Our Recent Adventures - Day 1 & 2

The kiddos and I have done nothing but play since school got out! Yippee!!

One of the first things we did was plan a trip to the Land Southward.

Yep, we went to spend time with Grandma who lives in Layton.

We planned on heading down on Sunday but that soon changed to Saturday. We left home early and had plenty of time to get there!  We loaded Grandma in the minivan (against her wishes really) and kept heading south.  We had a yummy lunch at Chin Wah and then we stopped at the Living Planet Aquarium in south Salt Lake. The Boy and I had been here about 4 years ago and had loved it. Grandma had never been and The Girl had no idea what was happening!

Coolness was to be had there! We loved it. The Girl got tired about 3/4 of the way through and really should have napped in the stroller but she just whined her way around the rest of the exhibits and tried to steal the pink fluffy turtle from the gift shop. Following are some of the pix that I took. (REALLY bad lighting and sometimes I was more distracted than the kiddos! Sorry!)

Looking in a tank - check out the fingers!

petting the stingrays

my fav - the Lion fish

the sea horse

Grandma and the kiddos checking out giant fish

After browsing the aquarium for a while and participating in an education class (The Boy got to have a bird hop across his arms!), we headed for home. The Girl sacked out before we hit the freeway and The Boy was really quiet!

One of the bonuses of staying with Grandma is the treats - there are ALWAYS treats at Grandma's house.

The kiddos started with the Creamies! YUMMY!

Now, I have no idea why I didn't take a picture of The Boy, but you get the idea!

We had homemade pizza that night. Yummy!

The next day (Sunday), we went to church with Grandma and then drove to Logan for a birthday party - at which I took no pictures! Boo! It was fabulous to see the cousins and eat some seriously delish food! Then back to Grandma's for a well deserved sleep!

Yes, We Have Been Busy!

No more than anyone else, I guess. I would enjoy having some down time.

THIS POST HAS A TON OF PIX! Just a warning.

So, let's recap my last two or three weeks.

OK- here it goes.

May 21: The Girl has a tumbling year end 'recital.'

She did great! We will so miss our "tumble rumble" class. Thanks to Mandy at All Star Athletics!

May 23: After school, the Primary had an activity and asked if I could come and help. Of course, The Boy was there and, because The Hubby was working, so was The Girl. Hilarity followed.

May 25: The Girl and I went to the last day of Tumbling. I took lots of pictures. The Girl felt strongly that she must wear the pink tutu! Here is one of my favs.

 

Later that day, we were off to Tae kwon do for more practice.

The Girl is just the cutest with her little nunchakus.
 

May 26: Pack Meeting in which they had a space derby. Oh yeah, I put my foot down and did NOTHING but provide the craft paint. All The Boy and his dad. The Boy led the color guard and did fairly well on the racing - came in almost always in second. Since this was just a race 'for fun' the boys were awarded stars and stickers according to where they placed in each race. FABULOUS!

May 27: Movie premiere of Kung Fu Panda 2. We all performed at the movie theater. The Girl was too cute. The Boy did great on his weapons and traditional form. The Hubby and I tried to wrangle all the kids. Fun. One of these days, I really need to share the story of how we started in martial arts. To sum up - Kung Fu Panda 1. 'Nuff said for now.

May 30: Memorial Day in Wyoming. The Hubby's mother and brother are buried in Wyoming so we usually run over there and decorate their graves. With the exception of 2 years, I think it rained, snowed or slushed on us. Great. It really is nice to see the extended family and enjoy the FABULOUS scenery.

We drive home by way of Idaho Falls, where my older sister is buried. Still miss her.

June 1: Last Day of School. Whew! We made it through another year. We now have a 4th grader in the house. Nothing to show you... move on.

June 1: TKD Testing day. Yipee. I think I was looking forward to it being over. Here are some highlights of the kiddos. The Boy didn't take any pictures of The Hubby and I testing. Thank heaven.

The Girl sparring.

