Today turned out to be pretty busy. It started off well as Scott let me go back to sleep after I had gotten up with the girls around 7:30. When I got up around 9:30, Scott went out to start on the icicle lights–which he ended up not doing because too many strands needed replaced. I worked on getting the girls and myself ready and just hung out…the calm before the storm I guess.
We had SIL and S come over and go out for lunch to Taco Bell with us. Then we headed to the store to get some birthday presents. 
Remember that birthday party I didn’t really want to go to last weekend? Well, the previous one was thrown by the grandparents I didn’t really know but this one was thrown by the girls’ parents who is Scott’s cousin and his girlfriend. SIL and myself had planned to take S and Emma ice skating today but felt the necessity to go to the party..it’s family and they came to ours kind of thing. It was a roller skating party and I guess it was close enough to ice skating because Emma made the final pick to go to the party.
We had fun and Emma actually did really well. Lexi tried for about 15 minutes and then gave up on it. I think she was frustrated her little wheels were so big and I guess she didn’t feel safe that tall because she kept saying they were too big even after I tried 3 different sizes on her. And yes, I got out there too. I haven’t roller skated in years and years and after a few times around, I picked it back up. 
I really could have done it a lot longer than I did. As you can see in the picture, Lexi ended up walking around the rink while I skated. Scott says she was insistent on going with me and there was no way I could carry her, so I let her walk. There weren’t many people out and things are very relaxed at that rink.
We headed out after about 2 hours and then headed over to Scott’s parents. Today is MIL’s birthday and although she is still getting over a respiratory infection, we took her out to dinner. FIL is really sick with some stomach thing so he didn’t go. We didn’t stay at the house afterwards either. We came home and I started working on my Sunday School lesson and Scott crashed in the recliner.
Heather ended up coming over with my fabric for the dining room and we worked on what I wanted for the rod and finial. Who knew that was going to be so hard? We still didn’t decide on anything and it’s still a possibility Scott might make something custom for me. Oh the woes of knowing too much about choices and being picky.
So I’ve been pretty busy since this morning. My eyes are heavy and I’m headed to bed…