After the parade we went swimming, it was really hot so we all stayed in long enough to turn into prunes.
Monday, July 28, 2008
All work and no play makes Marti & Emy grumpy kids
It's a good thing that the 24th of July is a holiday in Utah because my kids needed a break from packing. We went to the parade downtown and I found out a few things about my kids. Marti really doesn't like clowns, she would see one coming and would run to hide behind the chairs. She also doesn't like the motorcycle cops, but she loves the horses and princesses. Emersyn will dance to any sort of music, marching bands, church choirs, bagpipes, she just can't help herself.
After the parade we went swimming, it was really hot so we all stayed in long enough to turn into prunes.
After the parade we went swimming, it was really hot so we all stayed in long enough to turn into prunes.
Monday, July 14, 2008
I hate moving!
Ok, so I know that it has been 2 weeks since my last blog, but things have been pretty crazy around here. We got an offer on our house while we were in Delaware and after some negotiating we accepted it. Silly me I thought the hard part was over once our house was sold, house hunting sounded so fun. Well, it isn't fun. It is a terrible terrible experience filled with disappointment and frustration. I would go out with our agent in the morning looking at houses, not easy when you are dragging around two little girls who like to get into other peoples stuff, and then if I liked something we would go out after Kory got home to look at it again.
After putting in about 4 offers on houses we didn't get I was about ready to throw in the towel when we found out that the sell fell through on the 1st house we put an offer in for. So we hurried and put in another offer before anyone else could snatch it up and thank heavens it was accepted.
I am now working on packing my house up so that we can move at the end of the month, needless to say you probably won't be hearing a lot from me for at least the next few weeks.
After putting in about 4 offers on houses we didn't get I was about ready to throw in the towel when we found out that the sell fell through on the 1st house we put an offer in for. So we hurried and put in another offer before anyone else could snatch it up and thank heavens it was accepted.
I am now working on packing my house up so that we can move at the end of the month, needless to say you probably won't be hearing a lot from me for at least the next few weeks.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Washington DC
Everything you want to see back east is about 2 hours from Jon and Michelle's house, I'm not kidding everything, so we decided we would go to Washington DC for 1 night. We stayed at the JW Marriott right downtown (fancy), our room was on the 2nd floor so Marti and Emersyn thougth it was fun to sit by the window and watch all the action on the street.
We went to the Air and Space Museum (really cool) and then walked past the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. I was kind of disappointed with the state of The National Mall, it needs some serious fertilizer and maintenance. I thought the coolest thing was the Lincoln Memorial.... until we got kicked out because there was a bomb threat (yikes). We tried to walk past the White House, which is not as easy as you would think to find, and when we finally got there they shut the sidewalk down for security reasons so we couldn't get very close. It was still cool to see, even from a distance.
Kory's favorite part was going to the Museum of Natural History, he liked the dead animals and I liked the diamond and precious stone gallery.
There is so much to see there we will have to go back, hopefully when the kids are old enough that we can go to the adult attractions, i.e. Arlington and the Holocaust Museum etc.
We went to the Air and Space Museum (really cool) and then walked past the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. I was kind of disappointed with the state of The National Mall, it needs some serious fertilizer and maintenance. I thought the coolest thing was the Lincoln Memorial.... until we got kicked out because there was a bomb threat (yikes). We tried to walk past the White House, which is not as easy as you would think to find, and when we finally got there they shut the sidewalk down for security reasons so we couldn't get very close. It was still cool to see, even from a distance.
Kory's favorite part was going to the Museum of Natural History, he liked the dead animals and I liked the diamond and precious stone gallery.
There is so much to see there we will have to go back, hopefully when the kids are old enough that we can go to the adult attractions, i.e. Arlington and the Holocaust Museum etc.
Delaware Fun
We got back from our trip to Delaware on Saturday and Marti was ready to go back on Sunday. We had a really good time seeing Jon and Michelle and the kids. Marti and Brinley got along especially well, except when it came to sharing the boys. They spent a lot of their time playing dress up. Emersyn really loved Kayla (who is totally adorable and sweet) and liked to smother her with hugs and kisses. Dallin and Josh were so sweet and patient with the girls, Dallin spent a lot of his time reading them books.
We went to the Baltimore Aquarium and watched the dolphin show and then ate dinner right by the ocean (or at least I think it was the ocean?).
We went to the beach and spent a day enjoying the sand and water, we even saw dolphins swimming nearby. I think Marti and Emersyn still might have sand stuck to her scalps from that trip.
We all went to see Kung Fu Panda, which is really good, and then we left the kids with a babysitter, except Kayla, and the adults went to dinner.
Kory locked the keys in our rental car, with the car running, and then we had to wait 2 and 1/2 hours until a locksmith came to unlock it. We wasted a lot of gas. I think that Kory and I are now even for the Bear Lake ditch incident.
I got to test my driving skills as we were driving to Philadelphia in rain that can best be described as a waterfall. We made it, but it was definitely white knuckle driving.
We had pretty good weather while we were there, they have afternoon thunderstorms that pop up a lot, but that didn't stop the kids from running through the sprinklers, until the lightning started.
We went to the Baltimore Aquarium and watched the dolphin show and then ate dinner right by the ocean (or at least I think it was the ocean?).
We went to the beach and spent a day enjoying the sand and water, we even saw dolphins swimming nearby. I think Marti and Emersyn still might have sand stuck to her scalps from that trip.
We all went to see Kung Fu Panda, which is really good, and then we left the kids with a babysitter, except Kayla, and the adults went to dinner.
Kory locked the keys in our rental car, with the car running, and then we had to wait 2 and 1/2 hours until a locksmith came to unlock it. We wasted a lot of gas. I think that Kory and I are now even for the Bear Lake ditch incident.
I got to test my driving skills as we were driving to Philadelphia in rain that can best be described as a waterfall. We made it, but it was definitely white knuckle driving.
We had pretty good weather while we were there, they have afternoon thunderstorms that pop up a lot, but that didn't stop the kids from running through the sprinklers, until the lightning started.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
So long....for now
This will be my last blog for a while because we are going to Delaware tomorrow to visit Kory's brother and family. (I hope they are ready for a little 2 year old attitude.)
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