Exploring

Wow, we had a good weekend here in the hot state of Texas. Friday I was beginning to get a little stir crazy so the kids and I headed out and did some driving around. I found two new parks for us to venture to sometime when it is less than 100 degrees and we ran a few errands. It felt good just to get out of the house. I have never been one to stay at home much. Usually the kids and I are out and about doing different things. That changed some now that we have moved. When you don't know anyone (I do have one really good friend from High School that is here, but she works during the days) and you are living on a lower budget the number of activities seem limited. I have decided I am going to make myself get out of the house anyways or things could get pretty dim for me. So, Friday that is what I did. :) Saturday we ventured down to the Farmers Market. It is huge and really cool! TW wasn't too interested in getting out of the car and walking around so we drove around the area and checked it out. Pretty cool! We then headed to the West End and grabbed lunch. This is the kiddos outside of the restaurant. We then headed to the public library downtown. It is HUGE! We let the kids play there for a while and they each got a new library card and checked out some books. AAP has almost finished one of her books that she checked out...it is pretty thick too. It is the Boxcar Children. I remember reading it when I was younger so I recommended it to her. :) She has loved it. While the library is big I will have to say I think I like the kids area in our old library better than the one here.

AKP reading a "big book" Bubby with friends that he made TW and AAP searching for books

We then headed home and AKP and I made dinner. The kids really enjoying cooking with me and now that we are eating more at home they are taking turns cooking meals with me. AKP really enjoyed it last night because we made meatloaf so she got to squish the meat together with her hands.

Today we woke up and went to church. We attended the church we are pretty sure we are going to make our home church although there are still a couple we want to check out. This afternoon the kids and TW headed to the pool while I went to the grocery store. On my way to the store I stopped to get an iced tea. When I opened my car door to go into the restaurant this duck was sitting right outside my door.

I found it funny that right in the middle of the city this duck found himself relaxing in a small puddle instead of one of the many lakes that there are in the area. He didn't seem to mind me at all. He just continued to enjoy himself. He was still there when I came back out too.

This evening we headed to our second church service. The pastor was really good! Sure makes the decision harder for us. We had planned on grilling chicken for dinner but we got out of church at 6:20pm and it was a good 30 minutes from our house. So, we went out for dinner. We sure are learning how to be more savvy with our money. Bubby and AKP shared a kids meal and TW and I shared a meal and AAP got her own meal off the kids menu. It totally fills us up. In fact the little ones had some leftover and so did TW and I. It is saving money and calories!! Why didn't we start doing this earlier?

Us at dinner

This week the girls start school and my sister will be here for work and then she is staying to visit for a few days. YAYYYY!!!