This is kind of long so if you just want to
read the bold you will get the "Cliff's Notes" version:This weekend was our Ward Camp out which was in Glenn's Ferry, (only about and hour and a half away). So backing up a few days... on Thursday a family in our ward was moving so I offered to
watch their 3 kids (age's : 1, 4, & 5) in the morning they came over
from 9:00 until almost 12:00 noon. not too bad. Then I
started packing for our camping trip so we could be all ready to go Friday.
Around 2:30 Jessica Steelman called me, (she is my visiting teaching companion) to see if we could set some appts. next week, the I remembered that her and I were asked to do a
flute duet in church in a
week and a half! So I asked her if she was doing anything right now... She was surprisingly free and came right over so we could pick a song and practice. That also meant we needed a piano player, so I called Michelle Falkner, the primary pianist (and my new best friend), and she wasn't busy either. So she came over and
we practiced until 5:15.
With my 3 kids, Jessica's 3 kids, and Michelle's 2, I had a full house again. So after everyone left I ordered pizza for dinner! Tory picked it up on his way home from work. But Chase was starving!! and wanted a burger, so
I put my kids in the car and ran down the road to McDonald's and got him a burger and chicken nuggets while we waited for dad to bring home the pizza.
Then I had
a meeting at 7:00 to be at, so around 7:15 I left, but I
stopped at the library on my way to my meeting to get The Princess and the Frog DVD which was on hold for me.
The meeting got over at 10:00, then I went to the
grocery store because we needed food for camping tomorrow. I finished shopping and got
home about 11:15. Then of course I had to unload the groceries before I got to bed.
My sister Heather came in town also that night form Twin Falls. So
Friday morning I got up and showered and got the kids dressed so we could
drive out to Eagle (my parent's house)
and see my sister and let my boys play with her son for a few hours before we had to leave for camping. I was in Eagle
from 9:00-10:30 then left to get home and finish packing before
Tory got off work at 12:15!When Tory got home I had most of the packing done and we were
ready to leave at 2:00. I kept
Camrey awake so she could sleep the whole way there, and like I predicted she fell asleep as soon as we put her in her car seat. but by the time we got gas and went back home for something we forgot, she woke up before we made it out of Boise and was
awake the whole way there!So with a short nap combined with a noisy camp area until LATE... she was NOT happy that night and
didn't go to sleep until 10:30 p.m. Saturday she woke up before the crack of dawn, and fell asleep after breakfast while we were packing up the tent to go home.
We left camping around 12:30, but stopped in town to get some ice cream before heading home. Tyler's fell on the floor which made him up set, so I took him outside knowing the inevitable would soon come... As soon as we made it outside and to the corner of the building he threw up! Then I had to get the store workers to brig out 3 buckets of water to clean up the mess which was now in plain view of any customers wanting to come there (including everyone in our ward who camped with us). Then after the water washed most of it away I got a broom and swept the rest away off the side walk! Like I said members form the ward were asking me if I was working to pay for my ice cream... My reply was "no, have you met my son?"
After we got home around 3:30 I again loaded up my kids and took them out to Eagle so I could see my sister again. We came home at 6:00 because Tory's sister and her family were coming into town form Utah for a wedding this weekend.
Tory had done almost all the unpacking and cleaning by himself while we were gone! The house was so clean and nice when I got back that I didn't have the heart to tell him I wanted to go to the movies with my sister tonight at 9:50... so I waited.
Dave and Angie made it here close to 7:00. We ordered Mexican Food for dinner, then Angie and I left around 8:45 to Kmart for wedding card. It closed at 9:00. Then we had one more stop to do before we got back to my house. By now my sister called Tory and was wondering where I was...
I still hadn't told him about the movie.
We made it back to the house at 9:25 and I told him I was going to the movies, so I quickly got the kids in bed and left at 9:40 to see, Prince of Persia at the dollar movie in 10 min.!! I loved it... thought it was great and I highly recommend it.
To make a very long story short... it was a busy weekend. It was a lot of fun camping with the ward. We have a lot of great friends there. And it was so nice to see Dave and Angie's family again. And any time I get to spend with my sister is always a treat! Can't wait till Eclipse goes to the dollar movie... Still haven't seen it!
Today Chase had his first day of 1st grade.
Even though it was only a half day, I realized last night that he will need a lunch... so this morning I read the lunch menu to him and he wasn't interested... he wanted a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. So being the softy mother I am; I packed grapes, strawberries, carrots, and Cheetos and 2 cookies; then packed the kids in the car, grabbed the P.B. & J. and headed to the grocery store!
