So tired this morning!!

Ugh, I did not want to get out of bed this morning!! I was woken up in the middle of the night with a leg cramp and it still ached this morning!! Plus T had to go to Ohio today so he had to leave early, but thankfully he kind of said "screw" 6AM and did make breakfast for the kids before he left at 7AM (and I was very very thankful).  Once everyone was off I cleaned the kitchen just a tiny bit and then I scrapped 2 pages. I worked on some laundry. C and I ran out after lunch and had to pick up some hand warmers for S to take with her to the football game. Then once R got home at 3PM we ran and dropped them off to her at Dairy Queen. I made dinner (homemade pizza) and then I worked on some scrap stuff again!! I let the kids stay up till about 8:45PM and then I put them to bed and now I'm listening to some pod casts and typing this!! T called at about 7PM and he was on his way home so not sure what time he is gonna pull in, but he has to stay up to pick up S. I think I'm gonna finish this and then hit the hay....I'm kind of beat!!!

Well we survived

the first school morning without daddy, only 3 more to go!!! But before I get to today I have to tell you what happened last night, so I went to bed shortly after blogging and read for a bit, but I was so tired so I finally just fell asleep....next thing I know I hear this ringing/beeping and I think it's my alarm!! I'm like WTF!!! So I pop up and roll over to turn it off and I read something:41 and I think why is my alarm ringing 20 minutes early...then it hits me it's my phone ringing!!! Hahahaha!! So I grab up my cell phone and quickly facetime hubby back and I'm like ...."why are you calling me so early...it's like 5 in the morning..." And he's like ...."honey it's 10:41PM"!!! Hahahaha!!! I mumbled a few more things and we said goodbye and I was right back to sleep!!! Once I woke up this morning I realized that I did see 10:41 on the clock last night but for some reason my brain only wanted to acknowledge the 41!!! And I was so out of it I have no idea how I managed to dial him back.....I mean I don't even think I opened my eyes!!! Hahaha!! It was good stuff!!!

Ok now for this morning, I made the girls eat cereal (actually I don't think they really mind) and got their lunches packs and got them out the door and then I laid down, but didn't go back to sleep. The boys were up before the girls left but thankfully they were semi quiet in the living room!! Once I got up I gave them hot oatmeal and finished packing their lunches. Got the dish washer unloaded and then got them on the bus!!! As I was coming back in the house my phone was rinigng and it was hubby!!! So him and I and C facetimed for a bit and he shared his morning balcony view with us, lucky duck!!!

Then I sat down and edited halloween pictures from 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 - I had 121 photos total!!! Got them uploaded and order at Wal Mart. Then got the living room cleaned up and swept (well after I blew dust everywhere because the hose was clogged and then dug out said clog with a golf putter) and the hallway swept. Then it was lunch for C and I and then we had some running to do!! JoAnn's, Michael's and then Wal Mart!!! Then home and once R, L and G were home we ran out to get S and then to drop of T's pre-streets at FV and then home to have a little facetime with daddy - cause today is his birthday after all!!! Happy 37th Birthday baby!!! We love you so much!!! Also today should have been my brother Jeff's 50th birthday!!! *sigh* I can't believe he has been gone for 5 years!!! I miss him so much and I'm so sad that my kids don't get to grow up knowing him...well strike that they know him I guess "experiencing" him would be the better word!!! He was such a riot!!! He was quiet, but man once he got going he was totally awesome!!! He could get one a rip and just ride it forever!!! So sad he was taken from us way too soon!!! Here is a picture of the handsome devil and also coincidentally my other brother that was killed too just 20 months later! Jeff is on the left, my sister in the middle and Brad (Dutch) on the right!!

From my wedding in Nov 1997!! Love and miss them both!!!

 After facetime we had dinner - my delicious homemade velvetta mac and cheese and then it was just hoovering in survive mode once dinner was over - hahahaha!!! Showers/baths and then bed!!! I was going to start scrpping my halloween photos but I want to just go to my bed and READ so that's what I'm gonna do....well after I go yell at some boys that I can still hear talking....and now yelling in their room...................................ugh...ok now I'm going!!

No Milk!!!

So if you plan on your kids having cereal for breakfast in Saturdays (and not have them cry) then you better make sure you have more then a cup of milk!! Crap!!! Hahaha!! Oh well we got it figured out so it all worked out in the end!! Once everyone was up and dressed we all headed out the door for some errands!! First we had to drop off daddy's chain saw at the I store. Then we hit Dunkin Donuts for a little after breakfast treat!!! Then it was time to go pay our cell phone bill at the Verizon store, but they weren't opened so we headed to Aldi's to pick up our pumpkins!!! Then to the auto parts store to get a part for my van and then finally back to the Verizon store!!! Then it was home and I did a quick unload of the dishwasher and snapped a few photos of my Halloween decorations and the beautiful tree outside our front windows, then we headed out the deck to carve pumpkins!!! 

The adorable lanterns I made that hang on the "tree" on our table!!

The kids had a BALL!!! They all did really well too, G even cut out his own face all by himself!!! So proud of him!!

Momma relaxing before the rugrats invade the deck!!

Then daddy started working on mom's van but he couldn't get it fixed!! :( He couldn't get some of the bolts off so he just put everything back together and it will just have to wait a while more!!! I fixed Spaghetti and Meatballs for lunch. I had to run out to pick up some stuff for lunches this coming week and then it was home to get the kids dinner - just PB&J's!! Daddy spent the rest of the afternoon packing for his trip to Mexico and then he left just as we were sitting down to eat supper!! He will be gone till late Wednesday night!!! We are all gonna miss him soooooooooooo much!!! Hurry home safe and fast daddy!!! Then after dinner I worked on my 30 Days of Thanks album, I made a front/back cover out of chipboard and then I used a stencil and some mists on it!! It's so pretty looking!!! I also gather some thickers I want to use with it and I might get the title on later if the mists are dry!! Now I'm just writing this and I might have a snack and then go and read a bit, it will be tough for me to get to sleep tonight which is seriously bad because I'm taking all 5 kids to Boo at the Zoo tomorrow by my self!!! Yes I'm crazy!!! Please pray that I (and all of them) survive!!! Hahaha!!