Last Week Peek

Last week was oh so busy and so fun.  My parents came into town for Education Week so we got to spend lots of time with them and Andy, Gav & co. 

Here's a quick peek at what last week looked like:

{imagine a photo of a super clean house HERE}

We listed our house on the MLS last week to get more people walking through and we have been keeping it spotless since.  

Every morning I have to make the house show-worthy in case a realtor calls for a last-minute showing or while I'm out running errands.  So every morning is filled with a daily load of laundry, easy breakfast, dishes, keeping the boys on the couch so toys remain put away from the night before, showering and getting ready for the day, wiping down the bathroom and shower,  sweeping and spot-mopping the bath and the kitchen, wiping down the kitchen counters and putting away dish sponges & scrubbies, hiding our bath towels and putting out the show towels, making the beds, putting my purse and other random valuables in the van, putting the kids in the van while I vacuum the house void of footprints & crumbs and finally making sure the windows are opened, lights are turned on, swamp cooler is running and air freshener is sprayed. 

It's still work, but at least I have it down to a routine now!  And the poor boys can't wait to be done walking on egg-shells around here.  And I can't wait to be in a house I can actually live in again!

Logan begging to tie flies with Ben daily.

 

Made cookie ice cream sandwiches with the boys.

My parents came on Tuesday and planned to go to Education Week beginning on Wednesday. 

Well on their way to their first class they got rear ended and pushed into the car in front of them. Lousy distracted drivers!  My Dad was ok by my Mom went to the ER. Luckily they're both ok, but Education Week was out of the picture. 

Friday my mom felt up to walking around more, so we went to SLC for the day. 

First we all met up at City Creek for lunch and let the boys get soaked. 

 

And we wandered around Temple Square and went to the top of the Church Office Building

 

More fountains at the end of the day - the boys had a blast fishing out all the pennies and throwing them all back in.

 

My parents taking a break to people-watch

 

Lincoln finally passed out around 4 pm

 

Andy, Mom and Me at the end of our hot afternoon

Washing and organizing girl clothes! 

I've been on the hunt for good used baby girl clothes since it's garage sale season.  I have been blessed to find a few GREAT garage sales in Washington and even one down here in Provo.  You know... the kind of garage sale where people don't think their used, pooped-on things are still worth full price. :) And I've been given some clothes by good friends too.  Every bit has been super helpful! 

Anyway, with no nursery to set up, all these sweet little clothes are now in boxes and bins until we (hopefully!) move.

Linc-o playing blocks in the waiting room at my 28 week check up.

 I brought the boys along and they were AMAZINGLY well-behaved the whole time.  Logan LOVED watching me be poked with a big needle and blood coming out of my arm for the blood sample for my glucose test.

I decided that while I was spending hours watching the Olympics I may as well work on a project at the same time so I picked me up some yarn and learned how to crochet a ripple afghan for the baby (thanks YouTube!). Still working on it. 

I also (almost successfully) read a crochet pattern for the first time (wohoo!) and made a diaper cover and flower for Lou babe.  Just imagine the diaper with a cute button in the middle to fasten it together.  There's something a bit wonky on the left side of it so I think I'll take another stab at the pattern now that I know what I'm doing. :)

(By the way, we've been calling the baby Lou Lou as designated by Logan. And the other day he decided she should actually be called Lou Lou McHorgan. Awesome). 

 And that's a wrap! It was a tiring week but I'm so glad I got to spend time with Mom and Dad despite their unfortunate turn of events. Now to tackle this next week: 10 year anniversary and Lo's first day of kindergarten!