Late (Take 2)

Let's try this again.

We have been very busy so I haven't been posting anything.

Lila had her 2nd birthday. She has grown so much and is talking up a storm. She is even putting the end sounds on her words now. Yea!!! We had a small party at Grandpa Charlie's house. She has clothes, a stroller and a new baby doll. Plus lots more.

We had friends/family some for a visit this last week. I met Missy when I was three living in Wisconsin. She was an only child, and still would be except for the fact that her parents 'adopted' me as their own. I became her sister and we have been friends ever since. Missy came out on a Saturday and her parents came on Tuesday. My kids are the only grandkids Diane and Tom have. Missy doesn't have any kids yet. So they had fun getting to know the kids. We went to the park, the zoo, the aquarium, Thanksgiving Point, Big Cottonwood Canyon, and Grant's favorite, Bowling. We did just enough to wear the kids out but not the adults. We had a wonderful time. We hope to be able to go to Wisconsin and visit them next summer.

Grandma Sue and Grandpa Charlie were visitn Teresa in Vegas over the Memorial Day weekend. We decided to go up and visit Amber and Heather anyway. We went to the train park and Dave got to throw some discs. We then went to Night at the Museum 2. Very funny movie. Grant loved it. We then had hamburgers and jello back at the house. It was fun getting to spend time with my sisters.

Grant and Lila went to the Dentist for the first time on Tuesday. Grant was amazing. No Fear!!
Lila was terrified and wanted nothing to do with the dentist.

Lila has a double ear infection. I didn't even know until I saw some dried blood in her ear. And then I thought she might have stuck something in it, or her brother did it. But I went to the pediatricians office and the N. P. said it was pretty bad. Lila had been grouchy, but what two year old isn't grouchy when her schedule is all wonky. Now we just have to get her to take the medicine, which is proving to be a little challenging.

My sister is having a boy. She is trying to even up the odds in our family of all girls. Girls are still ahead by one. I can hardly wait to go buy clothes for little Samuel Charles Mika. Carter's is having a sale and I plan on getting to that one.

I know people want pictures. It all depends on when I find time to do it. Just keep coming back.

Have a great day everyone.

Grant just lost my post.

Arches

We made a quick trip to Arches National Park on Monday. We picked up Grant right after school on Monday and drove right to the park. Had to find a hotel room because we didn't reserve a campsite. Not smart of us I know. Grant was okay with the hotel, but it was boring. We managed to get the last campsite for Tuesday night. We walked to Landscape Arch in the Devil's Garden area first. The kids whined some and Grant couldn't keep his hands out of the sand. It was his favorite part of the park though. We made stops at the Windows section and the Delicate Arch viewpoint. We did the small stops along the road. We made three trips into Moab because we kept forgetting things.
The day was sunny and warm, reaching the low 90's. It became windy in the afternoon and we were not able to set up the tent until we were going to get into it. We did no cooking because the stove would have blown out. We got a movie for the kids and let them watch it in the tent right before bed. I took a few mintues around 10:30 pm to look at the stars. There were so many. The moon had yet to rise and there was no other light pollution. I love looking at the night sky. The wind died down in the night and the morning was still as could be. We took the time to see a few more arches the next morning before we had to leave. The temperature was a wonderful 68 to 70 degrees. Lila walked when there were stairs. Grant always wanted to be in the lead. We managed to get a few family shots. Dave and I took turns with the camera so we are both in lots of pictures. The kids had fun running around the visitor's center. Grant wanted to bring home a lizard. Lila was just in awe of them when she saw them.
So many people would stop and look at our license plate, and I couldn't figure out why. Dave looked and said it was we were one of the only cars with the Utah centennial plate. It has Delicate Arch on it. Pretty funny when you think about it. Here we are in the place where our license plate picture can be found.
All in all, we had a wonderful trip. The kids did really well, and they were in the minority of people in the park. Lots of adults and fewer teenagers. Very few children. Lots of international people.
We can't wait to go again. Or maybe we just want another vacation.

So much to do

I have so many projects going right now that I am having a hard time picking which one to work on. There is the yard, 3 sewing projects, the scrapbooking, a doily, not to mention the cleaning of the house, some painting, caulking, redecorating. So I pick and choose each day. I still make time to do fun things with the kids, like going for walk or to the park.

What shall I do today?