Day 17
It was a blustery morning, and G’ma & G’pa had bought NICE kites (special ordered from a kite shop) for the kids. They had been waiting for the wind to blow (which is pretty much a sure thing eventually around here – just like at home) So sure enough, this was the day and they were out there pretty much first thing to fly kites. Unfortunately, it was perhaps a bit too blustery as Christian’s kite string broke and his kite flew up up and away! Matt & his dad and the boys then drove 25 miles to recover said lost kite. They found it about 1 mile away, but it took that many miles to get to it through fields, private property etc. My car got an additional coat of mud added to it during the trip. It was definitely an adventure! The boys will probably remember it forever!

Later the boys went for tractor rides on Grandpa’s tractor – fun times!

In the afternoon we went to my parents house. Oh, and hit the Dollar Tree on the way – G’ma had given the boys $5 each to spend there. My Suburban got washed at my parents house thanks to my hubby, dad & Christian. You should have seen the pile of dirt in my parents driveway! The kids played Wii snowboarding and then went jet skiing on Moses Lake (which my parents house is located on). I went with my mom and g’ma to the fabric store and baby store (to say “hi” to my sister who works there.)

Next we went to Chico’s – Matt’s favorite pizza place of all time. Matt’s parents joined us along with some good friends. We had a good time chatting with everyone. We ended up talking in the parking lot until after 9:00. The kids collapsed into bed as they have been doing most nights.

Day 18

Clara (Matt’s mom) & I met my mom & grandma at the fabric store here in town. My mom is making pillowcase dresses to sell at the baby store my sister works at. So we got to go and help her pick out material! Fun times! We were there for almost 2 hours. Then we headed over to Wal-Mart to pick up a couple things and then headed home.

The boys (& men) then went out to see one of Matt’s dad’s friends. Then they took the boys out to ice-cream. I snuck in about a 20 min. nap.

Christian took a bath when he got home. He got some of those capsules that turn into sponge animals from the Dollar Store that he was dying to try out. They all could have used baths, but Annika woke up from her nap, so we were off to my parents house.

Today was the big family dinner at my parents house. In attendance were: My parents, brother, aunt & uncle, cousin, grandparents, sister, sister’s boyfriend and niece. (and us of cours). It was fun to see everyone!

We got home about 10:00 and got the kids in bed. I worked on my biz. a bit. I need to go pay bills now and collapse into bed myself.

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