The 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th of July are a blurr. I think we went to the pool. We unpacked and did laundry and unboxed the rest of the upstairs. Packer and Raymond were a little sickly. On Friday the 12th we started our busy-busy-ness back up by picking Tracie and Cedar up! They came and stayed with us for 4 days!!
we are pregnant and we want Burgers!
We started their stay with burgers and fries at JCW’s! That night Ben and I both didn’t sleep well. I had stomach issues and Ben had a fever. So Saturday should have been a fun day but I was too sick to do anything. I laid on the couch all day. Ben pushed through and got some chores done and Tracie just chilled with my kids and helped take care of everyone. That night I stayed on the couch and everyone else met up with Joel and Megan up the canyon for some food and fire!! The kids had a blast:
yummy Cali girl
sweet Cedar
joel and pack stokin the fire
a little rain
cute kids
Sunday I started to feel better. we made it to church and then we had Ryan and Joel’s families over for Man Roast and Games. We played 7 wonders and Rook and Bracken and Talia came. Tracie had a fever by the end of that night 🙁
On Monday Tracie and Cedar rested in the morning, I got caught up on some house work and then went to my monthly dr apt – (Gertrude is good). That afternoon we took the kids to the Apline Splash Pad! Cedar loves the water. It was fun to watch her and watch Tracie chase her around:
Ray had no fear either
Cedar owned the splash pad
all those kids are mine!
Rosie really loves to swing
Ray loves to swing
Monday night we had Family Night and a SLEEPOVER! Since Tracie was here we let the kids all crash in the great room with us. I fell asleep first so I’m not sure how the slumber party went BUT the kids loved it.
On Tuesday we took Tracie and Cedar to the PG pool! Again – Cedar loved the water. She floated all over the pool in the little ducky. Raymond loves it as long as he is at least 5 feet away from me! stinker! We swam for 3 hours! Michelle and her kids came too. Rose decided that Cedar was her best friend. We told her that Cedar is a little bit younger than Ray but she did not believe us or didn’t care. Cedar walks and talks and plays and Rosie loved her. That night we had Joel and Megan over for Tacos and one last game before Tracie had to leave in the morning.
crazy almost 1 and a half year olds 🙂
every child tries to ride in this cart 🙁
a little good bye ice cream between Best Friends
Wednesday we got up and jumped in the van at 8:30 to take Tracie and Cedar to the airport! We won’t see them again until they have a new little baby! … Probably after the holidays. It was nice to spend some extra time with them. The trip to the airport was uneventful so the kids convinced me to stop at Scheels on the way home!! We looked at statues and fish and toys and animals and rode the escalator:
And the Fish were fun to follow around
Packer was so excited to show me the Moose
how we roll when we have 15 minutes to get in the car and to the airport – orphan children
After that we were all in good spirits still and I had finally gotten a good night of sleep so we went to find the Sandy Fun Center that is free with our Pass of all Passes. We found it but it only has bowling and we didn’t have socks and it was crowded. So Rose convinced us to go to McDonalds and Packer convinced us that we had to go to OUR Trafalga later. McDonald’s was a success and we were close to where my one American Mission Companion lives so I texted and we waited and SHE CAME! Sister Tranter came and visited with me at McDonalds with her 4 kids and we got to catch up a little and it happened to be her bday! I loved seeing her.
5 Happy Meals Please!
We made it home at 2:45pm. I was tired. Ray napped. LaNell came over. We ate French Toast for dinner. That night LaNell, Michelle and I went Shopping.
By THURSDAY I was exhausted but we had things to get done and it was the one day that LaNell could go to 7 Peaks with us! I got my stuff done in the morning and then we finally made it to 7 Peaks at 1:30. We stayed all afternoon. It was CROWDED but the kids still loved it. The Lazy River is by far their favorite. We headed home for dinner and Raymond decided to be sick again that day :(. After dinner we met our new backyard neighbors! They seemed nice and have kids Cali and Rosie’s age! The homes are going up all around us. There has been constant construction. We are excited to see the neighborhood come about. And that night I decided that my 17 month old child really should be wearing shoes when he goes out to play so I tackled the task of finding the boy shoes in the basement… that was my first attempt at organizing and seeing what I have down there in storage. lots of junk…
On Friday I wanted nothing more than to lay around the house and do nothing BUT I had promised Packer a trip to Trafalga. So we got up first thing Friday morning and went. We got there right at 10am when it opened and we played on everything: pirate ship ride and lighthouse, Outside mini golf, frog hopper, playground, inside mini golf, video games and one last time on the rides. We got home around 1pm and I finally got some chill time 🙂 Chill time with Raymond was good but then I remembered the stinky car with Raymonds throw up in it and went out and tackled that mess of a project. By dinner time we had no dinner but we had a clean van!! Luckily my husband is understanding and we survived with frozen pizza. That evening Packer took the training wheels off his bike and gave his first try at riding! He is scared but we are ALL trying to get him motivated.
cute little determined golfer
Ray is just one of the kids now – usually tries to deny his baby status
this guy claimed a hole in one
frog hopper – Benji will ride it, Cali actually enjoys it.
Packer insisted on a surfing picture
Pirate ship was the favorite
Saturday the 20th I took it easy. We got some chores done around the house and then we got a babysitter for the evening! Ben was able to get REAL SOCCER tickets so we went and enjoyed the game. Club Seats, free food, intense match up. A perfect date in my book. And a perfect end to this post!!
soccer date
