A Day in Pictures: Kids Change Everything....

My original plan for A Day in Pictures was to photo capture a little "I FINALLY got a job" celebration we had planned for Friday. I say "we", but it was really my sister Jen and our sweet next door neighbor, Kelli, who decided we needed to celebrate! I, of course, was all about it! We forgot one important element to our planning though....they involved children, and one thing I have learned from living with Amelia-my niece-children and plans don't always go together!

Our original plan was to get some yummy Starbucks drinks-yay!

And, take our drinks to my favorite park, so we could sip and the kids could play!

Great plan right???

The first issue came when with about ten minutes before we were scheduled to leave-Jen noticed Amelia seemed warm. Sure enough, she was running a low grade fever. We debated canceling, but decided if nothing else we could cancel the park and just get our drinks.

On the way to load us all up in the car, the visions of getting Starbucks with four kiddos waiting in line with us began to seem less than appealing! No problem, we can be flexible...! We decided a trip here would be a much easier choice...

Nothing like a Diet Dr. Pepper with Vanilla added to celebrate some employment
So, I squeezed myself in between Kelli's two sweet boys in the back seat, and anticipated some Sonic ice goodness! The trip was going fine, although the boys were definitely ready to get out of the car and play-I can't blame them, poor things were SQUISHED with me in the back seat-ha!-, but they were sweet and talkative. We were minutes from Sonic when Amelia decided to throw up (bless her heart). At this point, we knew this celebration time was NOT going to happen. Poor Amelia started crying which started Kelli's tender hearted little girl to have a few tears (she couldn't stand it that her friend was upset), and ended with one of the little boys looking at me and saying "Oh, since Amelia threw up-we can go home and play now!"-ha! gotta love little boys:)!

So, Kelli being a trooper-and not letting me go without my celebration-dropped us all off, and let me play with her precious kids while she went BACK to Sonic to get our drinks!-whew! Kids make things so much more interesting-ha!

We ended up having fun playing, getting to have our Sonic drinks, AND having a little treat ! THANK YOU KELLI!

(this is just a picture I found of our goodness...I would show you the real thing, but somebody ate it already-ha!)

So, since Friday's picture fun didn't exactly work out, I thought I would take some pictures of where I like to go running, enjoy getting the house straight while Jen, Micah, and Amelia headed to Roanoke, and then head to Kohls to take advantage of some of their sales(I need "slacks" for work....not sure what constitutes a slack exactly....)


(Kohl's coupons were the first bit of mail I ever got in Virginia...I don't know how they found me, but I am glad they did-ha!)

But, alas, there was another change of plans....


(oh how I love this little girl!)


This poor little girl was still not feeling well:(. So, my plans changed a bit.

Instead of going to Starbucks for a egg-nog latte, I made one at home instead!

-Not as good as Starbucks-of course-but still yummy and about 21grams less in fat!-

I was able to take my coffee outside on the back porch , and enjoy this view...

Nice!

I still cleaned a bit. It was not in my usual order since I had to consider other people in the house, but it got done and that is what matters! I could NOT start work on Monday with disorganization-I am a little bit OCD like that-ha!

With the change of plans, I was also able to devote time to FINALLY digging through moving boxes to find my antique candle holders.

I really like how last week's honey comb candle purchase looks in them!

Still got to eat one of my FAVES for lunch! Always a good going out-to-eat alternative. I LOVE Subway!

Amelia and I got to cuddle up and watch a little Harry Potter!
(I must confess I am a huge fan, and can NOT wait to see the new movie in theaters even if I have to go alone like the big dork I am-ha!!)

Even though it was a change of plans couple of days, and kids definitely make things harder to plan-I wouldn't trade either day! Cause this baby....

Totally worth it!!!