What a Week

I haven't been blogging much lately. There has been a lot going on just not much picture taking going on! The picture above is Parker's favorite thing to do these days. He LOVES to climb into his stroller and just sit there.  He gets very frustrated, if I put the stroller away.  He is a goofball. David went to Arkansas last week. He left Friday at 11:00 a.m. and didn't get back until Tuesday night at 10:00p.m. It was a long 5 days.  David claims he only got a 3 day vacation and won't let me count the Friday and Tuesday as vacation for him, because he was at the airport on those days. He was gone for 5 full dinners, he didn't have to change a diaper for 5 days, he didn't have snot on his shirt for 5 days, he didn't have to break up one fight for 5 days, and he didn't have anyone climbing all over him for 5 days....try to fight with that reasoning.  I told him I would take 2 peaceful days in an airport and no one bugging me.  The time he was gone wasn't TOO bad.  Thank goodness for melatonin!:) I only resorted to that a couple of times while David was gone, just so I could be sure that 2 certain kids wouldn't be coming downstairs every few minutes. I had my 13 hours with them each day and I felt like that was enough time for my sanity at least...David was actually supposed to get in at 3:00 on Tuesday, but the plane he was supposed to go on was broken, so he got home at 10:00 instead. Thank goodness for my sweet neighbor, Lynda Desmond, who came over and stayed at the house while the kids were sleeping so that I didn't have to keep them awake that late.  I stayed pretty busy while he was gone. I broke down and finally bought a carpet shampooer.  It was on clearance and an amazing price and our couch was in desperate need for a deep cleaning.  So that is what I did for most of the weekend, cleaned the couch and all the carpets in the house.  So fun!;)  Then Saturday we went to my good friend Ashlee's son's baptism. It was a lot of fun and the kids had a good time seeing some other kids! Then Sunday we had church, which was...something. Parker started crying during the sacrament and I had to take him out and trust the other 2 kids to be okay getting their own water and not making a big scene...I think they did good.  Then that night 2 of my girls in my beehive class were having a piano concert and I wanted to go to that to see their amazing talents! So I packed up the 3 kids again and went back to the church. It was a great show and I was very lucky to have Brother Minson watch Parker for pretty much the whole time.  He insisted and I didn't have the energy to tell him no! So he was out in the hall while either pushing Parker in his favorite stroller or watching him run around.  I was so grateful to have a helping hand with crazy Parker.  I am very lucky to have such a great ward to help me out!  I hate asking for help, which I never have to because they all offer before I can ask. :)  I am looking forward to this weekend and having David here to watch the kids all day Saturday...I haven't told him this yet!;) Oh life with kids! It is amazing and yet sooooo draining.  But that's life and at least they are entertaining kids most of the time!!