Yard Sale...DONE!

Another successful Williams/Warner family garage sale has come and gone. But not without a bit of excitement (you wouldn't expect anything less, would you?)

We started our sale Friday and as always that was our biggest day. I heard no less than 20 times, "Oh, you are the one with the triplets!" and think that living in the town I grew up in, and therefore knowing almost everyone, is a great benefit when having a yard sale!

Today was a dreary, overcast day. The kind of day when you swear it will rain all day, but it never really does! In the middle of the afternoon we started seeing people driving by the house, heading out of town in a hurry. Then a woman rolled her window down and said, "They're evacuating the town! There is an ammonia leak at the food processing plant!" Sure enough, minutes later the gusting wind was carrying the stench of a really bad perm our way! It was quite a crazy situation as our whole town was having yard sales, so there were quite a few people all over the streets. Everyone was evacuated, and we were told to go in our homes and close the windows. A few minutes later the reverse 911 system alerted us that if we were in a 1/2 mile radius of the plant (we are right on the edge of that) that we should leave our homes. We kept looking outside and seeing a few people here and there, so we decided to wait it out a while. After an hour or two all was well again, but unfortunately the town had emptied out, and our sale was officially over! It was quite a shame for that to happen today, but we were blessed that we had done very well Friday and earlier today. Never a dull moment!!!

I certainly miss the kids this weekend! We did all walk for ice cream together last night and tonight I made a gourmet dinner of spaghetti with Ragu:) The upcoming week will hopefully bring some time to catch up on things inside the house and most importantly slow down a little to enjoy my babes!

Our coolest story of the day was a woman who bought my friend's slip that she wore under her wedding dress. You know the kind that make the skirt very full? She wasn't the age of a typical bride, so when we asked her if she was getting married, she said..."Nope, I play Mrs. Claus at Christmas time!" Love it!

What has been your favorite yard/garage sale find?

Back to Himself

Brady boy is all back to normal today. He has just a little scrape and bruise on the side of his head. He was starving at breakfast today, eating two bowls of cereal!

And today while I just wanting to lay on the couch all day the kids were ready for our next adventure! Boy were they disappointed when I told them that today we would be home ALL DAY!

Some exciting news...the camera arrived! Hoooray! I just have to put things back together and it will be ready to go. Pictures coming soon...

I wanted to announce our 2nd Annual Mega Yard Sale! My friend and I are clearing out closets and basements out and having our sale this Friday (9-5) and Saturday (8-3) at my house. Saturday is the community-wide sale as well. Between the two of us we have 2 girls and 4 boys, so there will be a TON of great clothes both summer & winter. We will also have a great selection of equipment, shoes, books, and toys! Please email me at mwilliams91@rochester.rr.com if you need my address. There will be big red signs for our sale all around town:)

Switching to Party Planning Mode!

Well the yard sale is over! My body is thankful and the rest of me is too! I have been joking all weekend with my friend that she made a man out of me with all the hauling of tables we did! It was hard work, but I love the idea that with some hard work you can make money! We were blessed to have had a great sale...Brady Bash here we come!

The kids had a great afternoon splashing in a little pool and running in the sprinkler. I got this great idea that we could put their small slide so that you slide down into the pool. This was an awesome idea until the kids started landing on their backs at the bottom of the slide, getting water in their noses and totally freaking them out! It also occurred to me that perhaps they aren't for such adventure when Eli flew off the side of the slide and kind of got clotheslined by the edge of the hard plastic pool...ouch! Sorry kids...

Here are some pictures...

Eli just LOVED the sprinkler!


Notice Brady is not in the pictures. He woke up from his nap on the wrong side of the Brady bed!


Mommy's Big Idea!! But it is an awesome action shot!


Have a great Sunday everyone!