I don't even remember when we went to the Children's Museum, but we had a good time with Darcy & Rhianna!

 

The Friday before Easter, we went to Annie's house to color Easter eggs with her and Ava. We colored eggs and did a few other "crafty" things.

The Saturday before Easter, we went to an Easter egg hunt at the church where the girls go to daycare. They has a good time and got quite a bit of candy.

They also got a lot of candy for Easter! And a few other goodies from the Easter bunny. We had a good weekend all in all.

I really wish I was better at blogging. Just for the fact that I could use it as a journal of all the fun things we do as a family. Maybe one day, I will get better!!

We have had a good 4 months. We did go to see Granny at Thanksgiving. Got together with family for Christmas, other than mine because I got the flu :( Girls were spoiled as normal! The picture below is just from Santa, let alone all the stuff they got at the other Christmas get togethers.

 

Chris and I went to see Peacetrain on New Years Eve for their last show. We had a great time!!! I did shed a few drunken tears at midnight because I missed Rick so much. The last time we had seen Peacetrain on New Years Eve was with him, so it brought back a lot of memories.

 

We went out to dinner as a family for Valentines Day at Olive Garden. We are hoping to make that a family tradition since Chris and I don't celebrate it with each other, figure we can celebrate it with the girls.

Jillian won her read-a-thon fundraiser by raising the most money in her grade. So she got to ride in a stretch limo to Monicals pizza & then got the red carpet treatment when she got back before the talent show. She didn't perform in the talent show, but we stayed to watch it. It was so much fun! The confidence it took for some of those kids to get up on that stage is amazing. I definitely admired them.



 

We have had the snowiest winter since 1981. We have had 51 + inches of snow this season. It was the first day of spring last week & we may get a dusting of snow on Wednesday! It's crazy and I'm getting the winter blues!! I need warmth!! We have had a glimpse or two of a few nice days, but its almost April and you almost wouldn't even know it!!

 



 

We went to a family dance at Jillian's school. I was so proud of Jillian because she actually got out and danced. Carleigh had no problem dancing right away, but I wasn't sure if Jillian actually would or not! I think they both had a good time! Jillian won a door prize of 15% off at Orange Leaf! YUM!!

 





We survived cookie season with Girl Scouts. Jillian's troop sold enough cookies to go to the Mystery Concert in June to see Fifth Harmony. They are very active with field trips, which is good for me because it keeps her active and hopefully will bring her out of her shell a little more each time.

We have gone to birthday parties at Jump N Play (Jillian one day, Carleigh the next), at homes and at a movie theatre. Jillian and I snuck away after a cookie booth and saw the Lego Movie. Chris, the girls and I went and saw Frozen (which we now own & they practically know every word to the song already). Jillian went to the birthday party at the movie theatre and she saw Mr. Peabody and Sherman. We went to Beef N Boards with mom to see "How I Became a Pirate". I think it may have been one of my favorites. And then I brought them home from that and introduced them to the Pirate Movie, which they also know all the words! (which I love because I LOVED that movie as a kid).

Chris and I have gone out on quite a few dates, thanks to my wonderful mother & to the dismay of Shannon!

This past Friday night, I picked Jillian up from daycare a little early, took her to McDonald's and then dropped her off at her Girl Scout leaders house for a Girl Scout field trip (learning about worms. yucky!!). Then went and picked Carleigh up from daycare & took her to McDonald's. Came home and waited for Jillian to return. On Saturday night, we went and saw an award ceremony for Sarah's karate. It was pretty cool to watch her perform and the others perform also. Then we went out to dinner with the family at El Meson (Chris got a chicken sandwich. lol).

Then today, we went to Monster Mini golf. Jillian was freaking out at first (scared by the "monsters"), but by the 5 or 6 hole, she finally calmed down. 

 



So, all in all, we have been a very busy family!! And I'm sure when the weather is consistently nice out, we may be even busier. It's been crazy, busy, fun and I've wanted to pull my hair out every once in awhile, but its been a great few months!!

On Friday, Chris, Jillian, Carleigh and I went to Jillian's schools Fall Festival. It was fun. Took me back to my Fall Frolics at Chaplewood! 

 

 Saturday, Mom, Jillian, Carleigh and I went to Beef and Boards and saw Winnie the Pooh. It didn't really keep either girls attention. Now, Jillian had seen it already the week before, but said on the way home she thought it was boring both times. It had some funny parts though.

 Jillian and Carleigh at Beef and Boards

 

 

Later that night, Chris and I went to Sidelines to watch a band named Recoil. They were good, very loud though. Or maybe I am just getting old. LOL. It was nice to get out with Chris though for a little bit.

