Last Week and then some

So last week was crazy. Monday I was suppose to meet my Mom in Rochester for the annual shopping trip. Got everyone loaded up in the Durango, turned the key and was greeted with nothing. The battery was completely dead. Brad was in Grand Rapids, MN for a MN Chamber of Event that the President of the MN Chamber very much asked him to be part of. I enlisted my neighbor Jane's help and with the assistance of Brad via cell we attempted to jump the vehicle to no avail. Thankfully, Mom came to our aid and graciously drove over to shop at the outlets. Then, Tuesday I woke up to debilitating shoulder pain (the exact same pain I had after camping). Thankfully I had an appointment already scheduled for Wednesday with my awesome chiropractor Dr. Jodi. I had got no sleep Tuesday night and Jodi worked on my shoulder for close to an hour on Wednesday. She showed me some great stretches that definitely helped, but it was bedtime that I suffered. I didn't sleep again until Saturday night and it wasn't totally resolved until this Tuesday. I'm convinced this must be a boy, because I had awful back trouble when I was pregnant with Pudge. Thursday brought babysitting for 6 extra children. And, my amazing and talented husband serving on a healthcare panel at a town hall with Representative Tim Walz. The other panelists were an exec from Blue Cross Blue Shield and a big wig from Mayo. There were 750 people in attendance and another 200 were turned away. Every local and Twin Cities TV stations were there. Can I just say I am in awe of how well respected my hubby is and how he can talk in front of that many people! He's amazing and deserved some respite so a staycation was in order. But, not before this:







It was pouring rain and lately the kids are all about running it, and getting just soaked. Laken decided she needed her swimsuit for the occasion and the boys decide it would be a great idea to use the landscaping rock to build a dam. My response, "I can thing of worse things they could be doing."