A Labor-free Labor Day

Nothing is entirely labor-free with my 4 kids, but all the packing, changing, and planning turned out to be worth it for a day at the beach. I'm not talking Newport, Laguna, or Huntington, but Lake Ray Roberts was the closest we could get around here. The kids had fun playing in the sand and water, building castles, and eating circus animals - a Carver Family must for the beach. There was only one minor drawback, apparently everyone else had the same idea that we did (labor day, we should've guessed) so the place was packed, but still fun.
The rest of the month has been busy as well. Ryan made a visit to this architectural monstrosity (aka the new Cowboys Stadium) for the big Oklahoma/BYU game...

BYU did NOT disappoint that night, but not surprisingly they have since then... and not surprisingly Ryan never listens to my 'don't get your hopes up' advice.

Meanwhile, I have been trying to get back on the wagon with visiting teaching, new route and all. As with grocery shopping and any other kind of 1 parent outing, I have to go out at night so I don't have my quatro-in-tow. Maybe my visits would be a bit more interesting if they looked like this...But not so much. And speaking of Edward, I mean...The Twilight Saga, I hope you (like my husband) didn't have your hopes up that I would mature from the whole 'Teen Fiction' genre, because here comes round 2. I read this bad boy back when I was in the hospital on bed rest...

Since then, I've been dying to get my hands on the second book in the series which came out at the beginning of this month. So, I decided to reread the first book - which is a totally "sorry kids, mommy's busy, have fun watching KERA" page turner - before I hit the second book...
Let me just tell you, book 2 was even better than book 1, and I cannot wait for the 3rd and final book in the series. And here's the shocker (dare I say it) I liked it even BETTER THAN TWILIGHT (insert gasp here). Needless to say, personal hygiene was not high on the list of priorities around here that week (gross, Carrie). Anyway, I've since recovered and am back to normal, my house is back to normal, and my kids are once again being read to.