Monday July 13, 2009

Okay, so consistency apparently is not a strong suit of mine. We have been having a blast this summer. Lots going on all of the time it seems. I'm not even going to attempt recalling it all here. I will, however, tell you all about this past weekend. It was very eventful. It all started on Thursday night with a phone call from Grant. He called me using a police officers cell phone. Yah, I know...creepy. Then he tells me I need to come pick him up at the side of the road in Calgary. It turns out that he was pulled over by a cop because his stickers on his plates were old (he thought they were good until October of this year, but it turns out that they expired last October). As he was being pulled over his tire popped and he had a flat tire now at the side of the road. So in a matter of minutes we had a tire to replace, a ticket to pay and some stickers to buy. They always say bad things come in 3's, LOL! So I got the kids out of the bath and drove down to Calgary to give him his spare tire (which happened to be sitting in our garage for some reason). I didn't think we would be able to make it to my Mom's for the weekend..but Grant didn't want us to miss out, so he drove on that little donut tire (the spare) for the weekend.
We went to my parents place on Friday morning. As soon as we got there, my Mom said we should hit the beach before it gets crowded. It was such a gorgeous day. So sunny and warm. We played there for a long time (it was a man made body of water with a nicely combed sandy beach surrounding it). They bought the kids each a beach toy and we brought our lunch there. My cousin Michael is visiting from Ontario, so he came with us as well as Aunt Shawna (my sister) and my Grandma McVeity. I loved being there. I miss the water in Ontario, and this was so nice.
After that we all got packed up and went home. Poor Kaitlyn was SO burnt on her back. I put sunscreen all over all of the kids, but for some reason her back still got really burnt. Michael and Shawna also got burnt pretty good (but they were trying to get a tan). My Dad barbecued us up some dinner (delicious!!) Perfect meal for the type of day we were having. After dinner we decided to take the kids to the splash park near my Mom's house to let them use up a bit more energy. The kids had a blast, and I was having such fun watching them be so happy. After we were all done at the splash park, my Mom took us to a park near her house to play. We were there until 8:30pm. You would think that after such a crazy fun and draining day, they would all come home and be exhausted and want to sleep. Nope! We layed out a bunch of sleeping bags on my parents livingroom floor, and all of the kids layed on those and we put a movie on for them. They were still awake at 11pm, but fell asleep just after that. Such a fun day! In the morning we all got up and got ready to go to a stampede pancake breakfast in Okotoks. We got there early because my cousin Jennie was in a band that would be playing there, so we wanted to get good seats. They had lots to do there. There was a big bouncy castle, mini putt, a fishing game (candy prizes) A clown walking around talking to the kids and making balloon animals, a petting zoo, a horse drawn hayride, face painting, a live band, a magic show, and of course a pancake breakfast. And all of it was free. The band was good and fun to listen to. The magic show (put on by a clown named "Doo Doo") was fun for the kids. Damian got called up to be a helper, he was so happy about that. He got his very own magic wand to keep for helping out. It was a great time. Afterwards, we headed back to my parents house to have some lunch and hang out for a bit. At 2:30pm we decided it was time to leave. We needed to get home and prepare for Sunday. I was so glad we were able to go visit family this weekend, and that they made it such fun for us to be there.
On Sunday, we went to church. It's our second Sunday in our new ward. Oh yeah, I didn't write about that yet. Our ward was split because it was way too huge. So I am still in Airdrie 2nd Ward, but the ward itself has changed dramatically. A lot of the young families that were in our ward are now in the new branch. We also got some of the people from first ward to add to our group. It will be fun getting to know them all. I went from a nursery of 35 kids, to a nursery with about 10. It is so much easier. Grant got called as the Sunday School President. I know he will do well at it. I had a nice time in church and met a few new people. After church we came home and I made some chocolate cheesecake brownies. We went over to the Adams home for a dessert night, and the kids had a lot of fun playing there and especially on their big trampoline in their backyard. Even some of the adults got in on the action. Morgan Kyle was jumping around on it while Grant was sitting down on it holding onto his knees. It was hilarious. Grant looked like a mexican jumping bean being tossed all over the place. Unfortunately this morning, he woke up with a very sore neck from it. It was a fun night with great friends. Today I mainly cleaned house, and the kids helped. It was rainy outside so Damian had a friend over to play. Grant worked at Chilis tonight, and he has the rest of the week off. Hopefully we can do some fun things this week together. Kaitlyn got to go swimming at the rec centre with her friend Alex. Not much happened today. Just a lot of catching up. Hopefully this week is pleasant. So far July has felt more like spring. It's been raining a lot. We didn't get much rain in June, so I guess it is just making up for that. I will try my best to post more :)