The Girl getting her ORANGE belt.

The little ones get their belts the same day as testing. The rest of us have to wait.

Breaking boards - back elbow I believe.

Self defense - The Boy is being attacked - get away!

We all passed. Yeah! The Hubby and I did two of everything so we earned 2 belts instead of just one. We are now YELLOW belts (skipped ORANGE). The Boy is a BROWN belt. He is getting closer and closer to his black belt. He is still so excited about TKD. It is so great to see his enthusiasm for this activity.

The last two days have been filled with cleaning and errands and the weird adjustments that have to be made when one schedule stops and another begins.

Doesn't matter! We are all ready for SUMMER! I just wish it would get here.

ARGH - Boys

Normally, I love my boy. The Boy is charming, kind, considerate and just darn cute. (Mommy is biased.)

This morning I almost killed him. Not really.

He came in at 7:55 a.m. to inform me that today was a talent show at school. No problem. The Boy can make balloon animals and all we have to do is find 2 balloons. All good.

Except The Boy informs me that he will be breaking boards. 

WHAT?

 

Here is how the conversation went from that point on...

"Who is going to hold this board that you will be breaking?" (Me)

"You and Dad. Why are you still in your jammies?" (The Boy)

 

Me thinking: Umm, could it be that you didn't tell me that we were going anywhere?! 

"Your dad is at work. Did you tell him?"

"No. I thought you would call him and have him come."

To save you from the rest of the whining and tears that followed, I will sum up. 

No, no one over the age of 10 knew that there was a talent show.

No, The Girl and I will not be able to get ready in less than 5 minutes to go to school with The Boy.

No, having other boys in your class hold the boards for you is not the best idea.

No. Dad has a meeting and cannot come. (Yes, I did call him and ask.)

What is a mommy to do? Improvise.

Me: "Hey, why don't you show them your form. You have a great form this testing cycle and except for that one kick, it looks great."

The day is saved.

My Wicked Weekend

I just wanted to start out by saying that my sisters ROCK!

By the way, my Mom is pretty fabulous, too!

And my sister-in-law is really awesome also!

 

'k - got that out there!

Here are the deets on my weekend away from my family - who are also pretty fabulous, too!

My youngest sister got all of us tickets to WICKED in Boise. How stinkin' cool is that? Answer: VERY STINKIN' COOL! (I was hoping that sleeping on it would calm me down but it hasn't - sorry!)

My youngest sister, her daughter, my sister-in-law, and my mom were all driving up from the Land Southward and were planning on meeting me in the thriving metropolis of Burley, Idaho at 1:00. My sweet, lovely, Hubby got me there an hour and a half early. (Thankfully, he didn't just drop me off at the gas station/diner and leave me.) After driving around and looking at  the old homestead, I hopped in the car with the girls - leaving The Girl, The Boy and The Hubby to fend for themselves!

(BTW, I left my good camera at home so these are from my phone. Sorry)

My youngest sister - isn't she cute?

We drove forever across (literally) nothing. BTW, I so hate this drive.

Meet R - the only girl I know who can play every game on every phone or iPad.

K - we reached Boise and checked into the hotel. To sum up the rest of the night, my darling Red Head sister and most of her family spent the evening eating chinese food, visiting and finally swimming at the hotel's pool. Lovely!

 

Saturday morning involved getting glam for the play and the GIRLS ONLY time had begun. First stop was for multiple mani/pedis at a beauty school in Boise. LOVE IT! One niece got orange and black tiger stripes on her hands and the other got purple and teal polka dots on 1 hand and the other hand had stripes. R got glitter on her fingers... As you can guess, we all had a blast!

When finished with nails, we changed and checked out of the hotel - then took off to the play. We stopped at Roosters Eatery and Catering for lunch. It was seriously fabulous and quick! Then a quick run into Lee's Candies for a bit of chocolate.

My mom, R and youngest sister (who is pregnant and gorgeous!)

Again with the crappy phone pictures - and Sis-In-Law just popped a yummy rum chocolate in her mouth. Sorry.

