Weekend update...

WOW! What a weekend so far.... Yesterday we were up and out the door by 9:30 ahoy (that's a miracle for all of us except for Sundays for church) and headed for the Iowa State fair! It was a hot one- about 90 degrees, but the girls were GREAT! Maddie has finally mastered the potty training gig and We are so thankful to Uncle Dan and Aunt Amy for their help with that! First e started at the Little Hands Farm and both girls loved planting and harvesting their seeds, milking a fake cow, riding a pedal John Deere tractor and taking all of their items to market where the purchased some peanut butter crackers as their snack! Secondly checked out the modular homes and they were gorgeous!!! Thirdly we checked out all of the campers and RVs and Tima nd I were drooling over the possibility of someday owning one and taking the girls to Minnesota and other destinations! Then it was off to the horse barns- Maddie and Morgan were so in awe of these horses and some them were HUGE! The were able to pet a colt (he was born 3 months ago at Iowa State), named Cy, and they loved that! Before lunch we also took in the small petting zoo and Maddie rode a pony (they have a live pony carousel). Morgan said she wanted to, but in the end she chickened out! That's okay maybe next year! Ohhh- and of course we did a lot of our favorite thing to do at the fair- EAT!!! We had mini-donuts, cotton candy, a lunch of hamburgers and fries, lots of water, a fresh-squeezed lemonade and a Dutch letter! It was a great time- we left at about 2:00 and came home for naps. The girls napped from 3:00 until 7:00- I guess we wore them out! Tim went into work for a few hours and then I did some shampooing of the living room and hallway carpet! After naps and dinner (homemade pizza and breadsticks) we took the girls to Defender Park and wore them out some more!

This morning I slept in until 8:45 and Tim went out & cleaned & gassed up the van! It looks so great now! After he came home he took the girls on a date to a picnic at the Park, to petsmart and the library! While they were all gone I finished the dishes, worked on laundry, sorted through the girls' toys and finished shampooing the bedrooms and the porch carpet. All the while jammin' to a Kelly Clarkson CD- I think that workout was equivalent to at least an hour at the gym or so I am hoping it was! Now we are all vegging out!

this is a novel, but we are looking forward to church tomorrow and our first home small group meeting! Wa-hoo!!!
ta-ta!!!