I had a really great weekend... lots of time to relax, but also a lot of fun, heartwarming community with people I love! An impromptu trip to Slim Chickens with the Wilsons, Myers, and JEM on Friday night, celebrating Jessica and Evan's last night in their apartment, and the guys teasing Evan about his big hair, which I actually like! :) Then I went to a late movie showing of The Finest Hours, which was actually fantastic and intense and far less depressing than I'd feared. Saturday was sleeping in then a road trip to OKC... met the fam at Penn Square for Ride Along 2 (not great, but about what I expected, and I'm always up for a comedy) then we had our first family get-together at Mom and Dad's new place, which was a lot of fun! The Texas Mueckes were in town for Gus' b-day, which prompted the gathering. I took a few people on a tour through the house. And it was great to see the kids play on the new fort, get a few hugs from Diesel, chat with family I hadn't seen in a while, eat Mom's brocolli-and-rice casserole and jello pie and Georgia's chocolate cake! :) Sunday was LifeChurch (Dangerous Prayers - Send Me), then a nice afternoon nap, then Tiffany's b-day dinner (me, Tiffany, and Sarah at Senor Tequila - we had a really good talk), followed by a super-shocking episode of Downton, then reading For The Love, which I should finish tonight! :)
Here are a few pics from Saturday night:
Miss Kyndal Faith wanted my phone to take a picture, so I let her take a selfie of us! :)
Dad bought a golf cart, which is funny and cute to me! He and Jace and Josh and the boys love to ride around the neighborhood in it, and he sometimes takes it when he's bringing something over to Rach's, since they live so close. :) Here's Josh and Carter!
Kyndal Faith finally warmed up to Uncle Gene! lol She'd been a little afraid of him in the past, but she ran to hug him and hung out with him quite a bit this time.:)
My parents also got a playground/fort in their yard now! It looks pretty fun, and it was great to watch the kids play on it, so happy!!
It's really only a matter of time before Jaceman has a bad fall or Kyndal gets kicked by someone on the swings. But I guess that's how they'll learn to be more careful!
T-man on the monkey bars... they were always my favorite, hanging upside down then getting up on top of them to lay down and think by myself! #introverttime :)
T and J being pirates in the lookout on top, Carter swinging as high as he can, and Missy climbing the rocks with no fear as Rach ran up behind her to help! :)
K-Faith so happy to be in the golf cart with Daddy. She loves to do whatever her big brothers do! :)
She's gonna be the cutest little tomboy/girly girl ever!
The Myricks clan at the table and the Lock crew with TV trays.
Sorry for all the Kyndal pics - I'm kind of obsessed with her cuteness. lol Here she is proving that you can touch the fake fireplace without getting burned. So much sass! (I asked her if it was hot.) :)
Rach chatting with Michael, then The Peavler crew - Jayme and her boyfriend, Zach, on the couch, then Mitch and Jake running around as Justin tried in vain to watch basketball! Justin and the twins came but Anna wasn't feeling well (she's pregnant and due this month - likely on the 15th, so her baby girl will have the same b-day as Anthony, and possibly the same middle name as me, Nancy, and Jayme!)
Kristin chatting with Whitney, and Charlene and Jess admiring Diesel (who was in a fun, friendly mood)! :)
Dessert time... Mom's "Jello Pie," Georgia's chocolate cake, Dad's favorite Famous Amos cookies, and Braum's Ice Cream! :)
I took a lot of candids and very few posed shots this time. Here's Miss K wanting some of her dad's ice cream! :)
Bellsy Doodles chewing her bone while I watched While You Were Sleeping yesterday! :)
Smammers being precious now that she's all soft and fluffy and freshly groomed! :)
This entire chapter of Jen Hatmaker's For the Love was amazing for me!
Something I'm reminding myself this week...
I coasted through Thanksgiving and Christmas, tracking everything and doing really well... believing it would be much easier at the first of the year. But vacations and birthdays never stop coming around, so I'm going to have to stay committed and choose to track and pay attention even when I'd much rather eat everything in sight and pretend it doesn't count! Because it all counts, and I do care, and slow and steady progress will add up by the end of this year!!
Anyway, happy February! Today and tomorrow = a house cleaning extravaganza! It's past time for that to happen. And this weekend is a trip to Big Cedar with a few of my favorite peeps, then Super Bowl 50, so I'm excited about all of that! And to celebrate birthdays (Jace, Rach, Anthony, me, etc.)! And for Valentine's Day and my Sweetheart Run 5k! And for the premier of Fuller House, which is why I'm finally getting a Netflix account! It's just my favorite month all around, particularly since this is a Leap Year!! :)
Finally, wow, I adore these Dear Kitten videos! lol So so funny!! Enjoy:
Hope your day/week/month is off to a good start!
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