Saturday was a sleepover fun day/night for both Nick and Lauren. Cousin Carson had a sleepover celebration for her 9th birthday, and invited Lauren to hang out with the big girls and enjoy the fun. Not to be outdone, I planned for Matthew to spend the night with Nick. This little sleepover soon became a slumber party when I dropped Lauren off at Carson's, and Colton looks at me all sweetly and asks, "Aunt Christy, do you want me to spend the night with you?" Well of course I do!
All 3 boys piled into the van and we headed to Nick's basketball game. The Warriors played a great game and won. This win was significant as it gave the 7- 8 year old boys the Champion Title of their division! With 2 games left to play, no one can beat their record!
While the boys were shooting nerf guns/spraying bullots, playing mini-basketball, and WWF wrestling, the girls were having a spa day at Carson's house - complete with facials and a real trip to the salan for a manicure! This was Lauren's first manicure, and she loved it. She loves the top coat on top of the glitter, on top of the blue nailpolish, on top of her nail. Lauren had so much fun with the girls. I heard they danced, played American Idol, ate from a pasta bar, and watched a movie. Sounds like a girly birthday time! Thank you Aunt Jamie for taking pictures!
Sunday I dropped Colton off, picked up Lauren and we both drove into my work for a few hours. The sleepover must have really worn my girl out.
Ryan received a lot of appreciated help on the bedroom both Saturday and Sunday. Most all of the drywall got hung. This is not a good picture, but you can see the 6 ft tub is in, plumbing is roughed in, and the closet has drywall. The closet is on the left. The tub is obviously on the right. The 'pooper' is the middle room that is holding up the extra drywall sheets in the picture (right behind that orange cord). It will have a vent, a toilet, magazine rack, and it's own door. Pooper privacy is important.
Monday Nick brought home a report card full of A's! GREAT JOB NICHOLAS! WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!
As I said, this weather this week has been odd. Monday the freezing rain caused a 2 hour delay for school/daycare. Tuesday* and Wednesday it was a balmy 70 degrees. Then buckets of rain fell and strong winds blew in Wednesday afternoon. By Wednesday night water was gushing off the mountain and out of creeks into the river, and caused some minor flooding. That is when I found out we had a Superhero among us.
We were late heading home Wed night due to basketball practice, and came upon another lady driver stopped at a flooded road. Without a moments hesitation, Superhero Ryan got out to secure the road. He waded into the gushing water, moved some tree limbs, and waved the lady driver through the high water. Then he waved me through. He did this calmly, with arms out ready to catch either car and push it to safety should it be swept away by the water. And, I'm sure he could have done it, too. He's our true Superhero. (Really it was only a few inches of water and the lady driver was a bit overly cautious and took some coaxing to move on. We were not in real danger - but please do not tell the Superhero that).
Once we got home, we were able to show the kids the real reason our house is on stilts. Our creek had become a river under and around our house. We had to park the van on higher ground and have our Superhero carry us to the stairs thru 6 inches of water. I couldn't get good pictures in the dark, and this was the best I got the next morning. It doesn't do it justice as the water receded, but you can understand that we will not be doing raindances anytime soon.
Today we woke up to a dusting of snow and 2 hour school delay. The river has almost crested at 10.9 ft, which is not enough to cause us any problems at all. Thank you, God. A flood is not what I was asking for on my birthday. :) But, I could use another balmy 70 degree day. Pretty please!
*I must not forgot to mention Happy Birthday to Priscilla! :) Much to the disappointment of the kids, Ryan and I took Priscilla out for her birthday lunch on Tuesday. Apparently it was completely unfair that the kids did not get to take Grandma to lunch, too.
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