More vacation and dancing.
On the way to our vacation last week we listened to some books on tape. The highlight of the books we listened to was "Diary of a Mad Brownie." It was a fun book about a faerie that was supposed to clean up a bedroom of a slob. It was highly funny.
We arrived in southern Utah and eventually found the cabin that Mike's parents rented for the Yoder reunion. It was a bit of a difficult job finding it. The cabin was beautiful, and we had a great time there. The cabin had a lot of mosquitoes (the kids think that this is the most pertinent bit of information about the cabin.) We spent an awesome day at the mouth of the Narrows in Zion's.
The kids slept on bunk beds with Max, and the trip was very fun. Apparently Mike and Alison are bad at taking pictures, because we have no pictures of the entire trip.
Next, we went to California to visit the Poulsons. The trip was long, but the kids were pretty good. The thing that the kids think is the most important to tell about this trip is that the Poulsons had a tiny home, and that the kids slept on a couch, and that the parents slept in a hammock outside.
One day we went to the Huntington Gardens near the Poulson's house. It was very beautiful. The Japanese garden was amazingly similar to Japan; it brought back tons of memories. We left the older kids there with Julie and then went to JPL - Craig's work. He showed us around the campus and it was very impressive. We got to see all kinds of space robots! The kids loved the rainforest building while we were gone; Rea said there were rain showers every few minutes.
We also went to the zoo & the beach on different days. Both were fun.
On Sunday we drove home, and it took most of the day. The kids were mostly good again.
For the 4th of July we had a fireworks barbecue at the Strombergs house. It was yummy and fun. We didn't even blow anyone up. Timmy loved the fireworks best. Sara loved the popcorn firework best (which was our grand finale).
On Thursday Mike went to a board game design guild meeting and played an interesting game. The kids watched a movie.
Saturday we got a lot done. Alison wanted to deep clean the front room. We took a while, but we got through it. Alison also had Mike build a lock or the kids toy closet, so that they don't get out random toys all day. Sara has been having a hard time getting done with her cleaning duties during team clean because she gets out all of the toys and leaves them on the floor when she is done with them. Mike also fixed the kitchen sink faucet (which had been having problems with its level of flow.) It is now working fine.
We arrived in southern Utah and eventually found the cabin that Mike's parents rented for the Yoder reunion. It was a bit of a difficult job finding it. The cabin was beautiful, and we had a great time there. The cabin had a lot of mosquitoes (the kids think that this is the most pertinent bit of information about the cabin.) We spent an awesome day at the mouth of the Narrows in Zion's.
The kids slept on bunk beds with Max, and the trip was very fun. Apparently Mike and Alison are bad at taking pictures, because we have no pictures of the entire trip.
Next, we went to California to visit the Poulsons. The trip was long, but the kids were pretty good. The thing that the kids think is the most important to tell about this trip is that the Poulsons had a tiny home, and that the kids slept on a couch, and that the parents slept in a hammock outside.
One day we went to the Huntington Gardens near the Poulson's house. It was very beautiful. The Japanese garden was amazingly similar to Japan; it brought back tons of memories. We left the older kids there with Julie and then went to JPL - Craig's work. He showed us around the campus and it was very impressive. We got to see all kinds of space robots! The kids loved the rainforest building while we were gone; Rea said there were rain showers every few minutes.We also went to the zoo & the beach on different days. Both were fun.
On Sunday we drove home, and it took most of the day. The kids were mostly good again.
For the 4th of July we had a fireworks barbecue at the Strombergs house. It was yummy and fun. We didn't even blow anyone up. Timmy loved the fireworks best. Sara loved the popcorn firework best (which was our grand finale).
It was very hot this week, but it seemed like too much work to make it to the pool until Thursday. Alison is so glad they went then, because Sara had a swimming breakthrough! She is FINALLY putting her head underwater and floating on her back! It's fabulous! If she keeps this up, she'll be swimming on her own in a week or two. Alison is so excited!
On Thursday Mike went to a board game design guild meeting and played an interesting game. The kids watched a movie.
Saturday we got a lot done. Alison wanted to deep clean the front room. We took a while, but we got through it. Alison also had Mike build a lock or the kids toy closet, so that they don't get out random toys all day. Sara has been having a hard time getting done with her cleaning duties during team clean because she gets out all of the toys and leaves them on the floor when she is done with them. Mike also fixed the kitchen sink faucet (which had been having problems with its level of flow.) It is now working fine.
Saturday night we got out the Playstation 2 and had a big DDR dance party. It was fun and enjoyable exercise.
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