Just Me!!

Nails Done!   She got about 4-5 inches off!!                       The girls had a great time running away from Mark acting all shy at the dance. They had fun though and that's all that counts. They danced, ate cupcakes, and spent the night being goofy. Charlie loved being princess for a day. We got her nails done, hair cut and styled, she wore a pretty pink dress, rocked high heels, and was given a coursage by her daddy. Mark thought it was important to do the dance right..for both the girls.I love him for that. He was very selfless that night and made both girls feel like the Queens of the Ball!!! There was this small instance were Charlie stepped in some glass and cut her foot but her daddy was quick to help and took care of everything. She even thanked him later for taking such good care of her even though he isn't a nurse. Precious memories were made. I hope that Lanie truly enjoyed having Mark take her. Wha...

    Ethan wanted us to meet his "friend" Caitlin from Camp Gilead. They have been skyping ever since Camp in early July! He has met her parents over skype so the kids were determined to get the parents together for approval (I think that was the purpose anyways). Caitlin is sweet, smart, keeps Ethan in line, keeps him focused, and he can't stop himself from have the largest smile on his face when she is around. I am excited for their relationship...wherever it is in its process. Her parents are wonderful people as well. Apparently Mark has even emailed their older son who works at TCC with the foreign exchange students program. Small world. I'm completely positive that we will be seeing this lady and her family at future events.

            Last Monday was our first and probably the last snow day of the year! I normally have Mondays off but I picked up a princess shift so I had to go in for a few hours. The kids spent the morning creating Mr. snowman and the after I got off we drove to Puyallup and walked down town with the kids, shopped at the antique stores, and ate lunch at Trackside Pizza! It was fun, and very slushy wet outside.

  Charlie is so sweet! While I drew my own picture for my Birthday card (she asked me too) she make me a cake (aka a small cheesecake we had in the fridge and stuck a candle in it) and played some tunes from Moana for me. I really enjoyed making this stick figure "Wegley Portrait" for myself. I was very proud of it, since I have zero Artistic talent.  I love art though! Art class at Western is where Mark and I met and fell in love.    She even set out Uno cards for us. We played three hands and then moved on to Zombies....                    Tina is in town so we all met up at Black Bear for frozen yogurt. We pretended it was for my birthday but I think it was so we could hang out one more time before she flew back to Hawaii! I love spending time with this side of the family. They are so fun to be with. Pranksters and jokesters and just really great people. Unfortunately Mark had to take Charlie home because she threw...

       I love Monday's. It's a quick chance to get a break before finishing out my work week. I get to sleep in, chill with Mark and reconnect, make dinner (which we had a yummy chicken taco rice bowl instant pot meal), create bath bombs, play a couple games of Coup, and wash Charlie's hair. It is so relaxing. I'm laying here at 816pm and my kids are mostly ready for bed, chores are done, house is clean, and I'm ready to hand these rascals back off to Mark tomorrow. I also get a little added pleasure because I get to watch the Bachelor on Monday Nights as well!

No I didn't do a ton of projects. My kids were the project! They had an extra day off so we pretty much stayed at home and did some vegging together. Lots of movies, games, eating meals from home, and one family date to the movies. Most important thing I did was wash, condition, comb, dry, and braid Charlie's hair! It takes about an hour for all that. It's getting so long.          

I got my first recipe box from Mark's Grandma Wegley in December of 1997. She loved to cook and could make the meanest Boston Chocolate Cream and Lemon Meranguine Pie. She wrote me a lovely note, and gave me the box full of her recipes!  My second box came after Grandma Fenstermacker passed away. Mom gave it too me. Just recently I reorganized the box. I found at least 5 Porcine meatball recipes, 12 fudge recipes from various people, several tips and tricks recipes, and her famous Calico bean recipe.    1. My favorite tofu chili that has a wonderful cilantro pesto as a topper. It came from my mom's vegetarian cookbook. 2. Sonic the Hedge Hog Chili Dog- we got this out of Ethan's Sonic books when he was about 12-14 years of age. 3. Mrs Leander's Pumpkin bars-I think my mom watched her kids 4. Broccoli Cornbread by Mrs Wanda Deiterich (Wendy Knobloch's mom). It is so amazingly moist and yummy. I made this a lot in Arkansas! 5. Reeser's Peanut Butter Bars from Arli...