I was going to wait until the end of the month to update this blog, but I feel like updating now, so I will! :-) Let's see - the first weekend of the month saw Tim and Nathan and Nicholas taking a trip up to North Carolina to camp on cliffs and hike in the woods. They had a fantastic time, while Nicole and Noah and I enjoyed the place to ourselves. The first thing I did right after they left was clean up the house, and it stayed clean until they got back! :-) Just sayin'. That Saturday night Nicole and I watched a 4 hour Pride and Prejudice movie while Noah read 3 books in a series. We stayed up until I think 1am. It was great! The boys weathered some rain Friday night, but I believe Saturday night was nice. Here are some pictures from their trip:
That next Wednesday was my Dad's birthday, so I went down on Tuesday (I work on Wednesdays) to hang out with him and my mom, and I got to see my sister when she came home from work, so that was really nice. That Friday was another Cross Country meet for Nicholas, and he came in 3rd again! I've been running with him during his Tuesday evening practices (well, more like running WAY behind him towards the end of all the runners on his team), and I'm starting to really enjoy running! I've always literally hated running, but there's something so freeing about a sport you can do pretty much any time you want to. Just this past Friday, while the boys went to the YMCA, I just walked outside my house and started running! Love it!
A few weeks ago the Lord put on our hearts to help this single mom we know who is working really hard to provide for her children and take care of everything. So last Saturday we spent about 9 hours at her house with her and her 3 children doing everything from yard work to organizing to installing a digital thermostat and a keypad on her garage door to dejunking her computers and installing security software. It was a blessed time - we all thoroughly enjoyed it, and I'm so proud of the kids because they worked their little hearts out the whole day! It's amazing when you don't own your own home (we are still renting) how it can free you up to do something like that. I remember when we owned, every Saturday was pretty much filled up with mowing and maintenance. It never ended. I kind of can't believe we are still renting when we could buy, especially at a time like this when the housing market is so low, but we continue praying about it and can't get a peace about buying at this time. Plus, we are really enjoying being completely debt free!
The next day Tim and Nathan and Nathan's best friend, Josh, had the opportunity to go to a Bucs game, and they had a blast! The Bucs won, which made the day extra special. Here's a picture of the 3 musketeers themselves:
A few weeks ago the Lord put on our hearts to help this single mom we know who is working really hard to provide for her children and take care of everything. So last Saturday we spent about 9 hours at her house with her and her 3 children doing everything from yard work to organizing to installing a digital thermostat and a keypad on her garage door to dejunking her computers and installing security software. It was a blessed time - we all thoroughly enjoyed it, and I'm so proud of the kids because they worked their little hearts out the whole day! It's amazing when you don't own your own home (we are still renting) how it can free you up to do something like that. I remember when we owned, every Saturday was pretty much filled up with mowing and maintenance. It never ended. I kind of can't believe we are still renting when we could buy, especially at a time like this when the housing market is so low, but we continue praying about it and can't get a peace about buying at this time. Plus, we are really enjoying being completely debt free!
The next day Tim and Nathan and Nathan's best friend, Josh, had the opportunity to go to a Bucs game, and they had a blast! The Bucs won, which made the day extra special. Here's a picture of the 3 musketeers themselves:
Two nights ago Tim and I went ballroom dancing together for the first time since we left on our trip in June! It was so much fun, but we realized we are quite rusty and need to work on remembering many dance moves we've forgotten. We can't really afford lessons right now, but the couple who own the Fred Astaire dance studio told us to come every Friday if we want for their free dance party, so we're hoping to be able to do that more often!
I just want to say I was very proud of the kids yesterday. The triplets had a Youth in Government meeting from 10am - 3pm where they had to dress up in business attire and participate in a government type of atmosphere where bills were presented and elections of officers were accomplished. I stayed and watched for a bit and was so proud of the way they conducted themselves. Meanwhile, Nicholas was at my boss' house with his son helping them cut apart a tree that had fallen and died in their backyard, and Tim was at the Perrella's helping them put on an extension of their dock to their floating dock. We have been trying to sell our RV and found a place up in Pasco County called Park and Sell, so I drove the RV up there and waited for Tim to pick me up. The problem is that a 15 - 20 minute job with the dock (so he was going to follow me shortly after I left) turned into a 2+ hour job, so I ended up hanging out at the Park and Sell for a couple of hours. Not my idea of a fun Saturday, but I had brought my computer and was able to get some stuff done for Tim's business while waiting, so not a total loss. Anyway, after Nicholas worked all day outside and the triplets worked all day at the Youth in Government function, they came home and proceeded to do their Saturday chore of cleaning the whole house. I never heard one complaint - they just got on it and got it done! So, I just wanted to brag on them a little bit!
Well, this is a lot longer than I had expected - I guess I'm just in a talky mood today! I'll leave you with a picture of the triplets all dressed up in their business attire! They're getting too old too fast!! Their birthday in less then a month away, and they will be driving age - yikes! Hope everyone is enjoying a nice weekend!
I just want to say I was very proud of the kids yesterday. The triplets had a Youth in Government meeting from 10am - 3pm where they had to dress up in business attire and participate in a government type of atmosphere where bills were presented and elections of officers were accomplished. I stayed and watched for a bit and was so proud of the way they conducted themselves. Meanwhile, Nicholas was at my boss' house with his son helping them cut apart a tree that had fallen and died in their backyard, and Tim was at the Perrella's helping them put on an extension of their dock to their floating dock. We have been trying to sell our RV and found a place up in Pasco County called Park and Sell, so I drove the RV up there and waited for Tim to pick me up. The problem is that a 15 - 20 minute job with the dock (so he was going to follow me shortly after I left) turned into a 2+ hour job, so I ended up hanging out at the Park and Sell for a couple of hours. Not my idea of a fun Saturday, but I had brought my computer and was able to get some stuff done for Tim's business while waiting, so not a total loss. Anyway, after Nicholas worked all day outside and the triplets worked all day at the Youth in Government function, they came home and proceeded to do their Saturday chore of cleaning the whole house. I never heard one complaint - they just got on it and got it done! So, I just wanted to brag on them a little bit!
Well, this is a lot longer than I had expected - I guess I'm just in a talky mood today! I'll leave you with a picture of the triplets all dressed up in their business attire! They're getting too old too fast!! Their birthday in less then a month away, and they will be driving age - yikes! Hope everyone is enjoying a nice weekend!
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