Love My Floors

The floors are beautiful!

Dog Walker and I moved the furniture back this morning except that I need to buy some baby socks to put on the chairs before they can return. They actually put the most gouges into the finish. If someone has a better answer than the baby socks, I would love to hear it! The little felt pads just fall off without something to hold them on.

So shiny!

Kids are back in school, football is almost over, and it is time to settle into the groove of real life again. Whatever that means.

Baby Doll's birthday party tomorrow will have to take the top priority for the rest of the day, including making cupcakes and getting the rest of the house in order. I still have piles of laundry and Scout has her bags from two trips to take out of my family room.

I'm glad I got all of her party favors done last week! Teach played a bunch of games with her class last week before break and she sent me the link and also promised that she and Twiz would be here to help me. That is a huge relief for me!

I guess I need to restock the fridge. Can you believe those kids of mine want to eat every day?

Last Day of Our Stay-cation

Today was quite a bit less eventful than yesterday. We spent the morning in the hotel, preparing for the day.  Crafty and Sport left for work about 9:00 (both of them are officials for Flag Football at the local rec center). Curly and Baby Doll didn't have to be at the fields until 12:15, so we had a little extra time so my sweetie took the kids to the pool until it was time to go.

Pics of our little cheerleader this time.

We stopped by the house and reloaded the car with chairs and game stuff. This is the last game of the season for Little League football and then next week begins the playoffs. Our boys were playing Herriman today and they lost a tear-jerker by one point.

The game didn't really matter much since they are going in as the 2nd and 3rd seed which also means they will play each other again next week. We grabbed a quick burger after the game and back at the hotel, almost everyone wanted to take a nap.

At 6:30, we headed for Drama Queen's house for her weekly movie night. The kids were excited to watch Hocus Pocus and we were excited to feed them tacos rather than taking them out again. Bossy's and Teach's families joined us and it was pretty crowded, but fun.

We got back to the hotel about 9:30 and Scout, Curly, and Baby Doll all wanted to swim one last time so I took them down to the pool. I didn't get in this time, so I was able to get some cute pics of them in their antics. They played catch with my socks and played the diving game with one of the spare thimbles from my stitching bag.

We came back upstairs at 11:00, had scriptures and sent the girls back to their room. Then we watched another movie here before the guys all sacked out on me. It's been so much fun to be together and slip away from most of the worries of the world, but I have to admit that I will be glad to put my house back in order before we have all Baby Doll's friends over for her birthday party on Tuesday.

Never a dull moment...

Such a Grand Adventure

We had so crazy much fun today!! We started this morning with a quick hotel breakfast and then we piled into the car and headed for the zoo. Teach and Twizlet met us there and we joined the huge crowds all trying to catch a glimpse of the new baby giraffe. My sweetie and I even rode animals on the carousel!

About halfway around the exhibits, Bossy and her family showed up. We had a great time! About 12:30 we left Bossy to finish up and we headed out for the Fort Douglas Museum. Curly was working on earning a patch by filling out a list of questions. He loves all branches of the service and was fascinated by the exhibits and big guns. We could have stayed there all day, but by 2:00 the kids were hungry, the list was finished, and we still had plans.

At City Creek outdoor mall, we ate lunch in the food court before taking a walk up to the Daughters of the Utah Pioneers museum. My scouting paperwork said that we had until 5:00, but when we arrived at 3:50, they told us they closed at 4:00. Curly did the quick tour to get the info he needed for his scout patch and then we walked across the street to the state capitol.

The capitol building was beautiful, but other than several dozen tourists, it was pretty quiet. The kids were tired and a bit cranky as we walked the half dozen blocks back to City Creek. I promised the kids that when we had finished the scout badge they would be able to window shop. After a little more than just window shopping, we dragged our tired selves to the parking lot. If we made it back to the hotel before 7:00, we could eat a free light dinner in the dining room.

My sweetie drove a little aggressively, but we pulled into the parking lot at 6:50. After dinner we changed into our suits and played at the pool for an hour. My tired feet really needed some time in the hot tub...

Since we saved all that money not going out for dinner, we piled into the car once again and drove to Freddy's for frozen custard. Back at the hotel, the kids were exhausted and although they didn't necessarily want to sleep, they were content to crawl into their beds for a little TV.

One more day of adventuring will include a little more structure with Sport and Crafty working and Curly playing football and Baby Doll cheering, but it should still be fun. I'll let you know.

Our adventure is almost over...

A Fall Break Stay-cation

It's Fall Break and the kids are out of school. Scout is home from her California trip. She had so much fun! I don't want to steal her thunder, so I will let her tell you all about it in the next day or two. Today started our first day of our Stay-cation.

My sweetie took a couple of days off so we could do some last minute fun things with the kids before the craziness of the holidays hits. I was surprised how many of my friends were in California this week or Yellowstone or some other crazy place when there are so many fun things to do right here in town.

I think we are heading for the zoo in the morning (since we used our dog-sitting money to buy a yearly pass) and then maybe downtown and over to City Creek in the afternoon. We are trying to decide between Boondocks and a movie for our evening entertainment.

My sweetie sealed the hardwood floors this morning, so anything to get the kids out of the house for a while. Some of us are even spending a few nights in a hotel since we have sensitive noses. Curly actually has asthma, so we don't want it to flare up right before the last league football game on Saturday.

I'm trying to post for you from Sport's computer and I am having issues putting any kind of pics in here, but I will try to make it up for you tomorrow. Can't wait to see where our grand adventure will lead us... !