Weekend fun!

I love weekends like the one we just had...fun, fun, fun! (Except for the part about not getting the house cleaned with the kid's help on Saturday) I paid for it today and spent 3 hours this morning working on laundry and such. Oh well, we did have a fun weekend with friends so it was worth it... so here is the low down.

Friday: I took the kids up to DJ's office where we did the kids favorite thing...spent 10 minutes watching all of his funny e:mail videos he gets sent from various people, then we went to grab a bite to eat at on campus, not fabulous food but the kids thought their hamburgers and tator tots were great so, whatever. After that we headed over to visit some of our best friends, the Flora's, we used to live right by them back in our Rexburg days. They have 6 kids with a set of twins on the end, just like us! We love them dearly and enjoyed every minute of our visit. I would move back to Rexburg in a heartbeat if we could live next door to one another. We then dropped the 3 older girls off at our niece (Jessica) apartment for a sleepover, something they've really been looking forward to. I'm hoping my niece took some pictures to document the fun they had. In a nutshell, (according the the girls) they watched 3 movies, ate lots of goodies, giggled, stayed up until midnight, slept a little, did tricks on Jessica's bed, ate a yummy breakfast, and then dad picked them up at around 9:00 a.m! Thanks Jess for the great time!

Saturday: More craziness, DJ took the kids to the church along with a couple of Reg's basketball teammates and practiced b-ball for awhile only to later get slaughtered (in all senses of the word) at their basketball game later in the afternoon. The score: 56 to 2, yes, you read that right....so....so...so sad, it's not that they are bad, they just struggle, and as Regan put it, "we just stink!" I don't agree, they've actually played really well at their last game and Regan has improved so much in the past couple of years! I really enjoy watching her but felt so bad for them on Saturday. The team is made up of a few girls who have played b-ball for a few years and then several girls who have never played so naturally they would struggle but after all, it's just a game, (remember that, Regan)

Anyway, on with Saturday, between going to the church and the afternoon basketball game, we managed to squeeze in a fun sledding trip with our good friends, the Andrus's. They invited us over to snowmobile and sled at the gravel pit behind their house. DJ stayed back at their house to watch the babies so I could go and have some fun. it took a few minutes for Jordy and kaleb to warm up to the idea of the sled but in no time they were having a ball. They couldn't get enough of the snowmobile....Morgan is my little dare devil so she and her friend Alissa had a ball as always. Regan her friend Lindy had a ball trying out new ways to go down a small sled together.

Oh, I almost forgot, in between basketball at the church and the b-ball game I made a trip to the doctor with for twins. I thought they both must have ear infections because of their constant runny noses, bad sleeping habits, etc. but it turns out, they just have some virus and they are just must be bad sleepers. Bummer, I would've loved for an explanation to that little problem. But, I am glad they aren't battling the ear infection.

After that, came the sad basketball game and then later my nephew Jared and his wife Rachel called to see if they could bring a movie to watch with the kids. They showed up with popcorn and treats and a movie so we had a ball hanging out with them. Yes, way too many late nights in a row for the kids so we paid for it both Saturday and Sunday with very cranky, over emotional children but we're pretty well rested today.

Church was great yesterday. I always enjoy fast and testimony meeting and the opportunity to fast. I love our ward and appreciate all the good people that we get to associate with. Once again, DJ was home in good time so we took the kids and made a few visits to people in the ward. I'm loving this new church schedule which allows for a few extra minutes with my hubby!

Weekend Fun!

DJ left for High Adventure with the Scouts early Friday morning so the kids and I were on our own until Saturday afternoon. It always bums me out when DJ is gone, especially on a weekend so I decided that getting out and doing something fun with the kids was the remedy. All the kids had earned cinnamon rolls and ice cream cones from Mrs. Powell's and Geraldine's Bake Shop for the summer reading program at the library so I decided this was as good as anytime to redeem them. Yes, ice cream and cinnamon rolls don't really go together and it's a lot of sugar for 7:00 at night but we decided to break the rules so we headed to pick up the cinnamon rolls first and then went over to the ice cream place after since they have tables set up outdoors, perfect for a picnic. The kids chose their usual Bubblegum icecream (yuck) and I chose Grasshopper. Of course, they all had to give mine a try because they inevitably always choose bubblegum so therefore they haven't tried too many other kinds of icecream. I wish I would've remembered my camera because Kaleb's face and hands were covered in frosting and ice cream and he kept offering Porter a lick and with a sly look he'd say, "when you get older, Porter." Anyway, we came home and watched "Little Rascals" and stayed up way too late but it passed the time so it was worth it.

The next morning, one of my best friends (Tisha Flora) from Rexburg came down to watch Kamryn and Porter for awhile so I could take the other 4 kids to the Greenbelt to feed the ducks. We had such a ball and it was so nice to have my hands free to help the kids. Kaleb couldn't grasp the concept of tearing off small bits of bread to give to the ducks, instead he'd either throw a whole piece of bread or if we were lucky, he'd break it in half. Finally after he'd had enough of my trying to tell him what to do, he just decided to keep the piece of bread and eat it himself.
Forget the lousy ducks, I'm hungry!!

Before we left for home we walked around the greenbelt to look at the waterfalls. It is such a beautiful place, one of my kids' favorite places to go. While walking around, we saw a lady fishing in the river and Jordyn says, "mom, is she fishing for a duck?" Morgan gave her the funniest look like, "duh?" I said, "no, honey, she's fishing for a fish," and she replies, "cool, there are fish in here?"

Take a picture of me, mom!

Our favorite picture spot with the

Idaho Falls Temple in the background!

Regan, Morgan, Jordyn, & Kaleb

The babies got a long great with Tisha and her daughter Jennekah! Tisha has twin boys and 4 other kids also so she knows how crazy life with twins is. Her boys will be 2 in September and she tells me that it is getting easier. I keep telling myself that as I'm up to my elbows in diapers, spit up, laundry, etc. (I wouldn't change it for the world though) Anyway, thank you Tisha for being so supportive and helpful!!! I morning out with the 4 kids was just what the doctor ordered!!!!