Labor Day Weekend

This weekend was such a nice fun family weekend. one I desperately needed... we called it family weekend. we rented movies, ate pizza, went out to Ihops to eat, went to Borders Books - each of us got to pick out a book - me two! went to the zoo! Rick hardly watched any t.v. which made me realize that he still is a pretty fun guy! We need to do these weekends more! or maybe make it a Friday night ritual... pizza movie/game night? Makes me feel maybe our family is normal :) not so chaotic and we really do love each other :) ha ha.. of course we do.. but life gets so crazy with list of things to do... that we forget to enjoy each other and have fun with one another... Anyway, here is me and Boo snuggling.
Here is my adorable kids standing in front of the conservatory. And here is another! My handsome husband & two little ones.

And here is my sad friend Buck. an Ape we seen sitting around doing nothing but picking his skin and scratching his chin and hands... what else was he gonna do? every sitting around staring at him, or whistling to get his attention. I love the zoo, but it also makes me feel so sad for some of the animals.. not all! but the apes, and monkeys and lions, and tigers, zebra's and giraffes. they need to be in the jungle running free how they were meant to run. I guess no one would then come to the zoo then just to see birds, and fish!

Tonight is a very exciting night. I know alot of you maybe have heard our struggles for years "bedtime" well, this weekend we hit the jackpot and found some bunks at a garage sale in super condition.. the little girls are so excited to sleep in them tonight... I sure hope this goes over good... rick and I need our bed back!

school starts tomorrow, and I am have alot of mixed feelings. glad to be done with the fighting and hear how bored my kids are, but I think I will miss them! and especially being not so busy for daycare...just 4 kids for daycare now... at least I have Brooke who I will be able to teach preschool to...

alright then this was super fast, because I rarely have anything to talk about we are so boring around here.. but had some excitement I wanted to share...