Weekend Fun!

What a fun weekend! Jayson's team was having their spring scrimage, so Jay and I decided to go down Friday night. Cecy was determined to go and finally broke her parents down. After that we decided to take whoever else wanted to go and ended up with the two little ones as well. Jordan, Jaxon and Brinlei decided they wanted a night without parents and had their own brand of fun. Anyway, we loaded up with treats and headed down to Ephriam. It's about a three hour drive, so I was a little worried about entertaining Maleia and Jake, but they were awesome! They slept for about an hour and the rest of the time they played and giggled with Cecy. It was a fun, pleasant trip down.

The little ones were stoked because they knew we were staying in a hotel and they were prepped for a pool party! Unfortunately when we got there we found that the hotel didn't have a pool. They had a hot tub at least, so we convinced the kids that would be just as much fun. When we got to Ephriam we dropped Cecy off to hang out with Jayson and we went to check into the hotel. We had made arrangements earlier in the week to meet up with some friends that we haven't seen for literally YEARS so after getting checked in, we met up with our friends and went to a fun restaurant in Manti. It's an old polygamist's house that has been turned into a bed and breakfast/restaurant. It was very cozy and fun. We had a great time catching up with our friends and the little ones were actually pretty well behaved for the most part. Jake got a little antsy after dinner was over and from then on it was "Jake! Sit down!" or "Jake, stop that!" or "Jake...Jake.... JAKE!!!!!!" At that point we decided it was time to leave before someone or something got hurt. After that, we tracked Cecy and Jayson down and went to visit with the "boys" in Jayson's apartment for a bit. Jake only got more out of control and ended up launching himself off the top of the couch onto the gianormous love sac. There were a couple of times I thought for sure he was going out the sliding glass doors. When we had all had enough of that, we roped him in and headed back to the hotel. It took some doing but we finally got the kids settled down and then my fun began! Cecy has gotten me hooked on Grey's Anatomy (never seen it until she brought home the DVDs) and after the kids were drifting off we plugged in the DVD player and started watching. I think it was season 3. Anyway, I ended up watching the whole season and finished around 4:00 am. It's definitely an adult show, and can get naughty in parts but I'm hooked! I hate to admit that, considering it's something I would never allow my kids to watch. It's a waste of time and polluting my brain, I know, but what can I say?

So after my all nighter with Mr. McDreamy I was pretty groggy in the morning. I slept in as late as I could while Jay took the two younguns to enjoy the hot tub. We were late checking out of the hotel because of my lazy butt and then headed to McD's for lunch and to let the kids romp for a bit until it was time for the game. The game itself was fun just because it was a laid back scrimage. It's always fun to watch Jayson in action. He reminds me so much of his dad and it amazes me that I have a child old enough to be in college. He's found his nitch and is loving life! He'll be home in a couple of weeks and will be here through the end of July and then will be heading back down to Snow.

I love spending time with my kids! Especially when the every day distractions are gone and we can just focus on having fun. They are a riot! I'm so lucky to have the family that I do. We missed not having the other kids with us, but at the same time it was nice to be able to just play with the little ones. We got home to a spankin' clean house thanks to Brinlei (she's my cleaning machine!) and it was obvious the kids at home enjoyed themselves immensely. Next time we'll have to switch and take the "tween" kids and leave the two little ones home.