The Weekend Report

 Both gals had VERY fun Friday/Saturday plans... Minnie left school at 10:30 on Friday with Coach Blair and her Skylar and headed for VT to watch the New England XC meet and support Abbey!!!! Miss B was headed to Reese's house for a sleepover before going to a horse show on Saturday morning.... Husband and I threw around the idea of leaving RIGHT when I got home from work on Friday to "skip up" to Rangeley for the night and I even called our favorite hotel to see if they had space (which they did) but then I started thinking about being 3 hours from Miss B and I just.couldn't.do.it. 

So once I dropped Miss B and Paisyn with Reese's Mom... Husband and I headed south to enjoy our gift card to the Steakhouse...YUM! 

Minnie was living her best life... ran the course with Abbey on Friday...

Played games in the hotel room...

and went out to eat!

Meanwhile I was getting pics from Miss B's fun... her perfect night... snuggled on the couch looking at horse books with a dog... :)

Abbey ran a GREAT RACE on Saturday and these two had so much fun cheering her on!

I was happy to have everyone back under one roof by Saturday night and Sunday we kept it low-key with church, groceries and deep couch sitting... 

Slooooowww Week....

and MAN did we NEED it... one more week of down time and then it's hit the ground running again....at least SOME of us will be "running"....

On Thursday I left work, drove straight to the Penney's and "kidnapped" the girls... (with their parent's permission ;) and surprised the four of them.... 

just a couple of years ago....

They ate snacks, played games, giggled, had dinner, watched a movie and they were back home by 7:00. PERFECT!

I LOVE this sister snuggle time...

Just what they needed.... 

COZY Weekend Report

SO HAPPY to be snuggled in at home on Halloween with this guy!!! 

and speaking of snuggling... I LOVE when kiddos feel so comfortable that they can take a nap in my home....

While Husband and CJ were hunting, and Miss B helped them split wood during their mid-day break, Minnie was cheering on Abbey at the State XC meet! She qualified for New Englands! I think it was her SUPPORT SQUAD! Love that Chelsey sent this to me!

During their afternoon hunt Miss B and I snuggled on the couch and watched one of our FAVS!!! I mean this HAS to be one of my most favorite movie quotes of all time...

She got up for another snack or restroom break and heard a shot! Sure enough....

Happy hunters... and Miss B can't WAIT for meat for dinner!

Sunday the gals spent the afternoon with SIL L and Sky... when they got home Miss B asked me to put in her blue hair... four streaks this year, Chase, Uncle JJ, Me and one for her sweet friend who was recently diagnosed.

 

A slower, cozy, weekend at home... Loved it!

The Week....

On Tuesday I got home from work and found this... I said "What are you doing??" Minnie replied... "working on my hiding skills" hahahahaha.... WHY you might ask??

Oh her house was getting invaded with 20+ teenage boys and 1 girl....

Remember back in the day....

And even as recently as back HERE when a crew came BACK to just hang... there are my gals at the table...or as recent as HERE... IN 2023... But this year... things shifted...these are Minnie's peers... Miss B is headed to hang with them at school next year and my gals were like... MEH... we are DONE :) I did OFFER to take them out to eat and let things settle a bit but they opted to hide in my bedroom and have me bring them burgers and chips... hahaha... whew things have changed....

Tuesday after school Miss B had her soccer banquet and Wednesday night Minnie had hers... to say I am PROUD of my gals is always an understatement! 

But coming out with the Coach's Award and Offensive Player of the Year.... SOOOOO PROUD!

and my ANNUAL picture to send to "my friend Tracy".... guess what's happening this weekend? 

and I CAN'T WAIT for THIS piece of it!

 

Mostly Wordless Wednesday: The LAST One...

 I picked everything viable in my yard on Sunday afternoon... 

After all the work we did back HERE, this is the LAST bouquet of the season... 

not too bad for October 26th...even a rogue daisy! :)

The Weekend Report

It was a FULL weekend for my people...

We kicked off Friday afternoon with Miss B's LAST EVER MIDDLE SCHOOL soccer game! 

 

She played great and they came out with a 2 1 win over NOBLE! HOORAY!

Saturday Husband was able to get some projects done at home, changed my brakes (PRAISE!!) and worked on splitting wood....

I was working on putting the den back together, UBERING Minnie back and forth to reffing soccer games down the hill, bringing Miss B to meet up with Reese and then finally snagging Abbey after her race so we could head to the park and see the festival put on by Corrine and her church! SO FUN!

 

The track girls BACK TOGETHER!!! A fun and SPONTANEOUS AFTERNOON!

Meanwhile... Miss B was helping Reese get ready for her first horse show...to say that Miss B was in her happy place.....

is def. an understatement!

She had an absolute BLAST!

and I LOVE the smile on her face SO MUCH!

I texted these pics to Brya because I know how much she loves Miss B and she knows how much Miss B loves horses! Soooo cute!

On Sunday everyone was up like it was a school day... Husband left around 6:40AM for a last minute, all expenses and FOOD paid for trip to the PATRIOTS! 

Minnie TYPICALLY does not ref on Sundays but with playoffs and the end of the season they were short on refs... I knew that Miss B and I had nursery at our church but I wanted Minnie to get "fed" so I gave the gals the options for Sunday morning... they both chose going to Mercy's 7:30 service... we hit Low's for the doorknob and Hannaford for the week of groceries... got home for a hot second... Miss B installed the doorknob and Minnie got ready for reffing. Miss B and I went to our church to do nursery, headed to Biddo after for some errands and got home around 1:30. I headed back out around 2 to pick up Minnie and then we were FINALLY all home. Miss B and I worked on digging up the dahlias...

 

 and Husband rolled in around 8:30ish...after his BEST.DAY.EVER. 

WHEW it was a whirlwind of a weekend but thankful for VEHICLES to make their dreams come true, sweet friends and outdoor time for all!