Rocks on the Roof and Random Ramblings........

We came home from church today and as I pulled in the driveway, I noticed 2 large oak leaf sized objects on my roof. After a closer look, I discovered that I had 2 fairly large rocks on my roof. How tacky! I unloaded the kids and proceeded to the basement to hunt down a step stool, then grabbed a broom from the kitchen. I went outside, still in my skirt from church, and attempted to hit the rocks off the roof with the broom while perched at the top of my 3-step ladder. No luck, I still couldn't reach the offending rocks! This irritates me to no end because it makes my house appear trashy and un-kept, and regardless of the interior condition, I still like to keep up appearances that all is tidy and neat. Besides, today the winner of the HGTV Dream Home will be revealed and, at the time assuming it would be me, I was about to be on national TV with 2 rocks on my roof! My only redemption is that I didn't win the Dream Home, so the world will never see my embarrassment. The weird thing is, the kids found a half-eaten donut on the ground where the rock thrower must have stood. I questioned my children at length and they all denied involvement. So here I sit, inside the un-kept house with 2 large rocks perched on the roof and no HGTV Dream Home to brag about and strange as it may sound, I'm OK with that.

My kids had a 4-day weekend, a mini-spring break. My husband is a Scoutmaster so he took his troop on a 2-night camp out. The plan was to go hiking some trails in the forest. On Friday they hiked 10 miles and had another 10 miles to hike the next day, but Saturday morning the kids were dragging their feet and finally got on the trail so late that they only had time for a 5 mile hike. (Nice plan kids!) My husband told me this story while expressing frustration that the kids lacked motivation Saturday morning, he just couldn't understand why. I had to laugh, they were obviously completely worn out. My 11 year old son and some friends joined them Saturday at the camp site, but had a different leader on the hike. They completed the 10 miles and had a great time. He was in bed before 8 pm that night, no fighting, no back-talking. I suggested to my husband that a 10 mile hike would be beneficial for our boy every day! While they were at the camp out, I took the other 4 kids to their friends baptism. She's a sweet girl and her baptism was really special. Next, we went shopping with my mom and we found a beautiful white baptism dress for my 7 year olds' upcoming baptism in June. We had a good time and took the kids on our own version of a 10 mile hike through the crowded mall. Sears was having the best sale! Besides the 50% off sale on the baptismal dress, we also found two $50 dresses on sale for $9 & $10, they will be cute Easter dresses for the girls. For my 5 yr old we found a $20 outfit marked down to $6! Finding bargains is such a rush! I am also grateful for my mom's generosity in buying all the cute clothes for the kids and I really appreciated the help with the kids. I NEVER go to the mall. This shopping trip was a first for my kids in a long, long time and their behavior was really good. My 9 year old daughter LOVED the mall, I thought I would never get her out of the dressing room, she tried on every dress in sight! The baptism dress!

Taking a break to play around at the mall.