Catching up

Welcome, Monday! We’ve got a lot to catch up on. I was actually gone for half of last week and, as much fun as adventures away are, I sure missed my boys. I flew out to CA on Tuesday, spent the day in the office in San Fran on Wednesday, and flew back on Thursday. Phew. Big thanks to Robert and Susan for keeping everything running while I was gone!

A few pics from San Fran – me actually wearing real work clothes, my view from the office for the day, and my awesome dinner at Pacific Catch (it was worth photographing if only to make Robert jealous!)  🙂

Meanwhile, back at the dude ranch, the boys had a great time going to school, gymnastics and swim and even getting special treats from the Fire Station!

But, as I’ve said before, the best part of going away is coming back home…

A few other things to catch up on.  We got a new car two weeks ago – one with a 3rd row to make room for #3!  It’s an Acadia and, so far so good!

After Maxwell’s birthday party, we wrote thank you notes for all of his gifts and he wrote his name on every single card – in orange pen of course!  I was super proud of him and only had to bribe him with a few handfuls of Pirate’s Booty!  🙂

(also have to note that he was super disappointed that his stationery doesn’t have firetrucks on it. In my defense, I ordered this before he could even talk so had no idea the love of firetrucks would be so strong! On that note, anyone seen any cute firetruck stationery? My usual go to, Minted, is failing me.)

Two weekends ago, Robert and I went to the AL game and had a blast in our (thankfully shady!) seats. Roll Tide!

The boys stayed home with Ms. Jen from school and didn’t miss us one bit! and yes, I wore Maxwell’s Big Al hat to the game – fits great!

Maxwell’s getting really good on his bike and the past 2 weekends we’ve gone on long walks where he rides the whole time!  Go Maxwell!

We went to eat at The Club on Friday night and the weather was perfect. The boys loved throwing all of my change into the fountain…

and I loved getting a picture where they were both smiling (and looking off to the side, but, I’ll take what I can get!)…

Finally, I don’t have a picture for it but Robert started a new job Monday and had a great first week! He’s back at the company that he started with when we moved to Birmingham and we feel he’s just where he should be.  We’re all super proud of him!  We love you Robert!

Phew, feels good to be caught up a little. See you tomorrow!