Our Weekend: Camping, Shopping, Soccer, Dinner Party, On Call, & Church!

I feel like I have not had 2 seconds to myself the past few days! That is not entirely true, but that is how I feel! :) Kiley is on call today (Sunday), which ALWAYS makes for a "fun" Sabbath Day for me! For those of you who aren't quite sure what "on call" means, let me explain. Kiley leaves before any of us stir, is gone all day, gone all night, and then usually walks in the door by 8am. If it was a good call night for him, he will only drop dead for a few hours, how ever, if it was a doozy (real word???) of a night, he will sleep until 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Thankfully, he is only on call one MAYBE two nights a week. Now back to our lovely Sunday experience. Liv is still taking two naps a day, so that means she usually goes down around 10ish & is up around noonish & then is ready for a short nap around 3:30-4ish. Well, on Sundays, we have church at 2:30pm. Our church services are 3 hours long. We started the morning out great with everyone sleeping in until almost 8. Then the boys remembered that it was Sunday & I really prefer they do not watch TV, but I am known to let them watch a Disney movie or two! Today I decided that I did not want the TV on AT ALL! This did not go over well with the boys, particularly Teagen. There was a lot of whining & complaining & disobeying going on, so I banished them both to their room as soon as they were done eating breakfast. But then I looked at their shaggy heads of hair & decided to buzz them first! So, after they got their haircuts & took a shower, off to their room they went to entertain themselves! I tried long & hard to keep Liv up a little later in hopes that she'd sleep longer & wake up closer to 1 rather than noon. To my dismay, she was up by 11:50! I knew we were heading to disaster! I was able to get myself ready before Liv woke up & even read in my scriptures, hoping to be blessed with a little more patience. The boys did a pretty good job playing in their room. I had lunch ready, we all ate, and then it was time to get the kiddos ready. I had to be to church by 2, because I work with the Young Women and we were going to be singing so we had to be early so we could run through the song. To make a long story short, I lost ALL patience, did a little, okay maybe a lot of yelling, tears were shed, I can't remember by whom...me or the kids???? There was a lot of teasing & fighting going on & Liv was throwing fits because 6 teeth are trying to break through and have not yet! We made it out the door, picked up one of my girls, got to the church & ran through the song. I think I got up & walked out of the meeting 5 times with Liv. When we went up to sing, I had to take her with me because there is NO WAY she would let anyone else hold her. During the song she is yanking on her mouth, screaming, and then all of a sudden she bites my chin as hard as she can & doesn't let go! Fortunately, she only has two teeth & so it didn't hurt much, but I had drool all over my face & couldn't contribute much to the song due to my out of control child! I was a big distraction through out the rest of the meetings because she was so miserable & tired, but what do ya do!? As I was piling the kids into the car to leave, the wind was blowing ever so slightly & so my skirt was kind of blowing up a bit. Brayden thought it was pretty cool looking & so he helped lift it up all of the way! I couldn't feel anything because of the way the skirt hangs, but I turned around in time to see what he was doing & about died! I looked around & didn't see any other people out so I figured it was not too big of a deal. Then as I pulled out, I noticed a man sitting in his van waiting for his family. I guess he got a nice show! We got home from church around 5:45. I made some gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches along with tator tots & green beans. Put Liv down at 6:45 & the boys down at 7:05! Usually I put them down around 7:30-8, but I was done. :) So, here I am blogging! As soon as I am done with this, I am heading up stairs to take a nice hot bubble bath!

Now to our weekend......

Kiley took the boys camping on Friday. It was a church camp out, so I guess there was a lot of people there. They left around 4, so it was just Liv & I! What a nice, quiet afternoon & evening! She & I went to the mall & had a great time! I guess Kiley went swimming in the cold water at midnight with some of the other men. The boys loved having lots of friends to play with, getting dirty, eating junk, and taking a quick swim in the freezing cold water. Kiley didn't get much sleep-the champion of snoring was close by, a few kids had a hard time sleeping & could be heard for miles & miles (not really) & it was a bit chilly!

Saturday was a busy day! I did a 10 mile run, something that I haven't done for quite a while! I have been running for a while now, but haven't dared do the 10 miler until yesterday. It was great & I loved every minute of it! It made me excited to run the Deseret News Marathon in July. I mowed the lawn while Liv watched me---she LOVES the lawn mower & is very fascinated with it.

Kiley & the boys got home & we zoomed off to soccer. We got there half way through the game, so it was quick. Then we zoomed back home to get ready for our dinner group, which was being held at our house. Kiley had to mow the back yard-ya, I didn't do the back because I ran out of gas & really didn't want to go get some more...LAZY! :) We got everything done & our guests arrived around 6. It was a fun evening! The weather was perfect! The food was nummy! It was a good night.

I do have to say, even though today was a bit of a rough day, I am so grateful to be a mother & to have these three beautiful children in my life! They may try me to no end, but I love them dearly and know that they are children of God. With that said, I am looking so forward to this time next week....I will be basking in the sun on a cruise ship heading to the Caribbean with my honey!

Two years ago this coming May, Kiley & I took a 10 day trip to Mexico with our good friends, the Huffs! I am so excited to finally go on another adult trip! These pictures are from out trip 2 years ago!