Weekend With the Bells......

Friday morning routine went well and the kids arrived for school at exactly 7:30!

When I got back home this time, I went back to bed!

Lunch was such a nice meal - Amber had some seriously delicious leftovers in her fridge!

A good meal and a good book made for a good Friday!

I'm reading Sea Glass by Anita Shreve and it's keeping my attention!

I use every opportunity to sit and read for a few minutes - I do love a good book!

I left early enough for school pick up to be sitting right outside the doors when the school bell rung.

Here we are all!!!

Trystan had a little one on one time with her Daddy.

Kailey relaxing with her Chrome book watching a video.

I had my laptop on the table in the dining room and Logan asked to write a message for my blog.

 Now here's a note from Logan......

Hello!! I would like to tell you about my day!

First, I had school. It was a pretty good day, after school Meemaw picked us up with a great big smile and we headed home! Then, when we got home I got on prodigy.( a game from school ) And then, I played some Fortinet with Trystan. After that we tried to play badminton but it was too windy! I did some shopping online and got my pjs on and now it is time for.... MOVIE NIGHT!!! I think of that like a sports  announcer, and we are watching Moon Fall!

I love that Logan shops online.....which means she saves things to show her mommy.

Not sure how that works when she's buying a gift for her mommy!

That's what she was shopping for so I am supposing she goes through Daddy.

They are good at saving up their money and using their own funds to purchase gifts.

Mike is in charge of Friday night pizza dinner - and it takes several pizzas!!

I made pepper poppers!

Coke and popcorn at intermission!

This Friday Night routine of movie and popcorn and Cokes has been going on since Amber was 2 years old. It's a tradition that has continued for 34 years and still counting.

Saturday was relaxing - no early morning activities - everyone slept late and it was wonderful!

Easy going day!

Amber and I watched the rest of a Netflix drama - Anatomy of a Scandal.

This was so well done and interesting. I loved all the actors - they did a great job.

I loved the sets and the scenery and the fashions and the English accents!!

I went home late Saturday afternoon and look what was in my foyer!

Sherry was in town for a wedding and staying at our house.

She got these four baby chicks in Waco to replace the four of five babies she bought just a few weeks ago. Since she was heading to Dallas for a wedding, she just brought them with her! It was fun coming in the house and hearing those little cheep cheep cheeps!

I watered everything and the honeysuckle was blooming like crazy!!

Everything is growing and looking so good!

I planted a flat of coleus and I had forgotten how pretty it is!

Lettuce and herbs.....

Sunday morning I watched Fellowship Church online...... I love my church!

I did a little laundry, started the dishwasher, sacked up the trash, and cut a big basket of honeysuckle to take back to Amber.

It was midafternoon when I got back over to the Bells.

I had pulled up two big Ziplock bags of mint by the roots and planted a pot full for Amber.

I'll take the other one with me to the ranch when I go back on Tuesday and plant it there.

In a POT! Never again in the GROUND!

This is the arrangement I made with the honeysuckle for Amber's kitchen table.

I bought the green tea roses for $4.99 at Aldi's.

Amber bought these ballerina looking socks for me - three pair!

She wears them in her Pure Barre classes and they have those little dots on the bottom so you don't slide. I love them!!!

I'm glad I got over here when I did because it came a big rain with what Mike called 'Texas size drops!' I stepped out on the back porch and took this photo thinking it looks like a rain forest! They have a greenbelt for their back yard!

Mike prepared dinner tonight and it was so good.

Tortilla crusted tilapia, coconut basmati rice, garlic green beans and cantaloupe.

Look at this fancy dessert!

A 'Brookie' from Target......

it's a brownie/cookie that comes in its own little glass dish and cooks in the microwave!

A scoop of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream, the Brookie and a sprinkle of Sprinkles!

What a sweet way to end the weekend!