Weekend update

I'm taking the opportunity at a chance alone to add yet another post. The kids are still asleep and it isn't quite ready to get them up and ready for Sunday School. Today is the first day for the year. I like the later hour much better. Because we share a minister with another small local church they alternate church times each year. Last year church was at 8:30 am with Sunday school following. This year Sunday school is at 9:20 and church is following at 10:30. This allows us all to sleep in a little from our weekday schedules, yet we still have a purpose for getting up for the day. Not that we don't on Saturdays, it's just that the older 2 teenagers like to sleep most of the mornings away.

This weekend, however was an exception for Tyler. He went to bed early on Friday night and was up earlier than usual on Saturday morning. The loss of his license for the month has put a damper on his social life. He actually spent the whole weekend at home with us. Although his cell phone kept him in touch with everyone. Namely a certain girl.

Ok, so let's back up a little and go back a couple days. KJ had a volleyball game on Thursday. It has been amazing to watch these girls grow up in such a short time. Last year they were fumbling first time seventh grade players and this year more experienced 8th graders. And not just a chosen few, but all of them. I can't wait to see what they do when they reach high school. KJ, I am glad, has a few more athletic skills than her mother, or at least she does in volleyball. My niece, however, reminded me of myself. She was a go-getter, but the ball went everywhere, much like me when I play volleyball. Which is why I never played competitively in school. Just in the backyard with her father when it was just him and I. I'm sure her skills will also improve with experience.

Back, to KJ. Brian was doubtful upon seeing the size of the opposing team that the girls could beat them. But, boy did I love rubbing it into him when they beat them 4 out of 5 games!! With the 'scrubs' as he likes to call them, losing the 4th game by only 2 pts and then beating their better players in the 5th game. HA! take that!

Well, Friday rolls around and the football game is away so we decide to just hang out at home with the kids. We decided that it would just be a family weekend for a change. No friends over or going to someone elses. I don't mind them doing it sometimes, but it gets to be an everyweekend thing and it gets tiresome when your home sanctuary is invaded. (I don't think they get to do it much at all at their other parents) I really wish we had a bigger home, so that I could send them to the basement or off into another side of the house. It's not that I don't want them around, I just wish for them to have their own space to hang out. A family room or game room all their own and another where we can be too. It was really needed last weekend as we watched the Iowa/Iowa State game while the girls were wrestling with each other on the floor. This would have been a great opportunity to send them somewhere else. Even though it was funny watching them.

Saturday morning comes around and this is always my opportunity to make a big breakfast. I gave up making them during the week long ago when the kids became big enough to do their own and I got tired of trying to do it and then having them wait until the last minute to get up and then not eating what I made them anyway. So, they began making their own toast or frozen waffles or pouring their own bowl of cereal. I reserved pancakes, muffins, eggs and sausage/bacon for the weekends. I've gotten really good, thanks to Brian, at making a breakfast pizza. It dirties alot of pans, but it is soooo good. And since my kitchen is so small, I can wash the dishes as I go. Anyway, this Saturday morning was one of those times when I was trying to get Brian to make up my mind on what to make for breakfast and he wasn't getting the job done. So, I decided that I'd try my hand at making the fixin's for breakfast burritos. Turned out pretty good. Although, Ty and I were the only ones that actually ate them as burritos. I also made plain eggs as I knew that the picky girls wouldn't eat anything with peppers and onions in it. Oh , and some good crispy hashbrowns.

It's finally getting late and I'm trying to get myself into the shower but the phone rings, so I'm discussing the call with Brian and then the doorbell rings. It's a boyscout selling popcorn. Not a clue who the boy is but I decide that he is the first to come to my door, so he gets my business. Although, I can't understand why someone would let their child come to the door with crusty snot and food all over his face. Especially while in a boyscout uniform. But, then I find out who he belongs to and then I understand. They take care of their home the same way. I get him squared away and start for the shower again. (I really hate answering the door in my pj's) I realize my daughter has beaten me to the shower. And, then the doorbell rings again. Oh, for Pete's sake!! It's AJ and Amy and they have come to sell popcorn too!! Well, it's Brian's turn to fork over the dough. $20 for popcorn, ouch! I guess it's for a good cause. And, if I had known my nephew was a boyscout, I would have just gotten from him even though it is really hard to say no to young kids even with snot-crusted noses.

I finally get my shower taken and chores around the house done with lots of delegating to the kids. KJ pouting and grouching the whole way. By this time, it's mid afternoon and we decided to get movies to watch for the evening. It is so much cheaper doing it that way then trying to pay for the 6 of us to go and get popcorn, treats, and pop. Besides we decided to get out our fryer which we purchased last winter. We got chicken which I cut into strips, HUGE sweet onions, and some cheese curds. We breaded them all ourselves and dipped into the fryer, learning tricks as we went. It was fun, but of course not really good for my triglycerides. We learned that you really need a good wet and dry coating to make the batter stick, one large onion was more than enough, (I didn't even cut up the second and we will still be eating the leftover rings today) one pound of chicken was enough, and don't dump the chicken all in at once, they really stick together.

Enough rambling for the morning. I need to get the kids started showering. I've finally figured out how to add pictures, although, I do not have one of Heather.

As I proofread through this, I realize it is a lot about food. I hope that my future rambling aren't all about food. Even though I enjoy it. Brian and I both do, cooking and eating together, not just motorcycling. Oh, we did get a short ride in around town Friday night too. After getting the lawn mowed we needed to cool off. Ok, now I really do need to get the girls up.