Weekend update

My Parents took the kids to Moab with them. They left Thursday afternoon, since I have to leave for work before the kids wake up I didn't get to see them before they left. The last I saw of them was tucking them into bed Wednesday night and they got home Sunday afternoon. Tucking them into bed that night was so hard. Shayna was crying saying she was going to miss us so much, she gave me so many hugs and kisses, she said that was going to be what she would miss the most, giving me hugs and kisses while she was away. Shay cries a lot when she knows she is going to be away from us, it doesn't make it any easier but I was expecting this from her but when I went to tuck Britton in and he was crying it nearly killed me. I MISSED them SO MUCH! It was really hard to be away from them for so long. Tyler and I were forced to remember what life was like before children. Talk about BORING, although I did like that my house stayed clean ALL weekend, I didn't have that much laundry and dishes were easy to keep up with. But I certainly wouldn't choose it.

Can you believe my Mom didn't take any pictures. None! She claims the first day she took the camera and when she went to take a picture she realized the battery was dead. That night she got back to my Grandmas house and charged the battery. The second day they were out playing she forgot to grab the battery off the charger. So, no pictures.....Devastating.

My Cousins happened to be in Moab this same weekend so my kids got to play a ton. Both Friday and Saturday were spent at their campsite. Britton and Shay said they had so much fun playing with Zoe and Callie (Travis's girls), Noah (Dusty's boy) and Kianna (Coby's girl). I'm not sure what other activities took place other then they went to Moab diner to eat. That's Brittons favorite place to eat. He was very excited about that.

Thursday Tyler and I got off work and went home to a very quiet house. We didn't plan much for dinner since the kids weren't there. We just grabbed whatever sounded good and watched real time TV. Yeah, were crazy like that.

Friday Tyler had to work so I was home all by myself.....I took advantage. I didn't get out of bed until 9:00. I got myself a bowl of cereal and then got in a bubble bath and read my book. It was an hour of pure bliss, no kids bangin' on the door wanting to play in the bubbles, in fact, I didn't even lock the door. When I got out of the bath I cleaned the house. It's amazing how fast I got the house cleaned. No kids to say "Mom, I'm hungry, Mom, I need a snack, Mom, I'm bored, Mom, Brittons touching me, Mom, I need you". I had so much time left over that I went outside and got all of my yard work done. It was such a beautiful day. It felt so good to be in the sunshine. After that I got in the shower and had about a half hour to kill before Tyler got off work so I read my book. I read a lot....it was great. When Ty got home we headed for the grocery store. We needed food and I needed to stay busy....I was missing Britton and Shay. After dinner we watched a movie.

Saturday we got up about 8:30. Tyler wanted to get his motorcylce out after being stored all winter, so he got the oil changed then I helped him wash it. Our car needed the oil changed as well so Tyler rode the motorcycle and I followed him in the car to the dealership. We dropped off the car and I got on the motorcycle and we went to the Real Soccer Game. It was a free game so we thought what the heck. We had a lot of fun, Real won so that was even better and I totally enjoyed riding on the motorcycle, not something we do much, since, ya know, it's not functional for family traveling. When we got home we headed back to the grocery store to pick up a few items that we forgot for dinner. Normally I would never have gone back to the store. I would have just changed dinner plans but we had nothing else to do so why not. We made shishkabobs on the Bar-B-Q....Delicious. Then of course we watched another movie. Twilight, it actually was better then I thought it would be. I had heard some negative things about it so I wasn't expecting much. It was way better then I thought it would be. I can't wait for the next one, I think it will be better.

Sunday was a day full of anticipation. We just wanted our kids to get home. It was hard to sit there all day. The house was clean, the dishes were done, dinner was in the crockpot. But we made it and the kids got home and we were a happy little family again. It was so nice that the kids were as excited to see us as we were to see them. They were so cuddly all evening. That made it worth it!

Thank you so much Mom and Dad for taking the kids to see Grandma Donna, Britton and Shay love her so much and always ask why she has to live so far away, they don't realize it now but some day they will know how special it was to get to see her as much as possible....Love you both!