Weekend getaway.

This weekend Dawn, H, and I took a short trip to Erie, PA to attend a concert. Our trip was a lot of fun. We left shortly after 1:30 pm after I went ate lunch with J, who was the "Star of the Week" at his preschool and was able to invite a special guest to eat lunch.

Our drive to Erie was pretty uneventful until we were pulling into Erie and there was an odd sound coming from the tires. A car that pulled up next to us at a stop light informed us that the front tire was flat. We found a gas station that charged 75 cents for air. I filled up the tire and we haven't had anymore problems.

We had H with us, and she had a funny smell emanating from her carseat. She had a nice blowout. Dawn changed her while I was filled up the tire. We then scurried over to Olive Garden for a dinner for Dawn's sake. It was a crowded Friday night, but Dawn has really wanted to eat at the Olive Garden. After our meal was finally over, we quickly paid and hurried to check into our hotel, change and get to the concert.

The concert was hosted by the Mercyhurst College music department and we had made arrangements to have one of the student ushers babysit for us. The concert was great. This is a sample of the concert. The concert is titled "A Little Nightmare Music". It was their first concert in the U.S. and they debuted in Erie, PA on Friday the 13th. Appropriate.



After the concert, we were going to stop somewhere for a dessert, and decided on Dairy Queen. We drove for a while and finally found a Dairy Queen at 10:02 p.m. They must have closed at 10:00 because there were still workers inside, but nobody would answer the drive thru. Plan B was to stop by Wegman's and just buy a treat and take it to our hotel. While I was paying, I couldn't find my credit card. I had not seen it since rushing out of the Olive Garden. When I got back in the car with Dawn I asked if I had given my card to her with the receipts. She said no. We went back to the hotel and I looked through everything. No card. I called Olive Garden and asked if they had it, and they did, but they were already closed. I could pick it up in the morning at 11:00 am when they open. That wouldn't work since we had left the kids with babysitters who would want us to get home earlier than 3:30, so they obtained permission from the manager to open the door for me if I came by to get it. I was glad I didn't have to call the credit card company to suspend my card.

The next morning we decided we should get something for the kids. We were going to stop by Target to get something, but right next to the Target was a Book Outlet with 70% off of everything. It was a great find. We bought about $90 of books for around $25.

I walked into the house before Dawn. When the E saw me she was excited, jumped off the couch, and ran right past me to see where Dawn was. I guess they love their mother.

Come again?

For home evening we talked about how Adam was given dominion over the earth. I asked the kids what "dominion" means?

J excitedly yelled out, "Cows!!"

To his credit, we were reading from Genesis chapter 1 where it says, "and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth..."

Terrific Three's

K turned 3 on the 18. She is our little cheeser. She loves to smile, laugh, and play with E and J. She smothers H with love. She is our little princess and lives in dress ups. We had a princess party with "Pinkalious" cupcakes. We love you K. Happy Birthday! Opening presents.

We played kiss the frog prince. They loved it.

Here is K on her birthday. This is a heart shaped pink cake that she requested. She loves pink!

6 big ones.

H hit the 6 month mark on the 13. I can't believe how fast time flies. She is close to sitting up, loves to smile and laugh, rolls over and puts anything she can get in her mouth. She is a whopping 17 lbs and 26 inches long. She is a delight to all around her!

Here is a shot of her piggies. She loves to move her legs and rub her feet together. Socks never stay on!

8 Things

Since my 1st born turned 8 today, here's 8 things I love about her.
1. She can make friends with anyone.
2. She has many books and loves to stay up late reading.
3. She loves the scriptures and finished reading the Book of Mormon 3 weeks before she was baptized.
4. She loves school and homework and I never have to make her do it.
5. She loves music. She is always singing and playing piano.
6. She is a wonderful big sister. She is always willing to help with the baby and play with her younger siblings.
7. She has a great imagination.
8. She is my girly girl.
WE LOVE YOU EDG!

Wishing......

E turned 8 today. She also chose to be baptized today. She has been so excited for this for many days, months, years. She looked so beautiful and happy. We missed having family and so many good friends there to see it. We had wonderful friends here that came to see E. We are truly Blessed.

Malingering

Dawn has been sick for the last several days. She just asked for a cough drop, and I had K be the delivery girl. She immediately came back into the kitchen where I was to tell me that she now had a sore throat and needed some "gum" for her throat. Good thing I've been trained to recognize malingering.

She has also mastered the art of the pouty lower lip when she doesn't get things her way.