while I waited...week 13

Somewhere I blinked and March flew by!  Can you believe we are already in April?!  This time of year always speeds up (or so it seems) but you won't see me complaining because that can only mean one thing...  SUMMER!!!  There are only 8 more Mondays of school!  Whoop!  But, before I get carried away dreaming of summer, here's what I did last week while I waited...

 

 This week brought to you by lots and lots and LOTS of games of Go Fish!  It's Hope's favorite card game and she could play all.day.long!

 Mike has always done nighttime with the kids.  It's truly one of his daddy gifts!  With each kiddo, he has always taken them to their room, read them books, and will lay on their floor till they are asleep.  He does this every.single.day!  Hope LOVES when he "sack of potatoes" her.  He'll throw her over his shoulder and carry her upstairs.  I have pictures of him doing this with Holden till she got too big to carry!

 Tuesday was the dreaded Math STAAR test so I put together little goodies to start their day with a smile instead of dread.

 Holden finished another masterpiece this week and I'm kind of in love with it!  Too bad it's not for me!  She painted this for her Nana who she'll see this summer.  She wants to take it with her so that she "can see her face when she opens it!"

Wednesday was the Reading STAAR test.  I'm not a fan of these tests but I love an excuse to leave a little happy on their breakfast plate!

 I headed to Round Top on Wednesday with these fun girls!

 These were the treasures I brought home!  A couple of tiny vases for all the little flowers the girls are always picking for me, a dice for Hope, and patches with mine and Mike's name on them! :)  I'm hoping to find something cute to do with the patches for an upcoming master bedroom re-do!

 My parents came to town on Wednesday and took the kids to MSC OPAS to see Cirque Mechanics: Pedal Punk.  The kids LOVED being with Dede and Pop Pop and raved about the show!

You guessed it - another day, another round of Go Fish!  Mike was off from work all week and I know he played no less than 300 games!  Bless this man!  He's the best!

 5 pallets of sod (we still need 2 more!) and 50 bags of mulch - all ready for our Big Event crews!

 Saturday morning Colby was up bright and early to run a 5K that his friend, Peter, organized for MDA.

Peter was waiting for everyone at the finish line! 

 After the 5K, we took Hope to her soccer game.  Her coach put her in and the first play she drove over half the field and scored a goal!  Girl was on fire!  It was so fun watching her play!

 Big brother was cheering from the sidelines!

 Hope with her cheering squad!

We had two Big Event crews come to our house on Saturday.  They worked so hard laying sod, cleaning out flower beds and putting out new mulch.  

22,500+ Aggies went out in to our community to serve and say "thank you" and we were the lucky ones to have these sweet girls come and help us!  Thank you, ladies!!!

 This time last year, our yard had twice as many trees as it does now and was filled with yaupon.  Because of this, we could not get grass to grow in our backyard.  I jokingly referred to our yard as a beach!  Since last July, Mike has cut down trees, ripped out all the yaupon, intentionally killed off what little grass we had, tilled it, leveled it, etc, to get it ready for new sod.

 Here's an after picture after the sod was laid!  Crossing our fingers it takes and we have nice green grass soon!

 Later Saturday afternoon, Colby and I left for his first dance competition as an Aggie Wrangler!

 I couldn't take pictures of their performance but they looked AWESOME!  They were the high scorers in their age group and placed either second or third out of 71 other teams!  So very proud of all their hard work!  They have another competition this weekend.

Since Mike has been working in our yard, Ms. Maggie has been forbidden to go back there.  She has been so pouty and sad so we decided to cheer her up.  We loaded her up and took her to our local dog park!

 She wasn't sure at first if she liked it but quickly caught on!  She was one happy - and tired - puppy!

 just a few pics I snapped when we got home

 

And...we, of course, had to end our week the same way we started - with a game (or two or three!) of Go Fish!  :)

I'm so glad you stopped by!  Have an extraordinary week!

Gig 'em and God bless! 

Holly

check out my FAVORITE link-ups page to see where I'm linking up today!

also linking up with Biana from B Loved Boston and

Meg from the Life of Meg

and the ladies from 100 Happy Days
Kate, Alison, Linzee, Elizabeth, Valerie, and Tiffany