I was scrolling through pictures, trying to figure out what to post for THAT Family’s weekly carnival, when I came across these photos from my Newlywed Days. Aren’t these just a blast from the past?
Here we are enjoying our first dinner in our apartment… yup that would be frozen pizza and champagne. We had just flown in from our honeymoon in St Lucia (you can see the unopened wedding presents behind us). And check out those newly married tans! My terrific hubby thought ahead and stocked the freezer with pizza and the fridge with some nice bubbly so we’d have dinner waiting for us when we returned. I remember we opened wedding presents until we found sheets, then we were able to make the bed.
We didn’t even have a table yet. I believe the next day we set out to buy a card table which we used for 5 months before buying our dining room table. We had only room for our plates on the table, the drink pitcher always sat at the floor beside us and the food was typically on the counter. I wish I had time to scan those pics of our first meal on a real table (but I am trying to pack for my big trip to Texas today and I don’t have time).
I also came across this picture. We were so excited about all of our new gadgets. Here were are toasting our cappuccino’s with our new cappuccino machine. We used to make cappuccino’s all the time with that thing. Clearly this was before digital cameras as I am sporting my very typical eyes shut pose.
Be sure to come back this weekend. I’ll have two guest posts and my very first give a way!
That’s right folks, tomorrow Mommy is out of here till Sunday morning. I’m packing my bags and flying to Dallas for the MOPS Convention. And while I am really excited at the opportunity to grow as I listen to great speakers and attend workshops, I am also sad to be away from my hubby and kiddos for almost 3 full days. I know from past experience that when I get there I will have a great time as I am listening to live music, eating dinner out with my friends (experiencing uninterrupted adult conversations for 9 meals), and learning from dynamic speakers. But I also know that every phone call home will bring tears to my eyes as I long to hold everyone close and kiss them goodnight. So, it’s a bittersweet bag of emotions I’m carrying around today.
Turns out my hubby is also leaving on a jet plane thanks to a business trip which overlaps with part of my trip. Whose gonna take care of my circus crew you ask?
Dear Aunt Karen to the rescue!
That’s right my sister in law, will be staying here for two days managing our circus act while we are gone. She’ll be driving the minivan to the carpool line at preschool and scavenging around for those shin guards and cleats for soccer practice. And when she isn’t busy serving up mac-n-cheese to the tots, she’s agreed to write a guest post for me while I am gone.
That’s right folks, you are getting an exclusive back stage pass to the circus life! What really goes on at this house of ours? How do the kids behave when Mom and Pops are away? I know you wanna know…
And that’s not all… I have not one, but TWO guest posts awaiting you this weekend!
… that’s right in addition to getting the perspective of an outsider, you will also hear from my hubby. Daddy is flying solo for the weekend and he’s agreed to blog all about.
Since I need to give them time to experience the circus life before blogging about it, I’ve written my posts for Thurs and Fri already and set them to post automatically. (Yes, while I haven’t yet packed my suitcase, I have taken time to write my absentee blog posts…take heart dear reader, you rank high on my to do list)!
This means that you gotta break away from your weekend activities to redeem your back stage pass to Life at the Circus. I guarantee you won’t wanna miss these posts. And to make it worth your while, I plan to return from convention with at least one give away for one lucky guest post commenter. Remember, I’m going to a convention geared entirely for mothers, you better believe they’ll be some good stuff at the exhibit booths and I promise to share! (more details to follow… stay tuned and be sure to check back this weekend for my guest posts and LEAVE A COMMENT)
