Weekending

Hi friends! We had a fun and busy weekend for the first time in what seems like awhile.

Friday | 

Early Friday morning I hopped in my friends car and 3 of us girlfriends headed to raleigh to Umstead Resort. We had a spa day planned followed by dinner out and staying the night. We spent the whole day relaxing at the spa. I had a massage and pedicure. It was wonderful not worrying about feeding anyone, changing diapers, breaking up fights, listening to whining..I thoroughly enjoyed the day!

That evening we got dressed and headed out to dinner in Raleigh. We ate at the Capital Grille, it was wonderful! Such a yummy steak and time with girlfriends.

We were back in our hotel in our soft clothes by 9:30, and I couldn't have been happier!

Saturday | 

I enjoyed an uninterrupted nights sleep followed by a yummy brunch before we headed back to our families.

It was a much needed night away to relax and rejuvenate. I am so thankful for good babysitters and a sweet husband who let this happen!

Jack had a soccer game that morning so by the time I got home the boys were dressed and playing in the driveway. We had lunch outside before everyone taking naps!

After naps I took the boys to a birthday party where they played and played outside. The weather was gorgeous!

We had family pizza night followed by our new neighbors (our dear friends) walking down to play outside. We parents sat on the screened in porch while the 4 boys ran around playing. It was amazing and something I look forward to many more times to come over the next several months!

Sunday | 

We went to church followed by lunch and then all came home for naps!

After naps we went to ride the little train at our local rec center. This is a staple of our little town and the boys are so excited it backs up and running for the season.

We then played outside until dinner time. I didn't realize I had two real life Power Rangers living with me!

Whew, it was a busy but super fun weekend!! I love weekends like this and hope for more to come as the weather continues to warm up!

*Linking up with Biana and Lindsay

Weekending

Hey friends! Clearly I'm slow going on this back to blogging thing! I'm just taking it at my own speed and have decided that I'm no longer trying to "keep up". I'm just going to blog what I want and when I want! We had a fun weekend!

Friday
We met up with friends at our local farm and went strawberry picking and got to play at their play area. It was a lot of fun! The strawberries weren't quite ripe yet, but the kids didn't mind and had fun hunting to find them. Graham was a pro and found tons, I think he was at the right eye level.

After naps the boys and I went to a birthday party for our sweet Tate. She was turning 9 and was so sweet to invite the boys. She was having a slime party....note to self, slime is a mess! I wouldn't let Jack bring it home (mean mom!) After the party the boys went to a sleep over with their grandaddy and Patrick and I went to dinner with some friends. I failed to take any photos of any of these events after the strawberry patch!


Saturday
Soccer started back today! I was a little worried about Jack not being on the same team as all his friends like in the fall so I prepped him over and over about the possibility of not knowing anyone on his team and how he can make new friends. He did great! He knows two little girls on his team from school. He scored his first goal (and one for the other team ha)

We took a trip to lowes and grabbed lunch after soccer followed by naps and working in the yard for those that didn't nap (Jack)

Post naps my wonderful babysitter came over to take some pictures of the boys. She is so good and quick! She got some great shots. I'll share all of them in a post later this week.

Since the boys were so good during pictures I took them to Pelicans to get a snowball, Jack has been begging for one for weeks. We enjoyed it on the porch!

We went to our friends for dinner that

Sunday
After my MIL passed away we started going to church with my FIL. We have been attending that church regularly since then and decided to join (or re-join for Patrick). Yesterday was the day we became official members. I love that my boys will grow up in the same church that their dad did. Several people came up to us yesterday telling us how they remembered 2 little red heads sitting in the pew just about 35 years ago. We enjoyed our previous church a lot but are happy with our change.

We all took afternoon naps and then my mom came to town for a visit!

I really am failing as a blogger at taking pictures, I guess I've been trying to "be in the moment" rather than having my phone out at every moment.

*linking up with Biana and Lindsay

Wrapping Paper Orginazation

I am the worst about buying wrapping paper/tissue paper/bags/ribbon every time I need to wrap something. Probably because I have never had a good way to store all of this and it ends up in random places in my house. All my Christmas paper and ribbon was in this one disheveled container, birthday paper and bags were in another place and I just couldn't figure out a way to get it organized. Until I saw Andrea post how she did hers and I thought..this is genius! So once rainy day Patrick and I were going to Raleigh for a State game and had some extra time and ventured over to the Container Store. Got all of the things we needed and voila, instant wrapping paper/gift wrap station!

This whole set is super easy to install and very customizable. It can be a bit pricy but we caught a great sale and shockingly Patrick didn't grumble at the price. I love that you can pick different pieces to suit your needs. I have it in our play room closet which has become a bit of a craft closet for me. I love that everything is in one place and I now don't have to search all over for it!

 I love that all of my ribbon is in one place now.

This little section is great and you can buy different pieces that fit into the board for whatever needs you have! I have scissors, tape, extra ribbon.

 And of course, a place for all that wrapping paper!

I also keep tissue paper and party bags in a basket in the closet. Its a one stop place for all my wrapping needs!

Bonus, I just checked and the Elfa closet systems are 25% off! This is your time to buy!

*linking up with Owen

Remember Me?

Well hello there! Remember me? Gah, I really went MIA for awhile there. I'll be honest, I needed a break. Part of me was ready to give up blogging but I missed it and my dad gave me some words of encouragement last week when we were visiting so I'm back and ready to get back to it! Life has been  chaotic, fun, and crazy with these 2 little boys of mine. We had spring break last week and I failed to take many photos but we had a ton of fun over the week of Easter and I'm going to take you back to two weeks ago and share all about or Easter!

The boys had Easter parties at school. Graham had 2 egg hunts because he goes both M/W an T/Th

We went to our friends beautiful house for a fun afternoon with the Easter bunny. Complete with a bounce house and egg hunt!

Easter Sunday the boys woke up to treats from the Easter Bunny! 

We then went to church

My sweet MIL is buried in the columbarium at our Church and every Sunday we walk right past her on our way to Sunday School and the boys stop and blow kisses. I just happened to catch this on this day and it is so sweet. Even if no one says anything Graham will run up and say "hey nana!"

After church we came home and had brunch with our dear friends followed by a little egg hunt to round out our week of Easter fun!