Canche Chronicles: Sunday-Monday

SUNDAY David had to get up early to do Sunday worship and the girls and I got up a little later. David and I were with the kids during the sermon and we brought Emily with us. Emily had a great time playing with toys during the lesson and David made her dance along with the songs. I think she was kind of a distraction to the other kids, especially when her father was making her do break dance moves. After church the Caldwells had us over for lunch. Haley was really excited to play with Evelyn and Lucy, she was so busy playing that we really didn't see her too much except when we ate.

The Caldwells are really into Star Wars and have been trying to get David to watch the movies since he's never seen them. Anyways, David must have been in a pretty good mood because he suggested that we put the kids down for naps at their house and try to get a movie in. The Caldwells were all about it so we put Emily in a pack 'n play and Haley slept in Evelyn's bed because she was skipping her nap anyways. All three girls were in the same room and Emy fell asleep right away but Haley and Lucy messed around for at least an hour before they zonked out. David said the movie was only 'okay' but he's been asking me about what happens in the next ones so I'm guessing he actually liked it. Either that or he is just an extremely curious person. Anyways, he's been pulling out corny Star Wars jokes and phrases that he thinks he made up based on watching one movie when they are in fact old jokes that I've heard for years! Oh my, May 4th next year is going to blow his mind.

After the movie was over we woke up Haley because it was already almost five and went home. We had actually planned for a game night at six so I put some meat for tacos in the oven and we straightened up the house a bit. The Grubbs and Richard came over around six fifteen and we ate tacos and played games. Haley watched her Dora movie for a little bit and then she and Emy went down for an early bedtime. We played Ticket to Ride which David won, then Settlers with the ships expansion which I won and then Bang which I won. All in all, it was a win for the Canches. Oh, right before Settlers Kelsey went and grabbed 1/2 price shakes from Sonic for all of us. They have tons of flavors for the summer and chocolate peanut butter is AMAZING!

MONDAY was a pretty big day because there were tons of storage auctions. David didn't have to work so I decided to try and go to all of them. The first one was in Gladewater which is about twenty minutes away and they were selling four units there. Apparently every one was saving their money for the rest of the day because hardly anyone was bidding. I would have totally bought the first one but I was helping Haley go pee behind one of the buildings and I missed the action. It was a huge unit with a bunch of stuff in it including three beds and a pressure washer and it went for $75! I was pretty annoyed with David for not buying it but it ended up working out because our perfect unit was the 3rd one. The third unit had tons of toddler stuff in it along with a big screen tv, a mower, and some furniture. We bought it for $125 and it is probably the best unit we've gotten so far. Only one other person bid, everyone else stood there like statues, haha. Anyway, here is a picture of it:

Yay! I'm standing in front of the mower so that's why you can't see it.

The best thing about this unit was that it didn't have tons of clothes and it didn't have any junk besides those gross twin mattresses in the back. Usually we have to go through so much stuff and throw away tons, but all of this stuff should sell. In fact, see those red spiderman cushion things in the back? I thought they were so gross but I put them online and in minutes TWELVE people wanted to buy them! I am still grossed out thinking about them but apparently twelve people want their toddlers sitting in used cloth spiderman chairs for $8. Whatevs.

After we bought that unit we just kind of went to the other auctions for fun. We would maybe have bought again if it was a perfect unit but after the first auction more people started bidding. The last place we were at the units were going for three and four hundred dollars and they were not any better than the first ones, at least I thought. There was a break between the second and third place we went so we went home and ate lunch and David ran to the airport to update some airplanes. The girls fell asleep in the car on the way home so we took advantage and went to our unit and loaded up the van with some of the stuff to take home. Then I stayed home with the girls while David went and got the rest.

When David got home we unloaded the stuff and posted some of it on the online sites. Then we had dinner and cleaned up the house because men's prayer meeting was at our house at 7:30. The girls were tired from their long day so I put them to bed almost right away and then folded laundry in our room. We have put some of the stuff online and so far we've sold the TV and a bunch of the toys. I still have a lot more I have to post online though. I think I can get the most by posting it opposed to having another yard sale. I let Haley play with a bunch of the toys and let her keep some of the neutral ones but a lot of them are for boys.

Haleyism:

When we were on vacation I was making sand castles with Haley and she pointed to one of our towers and said, "Snow princess tower." She was connecting our tower with the Snow Princess's tower from one of her Dora episodes, oh my.

Emilyism:

Emily now says ya-ya, ma-ma, na-na, and some other phrases. Her favorite is still, BY FAR, da-da

I included a bunch of pictures from our vacation.