our weekend

Just a few fun things going on around here this weekend.  On Saturday, I did a little shopping {& a lot of looking} with Collin, Lydia & my sister Carol in the morning while Dan, Evan & Gpa Joe went looking at 4 wheelers.  Lydia is not a good shopper right now.... she doesn't want to stay sitting in that cart... it's much more fun to run wildly through the isles while mommy runs after you.  Her favorite thing was the dollar isle at Target, since they have lots of Sesame Street stuff right now.  Collin likes to go shopping to pick out his own clothes right now, so he got to pick out a new shirt & tie to wear for Easter & to his Invent Iowa event next week.  Evan had a good time, but his main goal was to go to cash in some cans & bottles to save up for various wants {he just realized you can get some pretty good money from those things & is prompting Dan to drink more Mountain Dew}.  

On Saturday afternoon, we went to our niece Ashlyn's baptism.  Dan was asked to be the godfather, which he readily said yes.  I'll have to try to post a picture later.  We were excited to get to see some of Dan's family, which we haven't seen since Thanksgiving.  Of course, Ashlyn has grown & changed like crazy.  She has been sick with RSV, so we were very happy she was well & was in such a good mood!  Lydia was very intrigued by her.  I think they'll have some good times with each other.  Of course we were able to see Dan's brother Luke & sis in law Barbara {Ashlyn's mommy & daddy} & Dan's twin sister Donna {who was the godmother}, her hubby Kevin & their cute boys John & Paul.  Their boys are close in age to Collin & Evan, so they always have a good time when they get to see each other.  We all gathered for a great supper afterwards thanks to Gpa Joe & Gma Bev.  

Sunday we did more cleaning around the house {still not done!}.  I'm trying my hardest to consolidate my scrapbooking & art stuff into one armoire.  I was happy to send lots of stuff my niece Payton's way.  Hopefully that will equal a few babysitting sessions!  Trying to add some hints of spring around the house.  Some things will double for decorations for Lydia's birthday party in March, so I think I'll have fun with it.  Planning on using some of the new Reminisce Easter & Valentine's papers for some of the decorations... the Easter has alot of great colors of dots, which I love.  Collin has been working on his shoebox for valentine's at school & using the valentine's papers & stickers as well.  I'm hoping to make up a few Valentine's for some special people with it also!