week in pictures

So last weekend, apparently during a time that I was feeling pretty good, before the feeling pretty bad started, I had the bright idea to do this project from one of the blogs I follow.  It's called Week in the Life and the idea is to document with photos and stories one week in your life - the ordinary and mundane and the extraordinary and fun.  The link will take you to the first post for Week in the Life for this year.  If you are interested, click on the link and then you can go to the "archives" on the left and click on "week in the life" and it will take you to all the posts starting with the most recent.

Anyway, my bright idea was that it would be so easy to do this since I wouldn't feel up to moving around much.  It would give me something to do on the couch cause I was going to do it all digitally anyway.  Whatever.  That lasted one day.  I didn't feel like getting up and grabbing the camera when I heard the boys doing something I wanted to remember.  I just wanted to sleep.

But even though I didn't do it last week, I am in full swing this week.  I'm kind of having deja-vu here.  I'm thinking I might have thought I was going to take on this project last year too.  I know it was never finished.  I am going to finish it this year.  And the good thing from last week is that I did make more of an effort when I was up to take photos, so I thought I would share.

We read part of a book about Missouri and the boys were supposed to

create something from what we read. 

Elliott created a flag showing which number of state Missouri was. 

He was very detailed about the whole thing.

Still loving these flip flops from Angelique - so bright and fun!

Time to start practicing the writing again before school starts. 

 My goal was to do this every week in some form. 

 This was the first time we did it. 

Oh well.

Amazingly there was a morning when it was nice enough outside at 7am to eat breakfast on the deck. 

And there was breakfast I could eat. 

Unfortunately it didn't stay with me very long. 

But I loved the peacefulness of enjoying it outside.

The band for the hotel that Elliott created. 

The hotel had a rooftop restaurant and these guys played on a rotating platform for all of the customers.

Just one of the gourmet dinners that my family got from me this past week. 

 I'm just saying thank goodness for Easy Mac and frozen foods :)

These make me smile each time I pass them in our bedroom. 

We've had the jars for months and I couldn't figure out what to do with them. 

A few weeks ago, this finally came to mind, and I'm so happy not to look at empty jars anymore.

A reminder of foods that really should taste good but do not. 

Such a bummer.

Evidence that the boys have been building. 

 I love that they play together and create things. 

 This is the hotel before the rooftop deck was added.

I vaguely remember Ethan grabbing the camera saying he was going to take pictures,

but this is what I found this weekend when I uploaded everything. 

It's not flattering, but I'm glad he captured it. 

It's what life looks like around here during those weeks after chemo. 

Teacher letters came out last weekend.  Elliott's friend called to see which teacher he got. 

It's not often that he talks on the phone with friends, yet it seemed so natural to him.

A reminder that the boys had been to Grandma's. 

Every Tuesday night we have to watch the new Scooby Doo Mystery Incorporated. 

I tried not to at first, but it just sucks you in. 

It's not like the old ones, where each episode is independent of the other. 

 This one has a season long plot/storyline, and Tuesday was the season finale. 

Of course it left you wanting next season to start right then. 

Did I just say that?!?!  

 Anyway, it's fun to spend the time with the boys and share their fun.

The black stuff. 

 He had to have it. 

He was so excited about it. 

 Brian thought we should've written a verse on it like Tim Tebow. 

I'm surprised Brian suggested doing anything like Tim Tebow. 

 Maybe next game.