Our Day

Today was a good day-and in my effort to blog more....here is how it went!  :-) 
We got up and played and I called my mom to verify that we were going to the city tomorrow to get supplies for Hunter's b-day cake.  She said she and my grandma were going today instead.....so....I said, "why don't yall just pick us up and we'll all go?"  Hehehe.....there was some discussion in the background and they said they were on the way!  We all piled into our SUV and headed to Hobby Lobby.  I found some cute cowboy things for the cake-I can't wait to see how it turns out!  We got lunch out, in a restaurant-what a treat for me!  The kids were really good, it gives me hope that we can eat out a lot more with them now.  They seem to do good more than bad lately, so that is a good thing.  It was fun to be out all together, even if it was a touch hectic to have 3 little ones in a store.  The twins were in a stroller though, so it wasn't like we had loose kids. 
We also picked up some things Amanda needed for the party, and the twins insisted we take them to her tonight.  So, after a break and a trip to the farm to get our milk, we went to Hunter's house and they got to play a while.  Poor Amanda, Wayne, and Hunter probably thought they were going to have a nice, quiet, family evening.  Boy were they in for it when we showed up!  Hehehe.. For some reason this birthday party is really a big deal to the twins.  I don't know if it's the first one they really realize and are looking forward to...but they talk about it a LOT.  Carson has been carrying the invitation everywhere we go since it arrived a few days ago. 
We came home and I let the kids stay up late.  Sometimes I do that, just because they are keeping me company!  Dustin was still working (more storms tonight, I wish they'd bring more rain!), and I've often wondered if I just let them stay up, what time would they go to bed on their own.  Well, tonight I found out....it was 10:49 pm.  Emilynn got in her bed and Carson went to sleep watching Elmo.  Normally bedtime is 9 pm sharp, but they were being good and I was enjoying them.   :-)  We were very busy today, but I try to keep them busy when Dustin is working a lot, for several reasons.  Mainly because they miss him, and want to see him so I try to keep them from thinking about it.  Secondly, because if we are at home all that time without me having any help-the house would probably be torn to the ground!!!  Dustin gets home and helps me so much with the kids- he lets them ride on the 4-wheeler, check the cows, feed the dogs, etc.  I really look forward to him getting home and so do the kids. 
We may go ride the bus tomorrow, I'm still not sure yet.  We'll see, Dustin may be home and if so, we'll spend time with him.  I also need to catch up on some canning and preserving-more on that later. 
I'm off to start another book-I finished my book last night- The Search by Nora Roberts.  It was great!  I am hooked on her books, and Amanda is keeping me supplied!