Only my husband....

leaves the house with Andrew to go and pick up the burley that we bought last week and comes home with TWO THOMASVILLE LEATHER CHAIRS for the living room. That's right, he is on his way to pick up a bike carrier and comes home with new furniture... I would attach a link to the beauties he purchased, but I haven't seen them yet, and he can't find the exact chair on the website. So, like me.... you'll just have to wait and see what he bought! We'll be surprised together!! LOL!!

Here's how it went down -- I had to make a Costco run, so I put Andrew down for his nap and left Matt with Katherine and Caleb out in the backyard by the pool. On the way home, I got a call from Michelle and she mentioned that they wanted to go the home show. I told her to dress Nicholas and Caden in their swim trunks and bring them over to play. After all, it'd be more enjoyable for Brian and Michelle not to drag the boys in and out of houses, and it'd be fun the boys to play with Katherine and Caleb. When I returned home I found Olivia, Emma, Parker, Grant and Emma R also playing. A few minutes later Andrea comes over to grab the few items I picked up for her at Costco and asked if I'd watch her boys while they went to buy landscaping stuff. Fine. Really, at this point, what's a few more kids??? So, including my two (Matt took Andrew) I had 10 kids swimming, running around, playing soccer, and climbing on the swing set. Wow... I wish I had out my camera. They were pouring water down the slide and skidding across the lawn. Needless to say, our backyard is a mud hole, and the kids looked like they spent the afternoon mud wrestling. They were covered, head to toe, in mud and grass clippings, and the pool water was a chocolate color. Literally. It was disgusting!! But wow... did they have fun!! They should all sleep well tonight!!

So while I was hanging out with the kiddos, Matt decided to stop at Homemakers and spruce up the living room. I guess that's what took him so long!! Now, I need to find someone to take the love seat off our hands and pick out a new couch for the long wall in the living room. Since the chairs are leather, I'm thinking a cool fabric of some type... I'm also going to look for a long sofa table for the entry way. I can't wait to go shopping!!

When Brian and Michelle got done at the home show they came over to pick up the boys. One thing led to another and we decided to order pizza. It was a good excuse for Michelle and I to leave the house for a few minutes!! We got home, fed the kiddos, and then sat down to eat. All of a sudden, the tornado sirens went off. We made the mad dash to the basement with all the little ones, and man.... did that wind blow! Our landscaping took a pretty good beating, two of our neighbors lost trees -- one snapped in half, the other one was uprooted, some lost huge ceramic pots, and Andrea's grill was thrown off the deck and knocked her Adirondack chairs over. It was quite the storm! The kids were all playing in the basement and giggled with excitement when we lost power. It was the strangest storm -- it went from fine one minute, to pitch dark, pouring rain, and blowing like crazy the next!

As soon as the Launderville's left, we threw the kids in the tub and they went into our room to watch a show. I left the room for a few minutes and when I came back they were both passed out cold. We carried them into their receptive beds and never heard another peep out of them. Oh, I love summer! These wonderfully carefree days when they can play all day and have so much fun that they can't keep their little eyes open another second longer. This is what childhood is all about!!