Shoot for the Moon!

Today was a very busy day. It started bright and early when the girls woke up around 6:00. We kept them in bed with us hoping for a little more sleep, and they did pretty good until about 7:00 and then they had had enough of this laying around stuff. We needed to get up anyways, because Grammy Jo (Wes' mom) was coming to visit for a few hours this morning. The house was a MESS, as it always is lately because we have definitely outgrown it. We have way to much stuff and not enough storage space. I know that my family sees our house a mess all the time, but his mom is different. She has never once said a word or made me feel like I need to clean, but I just want her to know that I care what she thinks about our house. We didn't have enough time to do much, but we straightened up a bit and did some dishes. We do have a dishwasher, however I prefer to handwash all the girls dishes, pacifiers, bottles, etc. So after we straightened up a bit we laid the girls down for their first nap and we got ourselves ready. She got here around 10 and played with the girls for a few hours. She brought them some more hair clips and hats and they were absolutely adorable!

At 12:30, it was time to head out. Wes was playing in the "Shoot for the Moon" basketball game in Sylvania. It was a fundraiser to raise money so that all of the 5th grade students in the district can go to the Challenger Learning Center in Oregon. He played on the Sylvania teacher All-Star team against the 13abc all-stars team. Wes played in this game a few years ago, but I didn't get to go to that one and so this time I was going and bringing the girls. I knew it was going to be impossible for me to go to this game by myself because I couldn't hold both girls for the whole time, so my brother, Taylor, met me there to help out. It was very nice of him!The game was really fun. They make it a competition between all of the elementary schools in the district to see who has the most spirit and can bring the most people. Wes teaches at Stranahan Elementary and his building had 5 staff members playing in the game. His principal was one of the 5. It was so cute to see all of the kids so excited to watch their teachers/principals playing. Some of the Stranahan kids made signs with the teachers' names on them. They even had a blown up picture of the teachers' faces on sticks! Unfortunately, I had to take the girls out to the car at half-time because it was time to feed them and they were getting hot and antsy. Some of the other teachers Wes works with were loving holding the girls and they did really well for a while, but it was packed in the gym and they were hot and tired. Taylor was a huge help getting them out to the car with me. I feed them and changed their diapers and then just played with them in their car seats until the game was over. In the end, the Sylvania teachers beat the 13abc All-Stars by 3 points. It was a pretty exciting game. Some of the players on the 13abc team were Lee Conklin, Jay Berschback, Jeff Smith and Zack Ottenstein (who is a bit of crazy competitive person!!!!).

The awesome signs..Lee Conklin (a bit blurry)Jeff SmithThe 13abc All-StarsThe Sylvania Teachers All-Star TeamHow cute is my husband????Having fun in the car waiting for Daddy

After the game was over we decided to go to Babies 'R Us since we were already out in the area. We needed to get some items for baby proofing, as the girls are into EVERYTHING! They fell asleep in the car and just slept in the stroller while we got 2 baby gates, some drawer and cupboard latches, corner bumper pads for our entertainment center, clothes (of course!), bath toys (because they LOVE to play in the water) and a stool for us to sit on while we bathe them. We were going to head home but we were right there so we stopped at Old Navy and Dicks too. Finally, we swung through Boston Market (one of our favs) and grabbed some dinner and headed home. The girls had gotten about a 2 hour nap at this point so we let them stay up an extra hour when we got home. They were in the best mood and were so cute playing and talking. It was a long, busy and fun day!

The girls playing...There's trouble if I ever saw it.....she is messing with the cable box and trying to pull our new Old Navy clothes off the couch.Happy girlsStella's new favorite position to play....on her knees!