Rainy Weekend

Anybody else still a bit soggy after that weekend?! Wow! I think it rained for 48 hours straight here, then stopped for a little while so that it could rain another 24! As bad as that sounds, we actually had a really great weekend. We were able to catch up on some things that I had been wanting to do around the house, like finishing Max's quilt, and just enjoyed hanging out together. Jared was able to make a measuring stick for the kids (something we kept meaning to do and never actually did!). He even carved an "N" on the top. It looks great! The kids actually enjoyed the time at home too and re-discovered some of their buried toys. Just check out our little Chopin!

Jared got his exercise giving lots and lots of airplane rides, bouncing kiddos on the big blue ball, and giving countless giraffe/ pony/ hippo rides. I'm sure Ruby will be thrilled in a few years that I posted this picture of her on the Internet, but I guess every kid has to live with a little bit of embarrassment from their parents!

We also got an interesting note in the mail. It seems that our car has been totalled. Now wouldn't it have been nice to tell us that BEFORE they decided to spend the last two weeks waiting on parts?! We're not sure if we have any options at all at this point, but almost would rather they didn't repair the car if possible. Since we got such a good price on the car we'd actually end up ahead if they paid us the value of the car and let us walk. Maybe we could upgrade or just have a few thousand dollars in the bank--both options sound nice! Of course that does mean car shopping and you know how much I LOVED that process.

Check in tomorrow for another yummy recipe from my kitchen to yours!