Week 42

On Monday afternoon, Rob left to go to Utah to hunt.  It was a crazy and busy week with the kids, but I wouldn't have it any other way.  I had to have a little help from amazing friends in order to get my kids to all of their different activities; I consider myself lucky to have a network of support. 

Rob actually shot a deer on Tuesday, his first day out.  They never ended up seeing much the whole rest of the week, so they ended up with just one deer.  I'm glad he had a chance to go hunting and the kids were really excited to see the meat and the antlers that he brought back.

My parents actually came into town on Wednesday night.  Earlier in the day it had actually snowed and we were even able to make our first snowman of the season.  On Thursday, we took Kaiton to the library and then we went and picked the kids up from school to take them out to lunch.  In the afternoon, my parents helped me make dinner, prepare treats for gymnastics, and get games and crafts ready for the school parties.  They were such a BIG help!  On Thursday evening, Hurley had gymnastics and my parents went to watch her.

On Friday, we hung out a home in the morning and then after lunch, my parents took Kaiton to Bronner while I went to the school for the parade and Halloween parties.  After school, my Dad and I took Brooklen to hockey and then we came home and made pizza for lunch.  At 7:00pm, we went to open gym. Brooklen, Hurley, and Zaya played in the gym for 2 hours.

On Saturday morning, Brooklen had a hockey game at 8:45am in Saginaw.  We left around 7:15 and stopped to pick up breakfast at Panera on the way.  The boys won their game and Brooklen scored a goal.  He played awesome!  After the game, we went to Skyzone, the new trampoline park in Saginaw.  The kids loved it.  Hurley loved doing roundoff back handsprings, backpacks and back layouts.  Before we left, my dad did a claw machine.  He won 5 balls for the kids.  The kids thought it was SO COOL!!!    After the trampoline park, we went to Lehman's Green Apple Barn.  It was a gorgeous day and the kids loved playing outside.  Later, we came back and mowed the lawn and raked leaves.  My parents and the kids were such a big help!  

Today, we went to church and then played board games and carved pumpkins.  Rob came back tonight and while it has a long, tiring week, we survived and made great memories.