Saturday

5am wake up to a noise and realize Michael is gone...peek out int he family room and see him on the couch watching tv--tooth ache
6:30 am alyssa comes into our room, i didn't fall asleep very well after 5am waking. I get her milk and she lays on the floor...michael is there again...i realize my alarm is about to go off (6:41 am) so I turn it off....sneak out of bed so a.j. doesn't notice me....luckily i laid everything out the night before b/c the light would alert her
6:50 am pack stuff (pre-gathered) in Michaels car
6:58 am drive off
7:08 am arrive at Candida's house to pick her up for theQuints session
7:22 am arrive at Walgreens, I need to go to the bathroom and buy gum
7:31 am arrive at Quints house...unload car...meet the family, get set up
7:40-11:40 am take Quints pictures...individuals....all babies....big family....so much fun and so joyful
12 Candida and I stop at h*me d*pot so she can get tree trimmers
12:20 home and tell michael and the kids all about it....scream excitedly (per their request) at the clean home that they cleaned while i was away
12:40 pm Heather and 5 kids come over to hang out...Michael naps....she helps me organize alyssa's room
2pm Heather leaves....kids play legos while Michael still sleeps (in our closet b/c less noise) and I upload quints picts
2:30 a little computer time, boys play star wars video game...alyssa plays and takes turns standing in front of the boys to make them scream and climbing on my lap
3:15 pm Michael wakes up and looks like a mac truck hit him
3:45 I decide to serve my hubby and do what I have NEVER done before: mow the lawn!
4:30pm Michael calls me in for dinner (he made pancakes) and Ifinish up the lawn
4:45 pm we head out (after i showered) and drop off something at jenny m.'s house
5:15pm arrive at Pump It Up, a jumpy place for Melanie V.'s bday party...kids LOVE it, have fun playing as a family in jumpy houses/slides
6:30 eat (too many) chips and dip at party...open gifts
7pm head home...alyssa falls asleep on the way home (yay!)
7:15 pm drop off michael and alyssa, boys head out again with me
7:40pm arrive at dyches home to put together our pre-ordered 72 hour kits...boys help me and i explain the uses for odds and ends they'd never seen (shake an ice pack and it turns cold--magic ice)
8:30 boys get ready for bed....michael and i relax at home
9:40 pm early to bed, both exhausted