Saturday

Saturday was the 2nd big day for my sister. The wedding was the previous Saturday, and this Saturday was the reception. We slept in again (we were down in the basement… no sunlight to wake us up… yep!) and filled the day up with last minute preperations for the reception. My brother and his wife showed up around lunch time and Alex really enjoyed being around their dog. Their dog had a rough life before they adopted her and she is very skittish around other people. Alex being so timid around dogs really seemed to click with her and she would let him sit and pet her. They took both dogs up to the park with Alex and he had a great time playing with the dogs and learning more about them.

The few hours before the reception were busy. I made a big dinner for any who were hanging out at the house beforehand, and for people to eat afterward if they were hungry. We also had to get Rachel back into her gown and her hair done. A photographer came and took pictures of Rachel getting ready. Angela was clinging to me all afternoon and when it came time to get myself dressed I sat her down on our bed. I then went and changed and turned around and she had fallen fast asleep on the bed. She resisted waking up or even letting us change her while she slept, so Rich stayed at the house with her while I went down to the reception. The reception turned out very nicely. It was a beautiful night and the decorations were nice. The food was yummy. Alex got a little bored, but he survived. Rich showed up after an hour with Angela. He said she woke up and he asked if she wanted to put her dress on and she tried to put it on herself, so he decided that she would be up to coming for a little while.

After the reception it took at least an hour- hour and a half to clean up most of the stuff. Then we had to load up trucks and vans with chairs and tables and all the stuff used in decorating. We cleaned it up and then everyone went back to the house and watched while Rachel and Nathan opened presents. It was fun and we had a good time sitting and talking and just spending time together. We went to bed late that night… I’m sure it was past midnight by the time we got all the kids in bed and in bed ourselves.

Sunday

Sunday morning we got up- not too early since we had been up late the night before, but early enough that it was still a short night. We got the car packed up and breakfast for everyone and got on the road by about 8:30 or 9am.

Now… we had three kids that were running fevers and I knew it would be a long drive. Within the first three hours Alex and Ashley had both had coughing attacks that left them coughing up phlegm… we had a bucket and some old towels in the car just in case and after a while we were able to get them dosed up to keep their fevers down and when their fevers were down they didn’t seem to throw up. It was a long drive home. 17 hours and we got home around 4am. We were slowed down through the Rockies when traffic was travelling at about 20 miles an hour for about an hour- we still don’t know what caused that, but when your driving 17 hours, what’s one more right? The kids had times when they cooperated great, and times when it seemed like all four of them were demanding something we couldn’t give them at that moment, and so they were all crying and screaming. Normally our kids travel amazingly well- which is why we usually drive home straight after trips like this, but this time it definitly was harder on me to keep them happy or content on the ride.

Monday we slept… and slept and slept. Rich was supposed to work that day, but he called in sick to help me with the kids.

Our vacation

I'm working on getting up stuff about our trip... but it's taking a while. Stay tuned! :)

Hello...

Well last week Rich was out of town. Alex had cub scout day camp monday through friday, Alyssa and Ashley had swimming lessons monday through thursday, Angela decided since the big kids are around all day long she is not going to take naps without a major struggle and fight, and I averaged about 3 hours of sleep everynight from insomnia. It was definitly a very busy and exhausting week, but it was also fun and we got through it without any major problems. :)

This week is all about getting ready to go on vacation. We leave on Thursday. I had mentioned how I was sewing dresses for my girls and a niece for my sisters wedding- well those are not going to get completed, I made the executive decision that I had too many other things to do and they were stressing me out, so I scrapped that project and might finish them later, but definitly not for this weekend.

Oh... I mentioned how Angela is fighting taking naps... here is where I found her this afternoon about 15 minutes after trying to get her to take a nap for the third time...





Have I ever mentioned how jealous I am of those kids that lay down in their "beds" and go to sleep for naps??? :)

Bathtime

So Ashley asked if she could take a bath tonight. Both she and Alex wanted to take baths, and were fighting over who could use our bathtub- so I told them they could take baths, but had to use their bathroom and upstairs. So Alex went to their bathroom and Ashley went upstairs. All was fine until I heard Ashley yelling for me to come upstairs… I went up and found Angela in the tub- clothes, diaper and all… So I stripped her down, and let her get in the tub with Ashley.

I took the wet clothes and diaper downstairs and got clean pj’s and a clean diaper for her and brought them up. I put them on the counter and looked and found no towels, so I went downstairs and got their towels they used last night.

I hear Ashley yelling for me again… and get upstairs and find Angela’s pj’s and clean diaper in the tub… so I fish those out, and go downstairs with them along with the bathmat that got soaked. I toss all the wet clothes in the washer, and diaper in the diaper pail. Then go and get clean pj’s for Angela… Alyssa needed something, so I yelled upstairs to Ashley that I was on my way up and for her to pull the plug and start draining the water to get out.

Then Ashley starts screaming… eeeewww MOMMYY YOU HAVE TO COME SEE THIS!!! So I ran upstairs and found Angela standing next to the tub, with the two towels pulled down on the floor and a huge pile of mushy poo on the floor and her legs and feet…

Ashley was sitting in the tub trying to not start gagging…

We had a fun time tonight!!! ;)