Kites and Swings Weekend

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Well a couple weeks ago when we had the girls we planned a ton of fun things to do and hoped that the girls would think it’s as fun as we did. I found a ton of Easter crafts and Josh and I prepared supplies to make our own piggy banks at home. First thing first though… Josh had an eye doctor appt. His doctor is in the vision center at Wal-Mart – which turned out to be a blessing for the girls and I because we were there for two hours! We wandered the toy aisle, the clothes section, the Easter stuff and the pet department before going to check on Josh. He still hadn’t been called into his appointment. Well, I got some Easter browsing done and got an idea of what the girls were interested in getting in their baskets! On Saturday we headed up to mom and dad Jackson’s house and were able to spend some time with the family. Tiffany and I took the girls shopping for a new dress for Kim, while Josh helped his dad fix the wood machines. After we got back we got ready and went over to Heidi and Jordan’s house for a BBQ. We had a great time all together and even got to watch New Moon!

On Sunday I woke up and forgot it was stake conference. Dang! I didn’t wake up until about 9:45 so there was no way we would get ready and make it by 10:00am. SIGH. We spent the time all together doing crafts and making piggy banks. Everyone also had a blast playing the new mini-golf game on the Wii. We decided it would be fun to pack a picnic and go over to the park. The park was PACKED! It was crazy how many people were there. The girls didn’t get to do a whole lot because there were so many kids. After we ate, we pulled the kites I bought out and the girls had a really fun time flying them. So much fun that it was heartbreaking for us to get them to leave. But it had already been a long day and their alligator tears proved how tired they were. Both zonked out on the way home and Shaylee stayed asleep for another hour or so while we watched The Tooth Fairy. It was a really fun day. When we dropped them off Ashlee mentioned that she may be going to the Police Academy next spring, so maybe we will be able to take the girls for some longer stretches of time. That would be so wonderful.