Just Life in My World

This past weekend was a long one. The boys were crazy and constantly fighting and by last night I thought my head would explode if I heard, "MOM!" or "Hey! Give it back! I had it first!" one more time.

Thankfully, on Saturday we were able to go outside and play. We spent an hour and a half playing in leaves and taking and walk and I was able to play with my camera. I didn't have the most willing participants, but I still got some cute pictures and we got some fresh air.

Because of our outside play time we had a late lunch, which meant a late nap for James, and boy was he a beast to put down.

While we were eating lunch, Kendra called me, which she rarely does. I figured she accidentally called me, but when I answered she was crying. Someone stole her car from the Walmart parking lot. Or so she thought. Police were called. Mom and dad came to her rescue, and then she discovered her car right where she had parked it. She just forgot where that was! We had a good laugh over that one.

Yesterday morning the boys and I were up bright and early. Like, I was actually up and dressed before 7. Miracles can happen, people. We had to be at church by 7:45 so I could practice for praise team. I loved getting to sing! And even better we have 2 services so I got to do it twice. I'm happy that I took my next step.

Today, I was able to leave James home when I took Daniel to school because Jacob had a personal day. Then I spent the next hour strolling through Walmart kid free. It's really amazing what an hour of mundane shopping can do for you when you've been on mom duty 24-7 alone for 3 or 4 days.

We're still waiting to hear from insurance, but I logged into our account tonight and saw they finally had the estimate in their system. Over  $3,000 in damages and it would be another $4000 on top of that for repairs, so now we wait to settle and I would appreciate any prayers for the process. I'm nervous we won't get much back on it and I'm also worried about finding a replacement we can afford and is reliable. I also know God already knows the outcome and He's working for our good so I'll keep praying too.

I have quite a bit I need to do this week including getting Daniel's birthday presents wrapped. We'll be in Iowa for his birthday, so we'll celebrate here this Sunday! I can't believe he'll be 6!