Friday Fun

Woo hoo! It's the weekend. We started our weekend off by depriving Sadie of sleep.

I woke her up early so we could get Ellie to school and then she missed half of her morning nap so we could make it to the park to be Visit Taught. Dustin was up in Scottsdale in case anyone is wondering why I couldn't let the poor baby stay home and sleep.

After playing at the park for awhile we ran to a few stores, including Micheal's where Nate found a wooden train kit for $1! It was worth every penny. After we got home and ate lunch, I opened it up for him and he spent the next HOUR painting it. I'm going back and buying every kind they have.

I had a lot of time to take pictures in that hour. Can you tell?

As soon as Nate was finished, we cleaned up and headed up to pick Ellie up from school. On the way home we had to run by Meredith's, and Molly was there sewing stuff and I needed a shirt mended. . . anyway, one thing lead to another and 3 hours later we had had a very productive afternoon. We had done some de-junking and rearranging at Meredith's and my kids had found the giant water cooler of candy for an afternoon snack. Of course this meant no afternoon nap. But we had fun and isn't that all that matters?

By the time we got home, we had about 15 minutes to throw on our old clothes and get ready to go quading.
Our friends were sweet enough to invite us out to the base of Four Peaks for the evening. We cooked dinner over a fire, made smores and rode the quads. We had so much fun. Nate loves that sort of thing so he was on a high all night. I only went out once because I am a wuss and I had much more fun staying with the babies around the camp fire, but when I did the kids were so stinking cute. At the top of the peak Dustin would stop and turn the lights off and you could see the stars forever.





Around 9:3o we decided it was time to start packing up. I couldn't believe Sadie was still awake and not crying. She's like the energizer bunny. As we headed home Nate kept complaining that his hand hurt. Every five seconds there would be a whimper. I think while he and Jackson were running around "adventuring" he must have touched a cactus? So finally at one point I told him to just suck his thumb. Of course there was more whining about his thumb hurting and about 15 minutes later he calls out, "My thumb tastes good now." So I guess he finally got all the dirt sucked off.

Ellie was super tired. As we got in the car she announced, "I'm tired. I'm as tired as a Grandma. I'm retired." When I asked her if she knew what retired meant she explained, "Yes. It means you are very very tired. Like a Grandma who is old and has chased after her grandchildren all day."

I thought all the kids would sleep in since we didn't get home until close to 11, but of course only Ellie slept in past 7:3o. And now they need baths because they are FILTHY and I didn't want to even attempt it last night.