 

Today, Rhianna came over and hung out with us and the girls. It was good seeing her. Jillian wanted to have a tea party. Which ended up being a tea party picnic of sorts. It was very cute watching Jillian get it all ready and pass out the food and tea. She had very specific rules on who could pass out the cookies and cupcakes, etc.

 



I just took this picture below because it was just too cute to me. Them actually getting along. LOL.

Pretty sure the girls and I are going to go to Red Bud for Thanksgiving. It will be exhausting for us, but I really feel like I need to go see granny. After her birthday party & seeing her laying on the couch when I left, I'm in fear that this may be her last Thanksgiving. Although, I have been thinking that for the last few years. Thanksgiving has never been much of a holiday for Chris and I, so I figure why not!. Chris will just stay home with Sparky. I think my mom is going with us too. I'm sure we will have a good time.

Well, summer is over & fall is definitely in the air! We did so much this summer and I didn't blog about many of them!  Although, I'm not quite sure anyone even looks, I like to use it as a journal. We did too many things over the summer to even try and type about now. I may go back and write about some of those things, eventually.
Recently, we drove over to Hoopeston Illinois to celebrate my grandma's 87th birthday party. It was a good time. The girls seemed to enjoy themselves and they seem to really love Granny.

I am thinking about going to Red Bud for Thanksgiving, but my car is acting up, so it just depends on my car and finances. It was good to see my family especially Granny!!

Chris and I met Tony and some others downtown to do a "bike" outing on something called Handlebar Indy last weekend. It is pretty much  a bar on bicycle. It was cold when we started but warmed up & was quite a bit of fun! We biked around downtown Indy for about 2 hours.

Sunday, the girls and I went to the Children's Museum Haunted House, with the lights on, of course. Jillian was still scared, but Carleigh just walked through it with no problems. If I went to point something out to Carleigh, Jillian would grab me, stick her head in my back side and cry that she didn't want to see it. LOl. It is amazing the difference in those 2 girls. Then we went to Mark and Annie's for a little Halloween get together. It was a good time. Hopefully, sometime in the spring, we can go over there again & go fishing. Carleigh seems to love Annie.

Thursday was Halloween, but the weather was so bad here, Trick or Treating got rescheduled to Friday November 1. So, we went Trick or Treating over in Ellen's neighborhood, which we have done the last few years. Jillian was a cheerleader and Carleigh was a pink cat. We went over to mom and dad's for a little bit afterwards.

 

Saturday, Jillian went to Pooh at Beef N Boards with her Girl Scout troop. When she got home, we went over to Shannon's so Alvin could look at my car & try to figure out what is wrong with it. Hopefully, it is just a sensor, fingers crossed! After we left there, we went to Pizza Hut. Jillian was good, as usual, Carleigh was good as far as good goes for her. LOL.

Today, the girls and I went to see Disney Junior Live downtown. The shows were cute & it kept Carleigh's attention for the most part. Every souvenir was expensive. Thankfully, the girls were ok with just getting sno cone cups. (they were $12 each though, but that was somewhat cheap).

Then we came home and just hung out. Time changed last night and it worked at getting Carleigh to sleep. She fell asleep before Jillian did and that doesn't happen EVER!!!!
 

July 1 week

What a week!! I had the whole week off, but still feel like I need another one off!

Monday was a little laid back. I went to lunch with Shannon & ran some errands.

Tuesday, Jillian & I went to Kings Island 

We had a good time. When we left, we met my friend, Holly, that lives close to Kings Island for dinner. 

Wednesday, I went through the girls room & got rid of their toys to decide what to keep & what to put in a garage sale. They didn't keep much. Lol. Then we went down to Darcy's for a party. We were only going to stay until 8:30, but had such a good time, we didn't leave until closer to 10:00. Jillian absolutely loves being in the pool! And she actually played with other kids, but was very happy when Kenny's brother Donovan got in the pool. 

Thursday, we went to breakfast & ran a few errands & heading over to Richard & Joni's for a party & fireworks. I wasn't feeling well, but everyone had a good time. 

There were a TON of fireworks! 

Friday I still didn't feel well, but Chris & I worked on the girls room. Saturday Chris got the beds finished: 

Sunday, I worked on trying to get the room back in order and doing laundry while chris cleaned out the garage. Neither of which I finished because I decided life was too short to try to clean and get stressed at my girls when I can't get it all done. So, we planted some herbs, played a little t-ball and walked up to the pond to feed the fish & ducks: