September 24, 2017

Today was a nice relaxing Sunday. We went to church. I went to choir practice. While at choir practice Carrie ask me if I got the email with our family photos in it. I hadn't yet so of course I ran home and pulled them up. I am so happy with them. I am so glad that we spent the money and had Carrie do them for us. We ended our day by facetiming with Madison. Kevin figured out how to hook our TV up to the iPad so we got to talk to a big Madison. I love that we have so much technology available to us to keep in touch with Madison.

September 22, 2017

Today was a great day. I started my day off by going to a quilt show with Dawn and some friends. There were so many beautiful quilts. I wish that I could just spend all my time quilting. I never knew when I decided to make Allison a quilt last year that it would become so addicting. After the quilt show we did some baby shopping with Capri before we picked up some lunch at Applebee's. It was a treasure to be able to spend the day with friends.
Once the girls were home from school and Kevin was off work we headed to dinner. I wanted pasta but not the Olive Garden like we normally do. We tried Louis at first but the hostess told us that they did not have any room so we left. It was like 6:00 and I have never been turned away from a restaurant before. Kevin thought he would call and see what they said. They ended up not even being busy it would have been only a 15 minute wait. Oh well I guess they didn't want our business tonight. We instead ended up at Flatbread. It was good. Since I am not a cake fan after dinner we headed to Culvers for some frozen custard. It was the perfect birthday surrounded by friends and family.

I missed having Madison here but she sent me a fun little snapchat. She gets to come home next weekend I can't wait.
After the quilt show I checked my phone and I feel bad because I missed a call from the school. Ashley fell and sprained her ankle in PE. She was ok but I still feel bad for not hearing my phone.

September 21, 2017

It has been a long time since I have been able to hang out with Megan. Today I headed to her house to help her can her applesauce. She got a lot of apples and had a lot of canning to do. I am glad that I was able to go out there and help and visit with her. Next I will probably get some apples and can some apple sauce. Fresh canned applesauce is so much better than the store bought stuff.
After helping Megan I ran to Ashley's cross country meet. Ashley was pretty excited for this meet because it is the first one that Kevin has been able to make it to. He was so impressed with how much she has accomplished this season. I am glad that he was able to make it to support her.
When I snapchatted with Madison today she was letting me know how much she misses Macie so I passed a cute little picture along to her. I remember when I went off to school it was a lot of fun but it was also so hard because i missed everything back at home.

September 20, 2017

Today was a pretty low key day. We didn't do much. On this day I always think of my little brother alot and wonder what his life would be like if he was still alive. He would be 31 if he was still alive. I miss him and am so grateful that families can be together forever. I look forward to being with him again one day.
Madison sent me a fun snapchat today. She got me a birthday present. I will have to wait till she comes home to get it but it was so nice of her to think of me.

September 19, 2017

Ashley ran in another cross country meet today. She got her best time yet. I love watching her run and improve each time. Cross country has not been easy but she is doing such a great job at sticking it out.
I got en excited snapchat from Madison today that it was snowing. She loves cold weather and snow. I think she picked the best place to go to college.
I finished my evening out by attending a Relief Society dinner. It has been a while since I have been able to make it to a relief society meeting. It was nice to visit with the women in the ward.

September 17, 2017

Today was a nice relaxing uplifting Sunday. I love Sunday's. We facetimed Madison and she seems to adjusting well to be at college. It is different not having her here but I am glad that she is adjusting and making friends.
Allison and Ashley got invited to Capri's house to make fall decorations. They said that they had alot of fun hanging out with Capri.

September 16, 2017

Ashley is back at playing Rec soccer. This morning as she put her uniform on she said it was an ugly uniform. She does not miss competitive soccer but she does miss the cute uniforms. Ashley played goalie the first half of the game. It was fun watching her enjoy herself again playing soccer. She did such a great job playing goalie. The second half she got to play center forward. I love watching my kids play and love playing. Ashley's team won 5 to 4.