Our garage sale

Well we had our garage sale this past week. Sometimes I wonder why I go to all the trouble. We spent Tuesday and Wednesday out in the garage setting all the stuff up. The sale was Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Thursday we had to leave for about 2 hours for C's golf clinic. Saturday we had to close up early for C's game. I'm not sure if all that hurt me or not. All together we made about $140. The kids made $14! They sold candy and some of their old toys. We had our old HUGE tv cabinet that I wanted to sell. It is still sitting in our garage. UGH! Saturday after the sale, I pitched a lot of stuff. Stuff that hasn't sold in the past 3 garage sales or so. I figured that was a hint. I'm hoping to put our broken tv to the curb tomorrow. I tried to give it away for free, but no one wanted it. If we could just sell the cabinet, we could have our garage back. I've put it on Craig's List but haven't had any response. Anyone want a tv cabinet? :)

For those who are wondering, C won both of his games last week. As he said "I actually smoked the Rays."

We also started VBS yesterday (Sunday) so that will make for a very busy week. If I have any interesting stories, I'll be sure to share. K also gets her tubes out of her ears and the holes fixed tomorrow. (I'm not planning on VBS Tuesday night)

That is our week in review and pre-view. Hopefully I can keep up a little better in the future.

C's golf clinic

Daddy found a near-by golf course that every year has a junior golf clinic. After some checking, we signed C up for the clinic. It's 2 days (Tuesday and Thursday) from 9 am -10:30 and it only cost $25! I thought that was an awesome price! So we spent Tuesday and Thursday morning at the golf course.

Tuesday was HOT! K and I sat and watched. She actually did pretty good. She ended up taking pictures for me. So I thought I'd share. Thursday was cold! We actually had to have sweatshirts on. K got bored and into trouble on Thursday, but what's new?

On the golf front, C really enjoyed it and seemed to learn some stuff. I would recommend it and hopefully will do it again next year. (To back up to Saturday, Daddy took C to drive golf balls Saturday morning--just so C would have some sort of expectation for the clinic.) C did good on Thursday but did get a little bored near the end. But I still think it was worth the money.

On the picture front, I took the 1st picture and K girl took the rest. Some are good and some are bad. Oh well, she had fun!

This is not C's golf bag. K just like how it looked and so took a picture.

The Tunnel

We have a kids play tunnel that we actually got from Daddy's Mom when C was little. I have the cutest picture of C sitting in this tunnel, eating pop corn, while Daddy and I cleaned out the garage. I think he wasn't quite 2. I also have a picture of him looking out the little side hole. Too cute! (the last 2 pictures, he wasn't quite 1).
So this past weekend, I got the bright idea to take the same picture, but with K girl. She's a little older than C was, but it's still cute.
Here is my goof ball son, trying to fit in the tunnel. I can't believe how much he has grown!

Once again....

I am slow on blogging. I had grand plans to blog this afternoon, but our DSL decided to crash. After many tests and talking to a tech, it was decided that a tech needed to come out to the house and fix the issue. But he couldn't come until Thursday! UGH! This all happened Tuesday around 2pm.

It wasn't until after the kiddies went to bed tonight that I got a bright idea. I unplugged all the phone lines and the DSL line and power source. I waited about 20 seconds and then plugged everything back in. Viola'! It fixed it! Now I'm just hoping it stays "fixed." I'm not cancelling my "techie" until I'm for sure.

Just in case it crashes again, here is a synopsis of our life since my last post. C had a game Saturday (he tied), I had graduation Saturday afternoon, I've been setting up for our garage sale, Daddy had a game Monday night (he lost), K and I had a meeting for her upcoming surgery (next Tuesday to get her ear tubes out and the holes patched), and C had a golf clinic today (with another on Thursday). If our DSL is working tomorrow, I will blog details (plus other stories). BTW: for those who care---potty training is going really good! I"m hopeful!

Check back tomorrow or Thursday to find out more--or to find out that I'm without internet.

Memorial Day

Our plans for Memorial Day were: mow grass, work on fence, pull weeds, play outside. The final result? Plans: 0 Rain: 1

It rained off and on pretty much all day. The kids were going stir crazy (and driving us crazy) by 9 am! So we decided to go bowling. (Remember last summers kidsbowlfree.com?) The bowling alley didn't open until noon. We still bowled 2 games. We had such a good time! The kids loved it. Actually I think we all had a good time.

Daddy won the first game and C actually beat me! I won (stomped, killed, slaughtered) every one the second game. I think that was the best game I've ever had (besides on the Wii). I actually have the proof (see picture below).

After bowling, we went to lunch and then home. It was very late for K's nap but she still took one. C watched a movie, Daddy watched NASCAR, and I made Friendship bread. Yum! Since we ate lunch so late, we just had cereal for dinner. Then it was an early night for the kids. I was very ready for their bedtime.

The kids and I tried to take a picture of ourselves. Obviously it didn't turn out exactly like we wanted. Poor K; we cut her head off. But otherwise, I thought it was a cute picture of C and I.

By the way: for those of you who care and who watch PBA (Professional Bowling), the PBA tour was actually at this bowling alley about a month ago. We watched it on ESPN. We could have gotten tickets to go, but had something going on.