My darling Sister-in-law bought boxes of candy for intermission. LOVE it! It was seriously the best intermission in a very long time!

Then off to the play!

Some of my nieces - S, R and A. Love ya!

The curtain - cool!

waiting....

 K - let me sum up. FABULOUS!! We had so stinkin' much fun! The play was as wonderful as we expected. The singing was great and the sets were so 'steam-punk' cool. Loved every minute of it.

Then we hugged and kissed the Boise kiddos and hit the road for home.

Seriously - nothing. And yes, this was taken out the car window.

The Hubby, The Boy and The Girl met us in Burley where we ate and parted ways. It was a fabulous weekend and I had a great time. I was truly happy to be home and with my cute little family. I was hugged for maybe an hour by The Girl when we met up in the restaurant. Love that!

So, Wicked was everything I expected it to be and more. More because I got to share it with my mom, sisters and nieces. More because I really enjoy musical theater. More because I am a goof who cried at every song. MORE!

Thanks for the flowers

Sorry but I couldn't NOT post this!

I told The Girl that dandelions were my favorite flower and she should pick every one that she could find!

Thanks, baby!

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Last Week ...

You know, some days are better than others. In our world, sometimes it is a week that is better than others. Last week was kinda a 'black hole' - we had lots of things happening all at the same time. Our latest black hole was Thursday!  We had three events that were happening between 6:00 and 7:30. We are really starting to hate Thursdays! Then we are at the weekend. One of our super busy weekends. Love it. (Please insert your version of sarcasm at these short 'sentences'. Thanks)

The schedule is like this:

The Boy and The Hubby - cub scouts 6:15 - 7:30. No prob.

I have Relief Society on the 1st Thursday on the month. I usually miss it. 6:00 to 8:00. Since I had invited our TKD teachers to do self-defense at RS - I couldn't miss it. Lovely.

The Boy signed up for 4H Dog Club - 7:00 - 8:00. Crap.

The Boy skipped cubs and went to RS with me, took off early and went to dog club. OK.

The Hubby took The Girl with him to cubs. Fabulous.

All's well.

Friday.

Instead of celebrating The Girl's birthday on Sunday (also Mother's Day) we opted for Friday.

The morning dawned about 5:30 for me 'cuz I had to finish the cake, but I was done by 8:30. All good. Food in the crock and almost finished scrubbing the house clean when my mother showed up. Fabulous. The Girl and I were still in jammies. Great. Mom bathed The Girl and I hopped a shower and got ready. Late lunch at Mama Inez. YUM! Then home to finish up for the party. Almost 30 people in my house and eating ribs, hot dogs, potato salad, jello salad, veggie salad, chips, and soda. Then cake and ice cream. SERIOUSLY YUMMY. (That is another post.)  We got everyone but my mom out and on the road. The Hubby and The Boy slept downstairs for some 'camping' like experience. They somehow missed the show. The Girl cried and screamed until 3:00 A.M. almost NON-STOP! Yikes.

Saturday.

I was not up to a big breakfast so - FFY (fend for yourselves). We had TKD Leadership from 10:30 - 12:30, which was great except me running on 3 hours of sleep. My mom took The Girl shopping. The boys had a cub hike at noon so they took off. Mom and The Girl picked me up and we went to lunch. YUM! Mom headed south after that so The Girl and I put on Fantasia 2000 and CRASHED!

Sunday.

Mother's Day. (One of these days I will explain why I don't really like Mother's day. Not today.) Got a lovely card from the kids and they made potholders in Primary. FUN! Wahoo!

After church, we took a long drive. My Favorite - really! Then dessert with the in-laws. Sent the kiddos to bed and took some NyQuil.

Cute Toe Time

In our little slice of the world, today is sunny and almost warm. Love it! Yesterday was just as nice! The Girl and I repainted our toes to match our mood. Yep, polka dots! Wahoo! We are so ready for sandal weather!

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