Our Weekend

We had a really nice weekend. This past week Darrick and I have been working on a new budget for our family. We have tried many times but have not been disciplined enough to stick to it. This time we were very specific in our numbers and are determined to make it work. I wonder how many people out there really have a budget and if so do you have any advice for us? We would love to hear from you. Anyways, we are cutting back on eating out and trying to slow down our weekends. And it was great!

Saturday morning started off with pancakes. We are trying to incorporate "traditions" into our family. The boys are at ages now that this is working. Like Saturday morning is "Pancake morning" or no TV on Sunday morning. Does anyone have any other traditions ideas? We have a few more that we are thinking about.

Darrick had two soccer games on Saturday so we spent most of the afternoon at the soccer field. They did not play so great and lost both games. But we had an umbrella and our lunches and the boys and I had a nice time. After the game we went to the commissary to grocery shop.

Then we had a BBQ to go to for a guy on the ship's birthday. I met some really nice new people and the food was really yummy. I like to see who Darrick works with. Everyone seems to think that Darrick has big ears. I have never thought that. Once they did a skit on the ship and the person playing Darrick taped plates on the sides of his hat so everyone would know he was Hays and they did! Have you ever thought that...be honest...I guess maybe love is blind!

Today Darrick was not feeling well and did not go to church. The boys and I went by ourselves. I taught the 3-5 year old class for the first time. It went so great, the hardest part was that I didn't know all the kids names. I had 13 kids!

In the afternoon they boys played in their pool, and we made puppy chow. We made our own pizza muffins for dinner. Micah kept putting on too much sauce and Jacob kept taking bites of it raw, but they had fun. Then the boys rode skateboards. Micah grew out of his old skateboard and it was getting old, so they each got a spiderman skatebaord with batman pads. See Picture below. They are really into superheros, especially Batman, Spiderman and Superman. Micah did good and Jacob tried a little but mostly just likes walking around with his gear on! Ahhh...life with boys!