Oooooo lights....

So today I slacked off (I know, I know... I need to get a handle on this slacking off addiction I have going... I've determined after long -cough, cough- minutes of study that laziness breeds itself! Boy am I hosed!) and I went to my parents house for the day.

The kids adore my parents and my mom is the bomb and plays "hide-and-seek" with them over and over again (even though my kids always hide in the same places every time).

Today when I left to come home my dad gave each of my kids a little light that he manufactures for work. This light is cool, it changes color each time you turn it on and its -dundundun- waterproof. Which means that it's a little kids heaven! All the way home my kids begged for me to let them take a bath with their lights when they got home.

Turbo took the first one (hence the picture at the top of the entry, yup, that's Turbo in be bath with his light!) and each of my kids took their turns after that.

Ahhhhh how would life be if I could be entertained  by water and lights for hours?

Oh, wait... I still can... maybe that is why I never seem to have enough time!

Laughing so hard that I'm crying...

This blog absolutely has me in tears. Too funny! I like it Alot!

Okay....

Well, this week has been really weird.

Last weekend our family went camping with the family and when we came home on Sunday night Jer's feet were hurting from a gout flairup. So he then used FMLA and got a few more days off of work to recover... so he was home till yesterday.

Which was nice but really threw my week for a loop. Instead of getting normal things done, I was trying to get other things done.

First off there was airing out the sleeping bags from camping and setting up the tent to sweep it out and make sure it was dry. And of course there was the laundry I missed plus the added laundry that camping creates! So Mt. Washmore (stole that from Kar and Nat... it's just too good of a description girls!) started getting tackled almost as soon as we got home. It took till Wednesday to get the tent done due to crazy nutzo Idaho wind. Then the power went out a couple of times due to aforementioned wind, so... because the kiddos were going stir crazy we took them and went through the car wash with them.

Most of the time when we wash our cars we do it ourselves or go to Soapies where the car sits still and the things moves around it. The kids seemed to really like the moving car wash (well, okay... the older kids loved it, Turbo wasn't so sure and and seemed a bit worried, at one point he was yelling "Mom! Mom! Back up! It's going to hit me!" but after he realized that the window stopped it all it was good.) and actually it did a really good job cleaning the car... reminds me of the days when I was a teen and washed my car often, it has been a good year since our van was given a good scrub, but the camping trip guaranteed that the thing needed it desperately!

Last night we went and got family pictures taken, because the last time we had them taken was when Turbo was a month or so old and even then it was only because the extended family scheduled them! So I bit the bullet and decided we needed family pictures that we chose to do on our own... and since Jer was home anyways, why not see if Loni (one of my friends who is trying to get a photography website up and running) could do it last night. She is such a doll, she totally worked with us and even missed out on her bible study so that we could get it done! I'm sure the pictures will be awesome once they are done and am excited to see them. :)

Anyways, now that Jer is back at work and it's near the end of the week.... well, ya, getting back into gear is hard! I stayed up too late (Jer is a night owl after all) and haven't gone and worked out all week... Ya, need to get on that before I balloon back out!!! But I really am having a hard time talking myself into getting anything real done today or tomorrow. Maybe I'll call these two days my own little vacation and call it good till Monday... well, 'cept that I have to get to the grocery store or the world will implode!

I've found that I kinda work like this... well at least the graph at the top, the rest is great too, but doesn't apply that well to me since I'm okay at getting things done... cept cleaning.

Cleaning sucks.

Being lazy...

"So SUCK IT TREBECK!!!"

First Time Out...

In a really, really, long time!

Since last fall Jer and I have been discussing the fact that we really need to go camping with the kidlets more... now that Turbo is going to be 3 at the end of the summer it shouldn't be as big of an ordeal as with an infant (you know, the whole... Pack-N-Play,  bottles, baby back-packy thingy, etc etc)

Well, we still hadn't gone till this last weekend, and part of it was because we didn't have a clue where to go ...

Apparently my parents decided that they needed to prod us in the right direction! They invited us to go with them (can we say YAY for bathroom facilities and other adults whom the kidlets adore?!).

So, off we went!

This is the first time Jer and I have used our tent since we went and visited my sister for her graduation... ya, we're kind of pathetic... I know. :)

But we had a blast this time, due in large part to my mama and my papa!

Dad found the perfect spot to say in, that not only would fit their 5th wheel, but our tent and all the vehicles. PLUS it had a stream that the kids loved to jump over and play in AND we didn't have any traffic there besides ourselves running back and forth on the Rhino. :)

I think my kids were in shock due to not being allowed to watch any movies etc (I wouldn't let them, even though my parents did have a TV, DVD player, and a generator.... GOODNESS SAKES KIDS! We are OUTDOORS... and not just in the front yard! Go explore!)

They found sticks to swing around and asked repeatedly if any adult would go on a hike or take them on a ride in the Rhino. (which the adults didn't mind doing at all, that thing was fun!)

 (Gpa J and Missy at the top of the Mountain)

They picked flowers, and generally got themselves really dirty! They even had an incident with Jer where the Rhino tipped over, but alas... everyone was fine :)

There was even a deer that must have lived near our campsite, because we saw her often!

They even had Smores for the first time! (poor deprived children...)

Jer's foot started to hurt (darn gout, and me forgetting that shrimp triggers it... and dang-it everyone loved that meal!) So, now we are home, bathed, showered, and all but me in bed.

It was an awe-some weekend! Thanks to the 'rents!

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Okee-doky... here's a classic!

What is something that embarrasses you? Or an embarrasing thing that happened to you?

July 3rd... cause that's how our city does it.

So on July 3rd we went to the Parade... because as I mentioned in a previous post, our city has issues with celebrating our country's independance day on the sabbath... even if that country was founded on the principal of freedom of religion. Hmmm.

Anyways, it was bitter freezy COLD at the parade. My kids all had long pants and jackets and were still complaining about how cold it was! Thank goodness it started to warm up after a bit!

The parade started...

Then it stopped... for about 20 minutes. Come to find out later that one of the BMX bikers hurt himself and thought he had broken his ankle... glad it wasn't worse. As we waited a couple of helicopters flew by....

And I think the kids were more excited about them than about any of the rest of the parade... and that included the horses and the BMX bikers doing awesome tricks and flips and stuff!

After the parade we went home and made everyone take a nap... because, lets face it, late night watching fireworks at the parents house and an early morning at the parade PLUS a late night planned for watching fireworks that night equals.... notsomuchfun. So our kids were mad, but we were glad!

We took a nap.

Then we headed to one of Jeremy's coworkers houses for a BBQ. Mmmmmm yummy kebabs with zucchini and squash and Parmesan cheese on top! Heaven!

And besides Turbo got to get exposed to dogs...

 Shamus the boxer.... sooooo cute... want one!

Turbo was fine as long as he had a water gun handy. :)

and he had a blast shooting the adults! It wasn't so much a game of avoiding being shot as it was of standing still and hoping he didn't hit you. All the people there were awesome though and seemed to enjoy his antics!

We had a great time... and so did the kids!

In the end we walked down to the river to watch the fireworks and then we headed home to enjoy the rest of the weekend!