Chelsea Salomone

I'll be honest, I always thought Wednesday night church was something only Baptists did. (Jaymi is Baptist. Scat is Baptist. I love Baptists.) And then last week we actually started going to Wednesday night church... I'll tell you what, it's just about the best thing ever!

We started going because I signed Nick and I up for a "Love and Logic" parenting class that meets for six weeks on Wednesday nights. I love any kind of seminar/class/learning/chance to be an overachiever and am always more than eager to go! Nick will go along, reluctantly.

First and foremost, on Wednesday nights there's the 5:00 supper. They serve the most delicious (total cheat meal!) dinners for practically peanuts. ($5 adults $3 kids) This is a dinner that I neither have to prepare nor clean up. Delicious/cheap/zero effort = what's not to love? Secondly, it's fun because you see a bunch of people you know- MOPS friends and what not- but without seeing everybody you know and trying to chat in the hustle and bustle of Sunday mornings. It feels more like community.

So speaking of doing wholesome adult things, a couple of weeks ago I helped host a shower for my friend Lauren that I co-coordiate MOPS with. I made a cheese board, and I've never felt more like an adult than I did in that moment. Behold! Fruit, cheeses, spreads, nuts and more for the masses! This felt like an accomplishment of sorts. I am 35 years old, and I can officially make a cheese board. (It's not hard, FYI.)

I'm so thankful it was easy to cancel our plans and just spend a few low key days cuddling, eating popsicles and taking it easy. I really did feel grateful those days.
This is Beck's latest. "SATCH." He will come and fling himself on his brothers (or us) at any given moment and demand a "SATCH," which is code for back scratch. It's pretty adorable. And.. he's pretty spoiled rotten!
Beck puts on the Darth Vader mask from Halloween and breathes really heavy. We all get such a kick out of that trick.
Washing his cars...
Building things...
Bailee kept the boys, and Nick and I snuck out for a date night at Del Frisco's last Saturday night! It was SO good!
Hanging with Hudson and Logan, just like a big kid.
Everett's all about costumes right now- I hardly notice he's wearing them when we're out and about and people comment or laugh about how cute it is. It's just another day! On this day he was using the race track Logan made out of tape to race his monster trucks.

This was at 5 PM. Back to school is hard work! Tonight Everett was asking me about ages of people and I asked him if he thought I was a kid, an adult or a teenager. He said, "You're an adult!" Then he paused for a moment, patted his belly and said, "But if you eat lots of healthy foods then maybe you can grow up to be a teenager!" 
Another one of my all time favorite pictures. Apparently, Everett isn't the only one who likes dressing up. Sweet, sweet BROTHERS!