Sisterhood Week

One of our hearted doors.
Looking a bit scummy compared to Ang.
Yes, I am still in my workout clothes at noon!

Last year the week before Women's General Conference our stake had a sisterhood week. They decided to do the same thing they did last year. They mapped out a week of things for us to do and get involved in. Of course they never expect you to attend any of it, but make what you can. Today was "heart attack" day. Angie and I cut out a ton of hearts and taped them to our bodies and quickly ran up to six houses to leave some hearts and a treat. It was actually kinda fun and a little tricky so we wouldn't be caught in the act.

Weston is always happy to get zirburts from daddy.

So cute.

Right as I walked in the door I was surprised with a call from Doug asking if I wanted to meet him at Subway for lunch. It's a rare occurrence that he is able to get away for lunch. Weston and I jumped in the car and headed up to meet him. It was short and sweet, but I'll take what I can get. I'm off to finish some last minute chores and tackle the yard. I am so excited that my girls game night is finally coming to pass. I am hosting it at my house tonight. Should be fun. Oh, and don't forget to set your DVR's for Heroes--the big season premier is tonight. Yippee for fall television!

good deed: made strawberry shortcake kabobs for my party guests.
Yummo!

Mental Imprints

Thanks for all sympathy concerns about the dog. I know things will work out. It would have been an outside dog (since I am a clean freak by nature). I couldn't bare looking at those painfully cute puppy dog eyes any longer on my blog. It reminded me of the cat on Shrek, when he would use his sad eyes to get his way. Anyways, I have taken a lot of mental notes this week. Really in no particular order just some to remember. Here are just a few tidbits.

*Apparently, this is new way my 2 year old smiles? The automatic cheese face. I gave up after several retakes.

*Luke is our anal child and prefers to line up his dominoes in rainbow order.

*I went to playgroup for the first time in weeks and it was actually quite enjoyable. For both me and the kids. I learned that I am not the only mom who has defiant children once in a while :)

self portrait shot of all the gals

*I heard my friend use the phrase "giddy up" when talking her kids. (instead of saying HURRY) I thought it was actually pretty funny. Hmm something I may copy.

*Having a Sonic card comes in handy when you have no cash. BUT disappointed they got rid of their .99 drinks before 11am @$@#$!

*Getting upset with a feisty two year old does you know good, but get you frustrated!

Weston welcoming home his older sibling with a squeeze

*Punctuality is KEY when picking up your kids from school. I was early the first day and it was TOO early. Yesterday I picked them up 2 minutes late and I was reprimanded by the office. Jeesh!

*Finally understanding how to take in and out pads for football. They need a how to for dummies on these things.

*Afternoon showers cause football to end an hour early. I love rain!

*How good friends know when to drop stuff off and make your day. Angie hand delivered some creamy jalapeño with chips this afternoon with some peanut butter m&m's. Yum!

*The grocery store at 10am is the way to go. It's not crowded and actually quite pleasant.

*Explaining to Jared that working hard at practice allows you more playing time. He had his best practice yet last night (hmmm...why? because he did his 100%)

*Enjoy and appreciate when Doug's around. I can honestly say that we have grown closer because of his hectic schedule. I know the month of July he was around a lot, but now I appreciate the small amounts of time he is around even more. Who am I kidding I am crazy about this guy and am thankful for having such a strong happy marriage!

good deed: made Doug some homemade salsa.

P-A-I-N-F-U-L

this is the largest rainbow I have ever seen!

The beauty of the English language is that one word can have several different meanings. I am sure for a foreigner it would be extremely difficult to learn. How confusing would it be to learn the different spellings of their, or there? I remember it even being hard growing up. English is definitely not my strongest subject. However, I CAN describe my week with one word and have it mean a trillion different things.

my shoes safely under the stroller

Our weather has been so unpredictable lately. (see above and below) I have no idea why we are getting such odd weather patterns, but we are. Over the past few weeks we have woken up to cloudy mornings (which are perfect for exercise) no complaints there! Angie and I have been fairly lucky not to get caught up into many rain encounters, except once. Until yesterday, make that two. We started walking and it began to sprinkle. Sprinkles we can handle. Rain forest, Jamanji rain not so fun. We stopped under a tree hoping it would pass (since we were well in route). It didn't seem to want to stop. We were in a major dilemma of sorts. First our kids had no form of protection. Why haven't I bought one of those covers yet?? Second, both of us just bought brand new running shoes, and NOT cheap ones. Ones that really should sit on a shelf to admire. Neither of us wanted to get them wet because of that very reason. What to do? Ah ha, take them off and run barefoot. Okay, that sounds extremely dumb, but that is what we did all for the sake of new shoes! And yes, it was PAINFUL. Probably pretty stupid, especially since we are married to orthopedics's (who would cringe over that). We can laugh about it now and if only I had my camera. Luckily Greg was still home and saved us at the end of the road with a ride home. Don't worry next time it looks dark with rain, I will be slipping on my OLD shoes AND my kids will have a cover.

errie photo taken last week in my car.

This week has been dragging for me. I don't know if it's the anticipation for my kids to go to school or what. I am ready and they are ready period. One thing that is hard for me is the whining. It is much like finger nails on a chalk board. PAINFUL! My kids have been doing this ALL week....and I am not exaggerating. Lucky for me it is occurring at different times throughout each day. Ha. I already discussed my doctor experience Monday, painful. Weston has continued to make a routine of pooping each day, lovely. Jared had his moment of glory yesterday. (I had a mommy dearest moment with him) Taylor doesn't have too many painful moments, unless it entails dragging her somewhere she absolutely is opposed too. Like the other day. It ended in a full on argument (which I hate) I explained to her that we all needed to go to practice since this was the only time we would see Doug that day. Ummm, do you think I want to sit and watch football for two hours? It was a pretty big battle. Fortunately, candy and allowing her to text page did the trick. Yes, I am the mom that uses bribery.

kiddos on the pirate slide

My last painful experience hopefully(I am crossing my fingers) this week, was today. My kids have been wanting to go to Fiesta Texas all week. We have either been too booked up with things or the weather hasn't been on our side. I woke up with a major headache and the LEAST thing I wanted to do was trek to the water park. I told my kids if they got the bag and lunches ready we would go. We headed out in some pretty "skeptical" weather. It obviously had been raining pretty hard earlier, but had some blue skies around it. We proceeded through the rides and hiked up Mount Kilimanjaro--PAINFUL in the water park. The pirate ship and play area we normally let the kids go to is at the top (I will never understand why they did this) This means we are walking up 3-4 flights of stairs. For strollers there is a ramps, but since my boys have grown it seems in the past month, my old rickety double stroller (from when Jared was born) is EXTREMELY heavy and hard to control. But, we successfully made it up one last time. I say this because today was the last day we will probably be heading out to the water park for the summer. Friday is the last "week" day the park will be open, and I don't foresee going on a weekend due to the crowds. Here's to a less painful week ahead. Oh, and did I mention Luke wet the bed this morning??

good deed: did taylor's hair groovy.