Friday Favorites: A Busy Week in Spring

It's Friday! Woohoo!! This teacher-mama is tired and looking forward to the weekend!! 😊

This week I tried to be really intentional about making pictures and documenting regular life. I miss not being able to blog as often, but for now, during another super busy part of the school year, this is about all I can do. So here's a look at my faves from a busy week in Spring...

*I'm not even sure this picture was taken this week... it may have been last week.... but these 2 sibling-like cousins getting to play together at Granna's is always a favorite. They are so much like brother and sister and it's the funniest, cutest thing.

*Our t-ball team pictures came in and I'm in love. Of course my babies are my favorite but I love all of these boys. We are having such a fun season!

*We went out to celebrate my mom's birthday on Saturday night and when we got ready to leave, Piper requested Garrison ride home with her... so then Austin wanted to ride home with her, and then Layton wanted to ride home with somebody..... and then we had a dilemma on our hands until we worked it out by letting the big boys ride home on either side of Piper with AnAn and Frankie, and Layton got to ride home with Granna and Papa. So guess what that meant? Terrell and I had a mini-date! Hahahaha! Terrell joked and said we were going to go 35 the whole way home. We enjoyed talking without interruption or backseat drama for 25 whole minutes. 😊

*And Anna sent me this pic of their backseat.... they were actually in Frankie's truck. Haha! 

*Sunday morning pre-church play time with a pause to watch ESPN's Top 10. Haha! Oh my boys and their love of all sports. 

*Layton brought down some of his "building/equipment" toys and pulled out the gears and told me he was building a pool. 😊 I thought it turned out perfect!

*Monday night, Garrison and I actually had the night off while the littles went with daddy to baseball practice. It was so nice to stay in and have some quality time with my oldest. We read and watched the Braves and enjoyed our laid back evening.

*Then he came and sat with me on the couch to watch the game.... and it called for a selfie. 😊

*Tuesday afternoon the boys enjoyed their first popsicles of the season! All we had were banana flavored... they weren't huge fans but took what they could get. Ha!

*While I cooked Tuesday night, I loved my backyard view so much. The boys played soccer and Terrell cleaned the pool and we just enjoyed our night off.

*Garrison came home this week with his latest art project from school and I loved it! When I read that he chose to fly to Hawaii and visit a volcano and the beach I decided it was even more special. Maybe we'll take the fam one day and he'll get to experience it. 😊 He is really enjoying art this year and loves his teacher. 3rd grade has been pretty awesome. 

*Terrell was home one day for lunch this week and sent me this picture of our pool. He is the best pool guy ever by the way. I love and appreciate the way he's taken charge of making sure it's perfect.

*And later that night we enjoyed a summer preview! Our night by the pool was so fun! The water temp was the highest it's even been so the kids got wet and played baseball and tried hitting and throwing the ball over the water. 

*We also had our first poolside time-out. Haha. Pool rules are serious business.

*Garrison actually got in and swam/played off and on. We can't wait until warmer weather arrives and stays!

*This weekend we're dog-sitting for my parents and Emma has already made herself right at home. The boys were cracking up at her sitting at the computer yesterday afternoon. Haha!

*Favorite Not-Pictured Moments: Our impromptu family meeting earlier this week during supper. It wasn't planned but somehow it happened and it was really needed. We talked a lot about pool rules and safety, but also the importance of listening the first time, no matter what. Honestly I think we've just gotten lazy and let some things slide that we shouldn't have. So we let the boys know about our convictions and the "why" behind certain things.... rules, consequences, trust, "rewards", etc. and it went really, really well. Layton didn't grasp everything but he got the general idea. And the big boys handled our big discussion (and it was a discussion, not a lecture) well. I was very thankful for how smoothly it went and how God led us to our little family meeting. 

And... direct quote here...."Since Emma is spending the night with us, can we get doughnuts in the morning?" -Layton Selph (HAHAHA!!!!) 

This weekend we are looking forward to another t-ball game, celebrating Pops' birthday, and sleeping later!! I also need to tackle some "chores" around the house, grocery shopping, and school work. So it won't be a lazy weekend but we're still planning to enjoy some downtime and extra rest. #praise Happy Friday, Happy Weekend!!