In case any of you were worried, we are still alive and doing well. It's been forever since I've posted. That makes me sad because I feel like 1000 funny or important things have happened since my last post, and they have been lost forever. But, life moves fast. That's how it goes. And sometimes updating the blog doesn't make it to the top of the list. Here's what we've been up to:
-Milwaukee: My cousin got married at the beginning of May, and I made my debut as a wedding pianist. It went well... even better than I had hoped. It may also have been my last wedding piano playing as it ended up being more work than I had realized it would be. BUT I am very glad I did it and feel a huge sense of accomplishment now that it's over. We trekked the whole family up...by plane. The boys did well. The highlights for them were easily 1- the chocolate fountain at the rehearsal dinner, 2 - the waterpark in the hotel and 3 - the reception... pretty much everything about it.
-A's last week of school. He had a program, which was very cute. His class sang a few songs, and his air guitar skills were shown off again. It's adorable when he's four that he plays the air guitar with fervor everytime he hears music, but I sure hope he outgrows that by the time he's in Jr. High. Then he had a picnic the following day, and C and I got to be there the entire time. There were other kids C's age, but he was the only one that was convinced he was part of the class. He sat in circle time, stood in line when we went to the gym, sang the songs (and played his air guitar, too) along with the class, and even did the craft. It was adorable. I think he'll be amazingly disappointed next year when A leaves for school and he doesn't get to go.
-Garage Sale: We held another garage sale this year to raise money for our adoptions. Despite a smaller crowd than last year, we still made more than our goal. The boys spent the night before and the day of the sale with Gramma so we had two less sets of "helping hands". They had a blast seeing Gramma's horse, eating french toast and watching movies. AND they slept through the night for her. I'll have to find out her secret! Tomorrow I take a car load of stuff to Once Upon a Child to sell, then turn in the keys to the garage we rented and be officially done with the garage sale. Phew. It really is worth it with the amount of money it brings in, but it is a LOT of work to organize.
-Kelley's Island: We are getting ready to head to KI in Lake Erie with P's family for the weekend. The boys are SO excited, as are P and I. It is always fun to see family that we don't get to see too often and relax on a very laid back island.
-P got a promotion at work! He's only been there 6 weeks and has only really been doing his route for 4. This is huge as this new route will provide a better income and will hopefully allow us to start the adoption process at the end of the summer. The hard part right now is he is currently working 3 jobs. They still have him doing his old route AND his new route, plus he's still maintaining his clients from his previous job. Needless to say, he's a little stressed. As I type, he's still working, which he's been doing pretty much straight since 6:30 this morning. Luckily this is just a transition and shouldn't be like this for more than a week or two. He is really looking forward to our upcoming trip, and he is surely earning a relaxing weekend!
So there's the update. Hard to believe all of this has happened in just three weeks. Makes me exhausted just reading about it. Though I love May, I am looking forward to the beginning of June as that will be a lot less hectic of a month for us. Now I'm off to bed. Praying the boys will sleep through the night so their tired momma and daddy can get some much needed sleep.
