The One With the Egg Smash

April 19 - 21, 2019

Spring just never seems to slow down!  I have to admit, I was an absentee mom this weekend as I had a HUGE semester project for one of my classes due on Monday, and I had to hide out in my office on campus to get it done.  But, things happened without me!

Stillwater High Shcool Baseball is still in full swing, so Lara was at baseball games Friday night and Saturday.  There were wins, and losses, and weather always played a factor.  Gotta love baseball season.

And Sunday was Easter!  The Stillwater Crew got up early for 8:30 church, but Emma was not able to make it.  She did come to see us around lunchtime, though!  Here are a few pictures from the day:

And, we had our annual Egg Smash contest.  Emma was not here for it, and Finn participated for the first time.  Although, I don't think he fully understood what was going on...  See for yourself:


Another weekend in the books!

The One With All The Colors

April 12 - 14, 2019

This weekend, it was Emma's turn for junior prom.  And, it rained on her as well!  Lara spent the weekend home (alone) taking care of our house and our puppy while the Weaver men and I traveled to Northwest Arkansas for (another) basketball tournament.  Lara caught up on laundry, homework, cleaning her room and car, and rest.  She showed up for some of the prom festivities and generally had a relaxing weekend.

Friday night, Emma and her friend Abigail got together to make their own corsages.  They decided that paying florist prices was just not work it, so they got the supplies, so ingenuity, a hot gun, and went to town on the project!  I am super proud of their initiative, and even more so of the results.  They turned out so well!

Saturday was prom day.  There was hair and makeup and food.  Something about McAlister's for lunch.  There was dinner twice - once at Texas Roadhouse and something about McDonald's in the truck on the way.  Caden, Emma's date, let Emma drive.  It was all very fun to hear about.  And I was lucky enough to receive some pictures.  A few from the Student Union (my work building!) on campus, and one from the promenade portion of the night at Backstage.  It looks and sounds like she had a great time.  Here is a photo recap:

Backstage, Stillwater

Emma - Jr Prom Mulhall-Orlando 2019

And because I want them to still be twins and still do everything together, even though I know that is not a reality, I had to make a collage pic of them in their finery

Prom - just another reminder that Junior Year is almost over!

The One With All That Jazz

April 5 - 7, 2019

Another Spring weekend - another crazy schedule!  Baseball, basketball, prom - it never ends.  But the memories!  We are building life long memories that can never be replaced. As a family, as individuals, as teenagers.  These two redheads will thank me fore this someday! It is definitely a labor of love to keep it going, but I am determined to see it through to the end! 

The girls' paths did not cross until Sunday so I will approach this post one teenager at a time.  Starting with Lara - who had a CRAZY weekend!

Friday night, Lara was in Enid with the baseball team for a tournament.  They had an afternoon game and an early evening game.  Went 1-1 on the day.  But, she also had to be back in Enid early the next day for the final day of the tournament.  Even though it was prom, she had promised coach she would be there.  Her commitment to the team is strong, plus she only decided at the last minute to go to prom (More on that in a minute), so she left super early Saturday mornig for baseball, then hurried home for prom prep.

She was going to prom with a group of girls, including her BFF Erika.  BUT!  Erika had only convinced her to go last weekend.  So, we had to find a dress and shoes, get things figured out, and make plans in a very short period of time!  Luckily, this has somehow become my specialty.  We called Emma's friend Katie to ask about a dress Lara had previously tried on when searching for a Wrestling Homecoming dress.  GOOD NEWS!  She was willing to share!  Then, shoes.  Emma had a pair of heels (this dress form Katie was LONG) that she had worn to semi last year, and they fit Lara.  DONE!  Erika helped Lara get a makeup appointment with the  same girl doing hers, I was in tap to help with hair, pictures at 5:30, dinner at 7:00 (all at a friend's house), prom at 8:30 on OSU campus; after party back at the same house, sleepover with Erika (2:00am curfew to be at E's).  WE GOT THIS!  (Oh, and I had to make a side dish for dinner and supply snacks for the after party - WHEW!)  I didn't think about the fact that even the solo girls would want wrist corsages, so I dropped the ball there, but we fashioned one out of an unworn boutonniere for pictures.  And the results were awesome!

Lara. Stillwater Prom 2019. All That Jazz

E and L

Even allowed one with Mom and Nana!

We got to catch a glimpse of our Emma girl on Sunday.  She came by the house on her way to church to pick up the dress and return it to Katie, plus Lara still had a pair of shoes of Emma's from her trip to Gulf Shores last month.  Emma came in and gave us all hugs - so we saw her for about 2 total minutes! LOL!  She did send this cute pic of her with her dog Skye - who thinks she is a lap dog!

31 more days of school for Lara.  24 for Emma.  And then, Seniors!  How can this be possible?

The One Where Finn Needed Lots of Babysitters

March 29-31, 2019

We have reached "that time of year."  Everyone is so busy.  SO SO busy - busier than our normal busy.  And it shows.  Because I totally forgot to blog this week.  Partly because I am so busy, and partly because I did not see any of Emma and very little of Lara last weekend due to being out of state with Jake and basketball.  So, here is a quick recap of what I know, apologies for being so tardy in reporting it!

Lara had kind of a big job this weekend.  She was in charge of Finn (and Evie!).  All weekend.  Neither one of them were traveling to Arkansas with us; Lara had baseball commitments and Finn didn't want to go.  So we decided we would try this out.  It started with her picking Finn up from school on Friday afternoon.  Which, due to a pep rally and "pep rally schedule" she basically had to sneak out of.  When we made our plans, she was not aware of the pep rally...  OOPS.  Anyway - she had him with her at baseball pre-game, until Emma showed up to take him on a coke date.  The whole family stayed for the game, then Lara took Finn home for their first night alone in the house.

Emma stopped by the house to let Evie out on her way to rescue Finn

Saturday, Lara and Finn had plans to go to a SMAC garage sale, but they arrived too late.  But then. Finn had an appointment for a haircut, so Lara took him to Everyman to get this handsome 'do! 

before

after

Emma had stayed at Nana's the night before, so they all 4 met up for lunch. I think maybe the girls' friend Sarah was there as well, but I am fuzzy on that.

Saturday night, Lara got a last-minute babysitting gig and pawned Finn off on Nana.  Emma and Sarah went to Ponca City to a rodeo, then spent the night in Perkins at Nana's house.  After Lara was done babysitting, Erika came over to spend the night and keep Lara company. 

Lara also had to deal with destructo dog tearing up her toys

Sunday morning, Nana brought Finn home, and then they all waited for us to get back from Arkansas.  We got home from Little Rock early in the evening, ordered pizza, and tried to regroup for the next busy week to start.  Spring has SPRUNG!