom's family. I'm not sure how much I've said about my mom's family on here, but, well, they are a unique bunch. Gatherings with them are always unpredictable at best. And while it's always good to see family, Darrell and I were definitely ready to load our boys up and head home by 5:30. Bedtimes were a little bit of a struggle again because the boys had spent pretty much all day grazing on junk food, but we finally got them settled and then turned our attention to the kitchen, which had not really seen a lick of cleaning in over twenty-four hours, despite being pretty heavily used. After we got all that done (and cried over the results of some of the March Madness games), it was a repeat of Friday night: crash on the couch for a little bit of Netflix and then off to bed.

See what I mean? Our weekends go by in a poof, and while we are constantly busy doing stuff to keep ourselves afloat, it can be really hard to find the time (or energy) to chip away at some of the bigger, less "mandatory" tasks on our lists. Thankfully, we're home most every night this week, and aside from swim lessons on Saturday and Easter with my immediate family Sunday evening this next weekend is looking pretty open... So fingers crossed it actually stays that way!