MCM

Happy Monday!!

I thought that in honor of MCM I'd share some of Joseph and my favorite things :) Just random things we love to do together or just both really love! 

1) World Cup Soccer! (Ahhem, Joseph calls it football because you know, he's cool like that, and has even taught Charley to call it football as well!) the World Cup begins THURSDAY! And we are getting prepped and ready for the month long celebration of the worlds sport. I've ordered shirts and jerseys and have big plans for house decorations in the works! It will be so fun! 

Us at the Netherlands vs Denmark Match at Soccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa - 2010

2) Luther. Joseph and I love watching good tv and we have been in search of a new "show" for a good while. We love what the BBC produces, and Luther does not disappoint. It's about a homicide detective, John Luther, his genius ability to get in the minds of criminals, and the big question of what is truly right and wrong. It's sometimes gritty (it is a show about murder) so we have to watch after the girlies have gone to bed. It is a mini series so there are only four or so episodes a season, but they are so stinking good! We only have time to watch one at a time, which is good, because mentally I think that's all one can take. We stream this on Netflix. 

http://youtu.be/aEwrOnrlERY

3) Basin Burger. http://www.basinburgerhouse.com I'm not sure if it's sad or awesome that I have their number programmed in my phone!? While we love to dine in when we can, takeout is more convenient for us and the girlies early bedtimes. The best burger in town in my opinion. Homemade buns. Yummy sweet potato and regular fries, and their meatloaf is to die for. When we eat here we feel like it's a game to see which "side" we sit on. The "family" side (on the left of the door with the booths) or the "cool" side (on the right of the door with the bar and patio). We only get sat on the cool side when we are sans kids. The only con to Basin Burger is it's all the way across town. But it's well worth the drive :)

4) Indian food. Gosh it's no wonder out waist lines aren't slimming down with all the tv and food we enjoy ;) But seriously, this place in Midland: http://www.indianfoodmidland.com has the BEST (and to my knowledge, only) Indian food. We only do takeout since he last time we dined in someone got stabbed in the parking lot. No lie. It's so delicious and the garlic naan is out of this world. A little pricey, but then again we do order A TON of garlic naan plus simosas and our entrees ;) (Also across town and in a shady hotel. Strange thing: they also make pizzas!)

5) Books. While we don't necessarily do this together, we do this together. As in we typically read in bed before we go to sleep (or we did before we found Luther!). We both love reading and it's a treasured part of Charley's bedtime routine that we swap out on. 

6) The Girlies. Obviously. :) We adore our lil ladies and love watching them grow into bigger people (even if it is painful that they can't be little forever!) It's amazing to think that we are allowed to be their parents forever. When I see our girls I just see the Grace and Bigness and Beauty of our God. So much goodness. 

Weekending

The weekend actually started for me and the girlies on Friday as we met up with some sweet dear friends for a swim date! Charley had SO much fun and Liza was a happy camper too. Considering we had three two year olds and a six month old baby, they did excellent!!! They all played well together and the only major meltdown came from my child as she threw a fit because we had to get out of the pool to get ready to go home. Ha! It was so fun to have mommy time too and talk a little bit about grown up stuff ;) (even if it was repeatedly interrupted with squeals of laughter, various calls for mommy, or the impeccably timed potty breaks ;)

Baby Liza is a fan of the water! She floated around quite contently and all the kids enjoyed her float while she wasn't using it! 

Goodness gracious! These kids are seriously soooo sweet!

Everyone has their "sungwasses" :)

"It's wocked"... 

Just a mid-swim snooze. Lucky baby ;)

Thank you again Mrs. Sarah and Ami for letting us swim! 

Saturday was my 29th birthday! I'm not sure if any of you watch the show, "New Girl", but the character Jess always goes to the movies by herself every birthday. She does it because she's very much of a fantastical/gypsy personality and she always has super high expectations that she knows people will not meet. So she goes to the movies and just enjoys her day spent by herself. Well, friends, I should have maybe adopted Jess' attitude and not always think I'm a princess and deserve a big shebang every single birthday. Actually, after my day Saturday, Joseph told me he has very low expectations for his bday since it's a lot harder to get things done (that you actually want to do) when you have kids and responsibility! Haha! 

All that being said, it was in no way a terrible day. It was just another day. We had breakfast at Loris (only one potty break!), came home and built Charley a sheet tent in the living room (she was uncharacteristically whiney so we needed to bring out the big guns for something new and exciting for her), watched the X games on the tele, and I got a pedi with my mom. After I got home Joseph was a bit perturbed that both girls wouldn't nap at the same time for him to nap, so I took the girls into our room and watched Frozen (for the zillionth time!) while he snoozed. Was I jealous that he got a nap and I didn't and it was my birthday? Ohhhh you betcha. Bratty Beeotch Brandi kicked in and threw a bit of a pity party for myself. In hindsight it was so unnecessary and super bratty, but while I later napped with Liza in her glider (my neck still has a little crick) Joseph and Charley went and got me my favorite little bouquet of flowers and some candles. Then Jojo picked up our favorite takeout food (Basin Burger!!) and put a candle in my burger :) 

It was super sweet and I was super stubborn and sassy. Not cool. My friend posted this link to FB recently and it's a great reminder that even though I can't go do what I want to do when I want to do it (even if it is my birthday) that at least I can share my day and life with these goofballs! 

http://www.ignitumtoday.com/2014/06/05/kids-ruin-life-draft/

This is the tent. Or as Char calls it, "Charweys Cwubhouse". 

Sunday we all spent the day at the house and did house work. Jojo mowed. I painted the front door! I've always wanted a red front door and with my absolute favorite paint EVER, it became a reality!!! 

This paint: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint. Google it now. Go ahead. I'll wait ;)

It might not look so glamorous, but I adore it because it makes like super simple. No sanding, priming, or prep. Just plop your paint on. The red was a bit tricky. 

This was our very bla front door. 

One coat of paint...I was totally freaking right about now. The paint can be thinned by adding water or thickened just by leaving it open for a few minutes and it usually dries very fast and even. This is not even. 

Two coats...

And finally four coats of paint and one coat of wax later! 

I ordered a door knocker and new hardware to get rid of that ugly brass and we hope to install a new screen door this weekend. It was a fun day project for me and I've told Joseph I would be a perfectly happy lady if I had every color of ASCP there was ever made :) 

Aaaannd, speaking of weekends...I am happy to announce that Joseph earned himself a promotion at work that will allow him to work a normal work schedule! He will be home with his girls every weekend (except maybe every 13th weekend) AND get off on holidays! He hasn't had a holiday off since he has worked for this company so this is a true blessing to our family! 

I'm so proud of the hubster! 

Hope y'all had an exceptional weekend!