Friday my sister got married. Yay! Friday was also H's valentine party at school. We didn't want her to miss the party so N's parents graciously agreed to come to our house and stay with the three younger kiddos and then pick H up from school while N and I went to the sealing and luncheon. They (N's parents) then brought all the kids to their house so we could get ready for the reception. So we were at the reception visiting with everyone and making sure things went soothly. (One quick side story. I was in the kitchen helping with the refreshments and when I came out K was in the hall. He told me that he had gone potty, but he couldn't reach the soap or water. When I tried to help him he told me that the bathroom I wanted to go in was for girls and he is a boy. So, I had to find N so he could help K wash his hands. The best part about this story is that K went potty unprompted by his parents in a church building he has never really been in ALL BY HIMSELF!) The kids were all over the place (and having a great time, I might add). Once again, N's parents to the rescue. They took our kids back to their house and put them to bed for us! How great is that. N and I were then able to help clean everything up without having to worry about the kids getting in the way. We spent the night at N's parents and woke up the next morning to get ready for...
The "Happy Birthday Arizona!" party my mom was throwing. Last year my mom gave everyone an Arizona quarter and told us to hold on to it because in February she was having an Arizona party and the quarter would be our admission. Everyone in my family put their quarters in a safe spot and then forgot about them...until a couple of weeks ago when we all tore our houses apart trying to find them. (Okay, maybe that was just me). So, we played a matching game about Arizona (complete with a lesson about the 5 c's). The goody bags were all things about Arizona. There was a copper pencil, a copper trinket, a magnet, some stickers and a book about the capitol. After a long day there, we went home to get ready for...
Sunday. We went to church, made cookies and then went to N's parents' for his mom's birthday. We stayed there for a while and came home because we had a busy day planned the next day...
We started out having our Valentine's day breakfast of heart shaped pancakes (We weren't able to have it on Valentine's Day because we were at N's parents' house). N called the fire station that is about a mile or so away from our house to see if we could take a tour (nope, cuz it was a holiday). We then went and hiked Thunderbird Mountain. H has been wanting to go hiking and everytime we go to my sister's house she sees people hiking this particular mountain. We decided that the weather was perfect for a hike. So, I wore R in my sling and N wore M in the backpack and away we went. The kids an N got to the top. I stopped about 50 feet from the top because R was arching too much in the sling and I felt like she was going to fall out. It was also a steep climb and I wasn't exactly comfortable doing that with R on. H said she could see the whole world from the top of the mountain. Then we all hiked back down and N had an eventful hike down. Because of the hike down we ended back at N's parents' house (more on that in a post dedicated completely to that!). We then went shopping for a treadmill or an eliptical. We didn't buy either. Then we went home for dinner and a movie (we watched Madagascar 2). Finally it was bed time.We had a fun weekend, but I am so glad to be back to the regular old routine days.
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