On our way . . . Only took us about 5 1/2 hours… I don’t even know how that is possible but way too long! We did not leave until around 2 or so … probably too late… stopped for Subway dinner. Pretty smooth traveling with the girls considering how long it took.
Fun late night wherein the power went off and I showered in the dark: ) Came back on around 12:30 and both of our side lights came on and I was half in and half out kinda dreaming that a toddler was shining a flashlight in my face talking. Mason talking downstairs😆
So no one slept well the first night, but that is how it goes & it was kinda fun to use the lanterns and flashlights that Grandma and Grandpa are very prepared with ;)
Plus it calmed down the house and forced us to bed earlier.
These two ❤
LAKE early in the morgen. Michael did the paddle board! I was shocked when it happened and told mom not to “spook him” when we saw he was going to do it;) He said it was funny we were all saying how sweet Brett was to help him but when he came back he later told us Brett said “I’m coming for you” and bumped into him on purpose 😂
Sophia got Gwinna to stand up on the paddle board for a moment. Scaredy faced;)
Me & Michael took the kayak out a couple times. It was lovely and peaceful. I took Sia out once too and she is so brave and a hard worker, she wanted to paddle with me the whole time! It was awesome & so much fun! Noelle worked hard the whole time with the boys building castles and trying to get a moat going to fill it up. Grandpa was not satisfied with my burying Sia with sand so he got up and fixed my work 😋❤
So this was fun. Boys pulling down a tree while Grandpa sawed it. Eli wanted me off the balcony because he was nervous, which I appreciated but I did not get a video of them running away after they pulled. They planned where to run & moved debris out of the way so they wouldn’t fall doing it. Michael came in saying it was an adrenaline rush and one of the most fun things he’s ever been a part of!
Truckee shopping. We got plenty of olive oils and honey! Grandma got some amazing yarn for Gwinna girl & then Drunken Monkey time for dinner!!! Too much fun at the kids table with Eli & Alayna:)
I joined them for a few minutes after I took this & did not last until it was finished. They finished right after I went to bed.
Sacrament meeting in the living room on Sunday morning. Eli shared a good little story and bore his testimony and the boys blessed & passed. Perrin distracted me most of the time and wanted bread and a “little cup” of water :)
Precious is precious. We enjoyed having her around in the house;)
After sacrament me, Michael and parents went to finally check out their property! YAY! It was really great to see their energy and excitement for it all when we were on our way and hiking all around it. We also walked across the street to check out a tiny cemetery. Tweedlman and Twaddle…two separate last names…Irish. Funny. We also walked to their future neighbors home and mom realized that their gates had come in. So funny just checking things out. I was cracking up at her:) They haven’t moved in yet but it still felt a little odd to be walking on their land. Ha!
We stopped on our drive back to check out a grandfather clock, get some sandwiches & monsters at a shop with very inappropriate things for sale 😝 (dad kept finding the worst ones!), found a present for Sia that I’ve been wanting to for a while, and to an antique place to pick up a gun:) And the parents drove us by some amazing homes that they have been checking out for the past few years, picking their favorites. Good time.
Crafting was so much fun! I kept going back out to work on my pinecone wreath and poke my hands a million times. I even got a splinter. Dad picked it out for me and said my tweezers are an off brand because he took half of my skin with it 😛 It’s true.
The girls created some fun things & the mini canvases were the most popular! Handprints, pinecone painting and me & Soph tried making a fun game of things for the blonde twinsies!
I had Noelle smile for one of these pictures but it was a forced one so this is more true to life. Nervous coming down the stairs outside:)
We made a mini fort for Sia & Perrin. Perrin kept referring to it as his cave in the cutest little voice.
A little Toy Story time.
Dominoes! Boys just want to knock them all over;)
By Noelle
We had pesto pasta for dinner & mom made Kristen’s sauce too! ALL YUM. A great salad and there was always plenty of fruit to go around. Mudslide ice cream for dessert. Yum. I always forget how amazing it is and have only ever had it at the parents house or the cabin! These shopkins drawings are just a few that were in Noelle’s video for the talent show. She has been working hard to draw 80 of her shopkins over the past couple of months. So awesome. Sia danced & did a few gymnastics moves in it…hard with hard floor to do what she would like to, but still great. Grandma & Grandpa shared their talents through making us all little jars of emollient, coconut oil creations. Smell & feel so good. Also mom made us wood hair barrettes…so pretty!
Oh! I didn’t get a close up of them but candy jars were fun this year too. Gwinna got to help with recording guesses:) I won kumquats … tied with Alayna and we both had to pick a new number. Gwinna won the Swedish fish which she was so happy about! Sophia won the jar we brought with airhead, sour rainbow strips in it…of course Brett was so happy about that :) I don’t know who won it but we all sat around eating the peppermint taffies one night…taste like Christmas;)
Dad won the rainbowed m&ms which made sense to all of us😄
A few other things:
💚We voted molasses cookies (sorry Eli) for this trip and it was the right choice, except I did eat way too many! BUT YUM! Thanks mom! 💚I got Eli & Alayna to take a sip of my pre workout on the beach and Eli liked it … Alayna not so much… not a cherry fan…good to know:)
💚My feet and hands were so swollen the entire trip. Eli said likely the heat because I am so used to living in my 67 degree weather house…I never cooled off there;)
💚Gwinna is hilarious. She now loves the NATIVE shampoo, conditioner and body wash and asked me to buy all three. She has also informed that when we move to a new house she would like a small, rounded shower like the one at the cabin AND the shower head! 😂
💚The tile in that shower makes me dizzy! WOW…even crazier bathing in it by lantern light! Hehe.
💚Poor Grandpa had to plunge on this visit. Sorry dad 😅
💚I am no good at foosball. I cannot think fast enough! Fun to try with my girls though;)
💚Tanner is the squishiest & has the greatest laugh and he did pound it and high five with me once & laughed for me a couple times! YAY!
