I was brave and bold for this spring break. Aaron wasn't able to have the time off, so I drove to Utah BY MYSELF. It turns out I have awesome kids. I mean ... I knew that, but now I really KNOW that. 13 hours each way and they were angelically good. Really... almost no fighting or whining. Even Grayson was so so good. Better than I would have been at his age for sure. Although it was a short trip we had a great time seeing lots of family and playing lots of goofy games and basically just had a ton of fun.
The last several times we've done this drive we stop at the same park in Oregon. It is always a good middle point and has a pretty awesome playground. This time around, we hid a treasure and decided to see if it is still there in a year. Hmmm... we'll see. :)
I'm so glad we got to stop in Boise and see my Grandma. She made me laugh... she seemed so spirited as she entertained the kids... tossing a pillow with them, asking them funny questions. Her memory isn't what it used to be, but she is the same sweet tender-hearted Grandma I remember.
While playing in the pool at the hotel, Sam jumped too close to the edge of the pool and hit his chin. He didn't realize that he was hurt and was about to jump into the pool again. Gratefully I stopped him before he did because there was blood everywhere. It was such a mess. He split it pretty deep and we spent awhile deciding if we needed to go get stitches. In the end, we didn't and it has healed up nicely, but it was a little crazy for awhile.
It was so fun watching Grayson because he remembered little things and definitely remembered Grandpa, who he tagged around with the entire time. Now that Grandpa is retired... he was around to entertain Grayson all day. He might decide to go back to work after this week. :)
Nice try with Grandparents and their 16 grand kids. Ha.
Love this.
This obsession with sitting in the basket hoop seemed to sweep over us. The kids spent a great deal of time in this activity.
Grayson adoring his next play mate.
We're wondering what Sam is wearing in this picture. I really don't know, but it's cute anyway.
Random cute picture at the park.
Alaina entertaining the kids with her weird phone apps. We loved it.
I guess I took lots of pictures of Grayson, but this sure was cute. Owen and Grayson were best little buddies. They actually played TOGETHER. Like they'd say "want to play bad guys?" And then they'd play a real game together with one shooting the other and bad guy falls dead and then in a minute he wakes up and they trade places. It was the most sophisticated play I've seen in this kid. And it was really cute.
Thanks for letting us come visit.
