Last weekend had a few hiccups, but ended splendidly.

Saturday morning I woke up to a messy house, as has been the norm for the last little while. I cleaned for a good 2 hours while the kids were out & before I went to work I gave them a to do list with terms. The terms being... if the house isn't clean when I get home I will take my leave in the form of a mommy vacation at my sister's house! (My kids do know that I say what I mean, so I had no doubts that the house would get clean.)

So, off to work I went... Surprisingly, my long lost BFF Alexis came to visit! I love it when she does that. :)  We made a plan to get a drink together after work... how about Chili's...
My baristas rocked the house and we got everything done & out of the store on time. Thanks guys! You're the best!  :)

Alexis & I enjoyed chips & salsa with our margaritas at Chili's while we talked & talked. It's been a really long time! Good memories, all the current goings on with our jobs & kids, and everything in between.  ❤

So I got a mini mommy vacation anyway. 

Came home to a clean house. (The kids say it took them 4 hours.)

Went to sleep, excited to have Sunday off.

Sweet dreams.....

Sunday started okay, but Brittany & I, both being women, had a bit of a moment, and missed meeting. :( So, we talked things out (Brittany is good about that,) and got on with the day.

She helped me get things ready for the evening. 

Some of my sisters were coming over for a dinner & caramel apple party!

Ben & Megan are headed to Korea for a year, so we wanted to get together.

Taco salad for dinner, Tres Leches Cake for dessert. Mmmm....

Brittany & Megan

Some trampoline time.

And then it was time to decorate our amazing caramel apples...

A problem that we've always had in the past is the caramel sliding off the apples resulting in an apple sitting atop a puddle of caramel & candy. So I looked online to learned that if you boil the apples for just a couple of seconds and wipe them dry, it takes the wax off. Then the caramel will stick. It works!

What a fun & delicious mess!

~SISTERS~

What are YOU looking at?!?  LOL

It's getting late & we've all had a LOT of sugar.
Silliness at it's best.

I just like this picture.

Enjoy your adventure in Korea Ben & Megan! 

We're looking forward to some awesome pics and interesting blogs. :)

We love you & will be thinking of you.

Have you ever tried a delightfully fresh Honeycrisp apple?

Honeycrisp apples are SOOOoo delicious! 

Very rarely do I ever see them anywhere. So yesterday at the store I asked Brittany to go grab some apples while I got Sydney some popcorn chicken at the deli. What did she come back with? Honeycrisp apples!! Yummy!! They are almost too sweet. :)  

Maybe I'll go today and get some Laughing Cow wedges to eat with them. 

How delightful would that be for my break at work?  :)

For now it's time to go wake up some sleepy heads.....

Make some coffee....

And stretch out the knots in my back with my favorite exercise program,

Classical Stretch.... Love it!!

And we'll get on with the day. 

Grocery shopping for dinner tomorrow,

Work this afternoon.

Tomorrow will be another fabulous day off to spend with my family, 

spiritual family, and then more family for dinner. Good stuff!

How about a day off

Good morning sunshine! Time for a good cup o' coffee.

I do so enjoy days off from work even though it means I come home and... work.  :)

Lots of laundry to be done, run errands, maybe get through the pile that keeps growing on my desk (maybe not.) Maybe I will take time to get a haircut (currently undecided about that.)

It's all good because I get to spend time with some of my very favorite people.  ❤  

This will probably include but definitely not be limited to playing with play dough, baby dolls, Littlest Pet Shops, maybe some trampoline jumping and lots of silliness. If I'm lucky a nap will happen somewhere in there. 

What if we make some cookies...  

Endless possibilities in a day off.

What will we have for dinner tonight? I'll have to get back to you on that one.

After dinner, we get to enjoy an encouraging meeting. Brittany has a part, so hopefully Mark will be up to going today.

It's supposed to be another fabulous fall day!

I hope you have a good one.