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April 17, 2009

vacation: friday

Today is the day before the day we go home and I'm just about ready. Yesterday we took the kids to ihop. It was against my better judgement because I think when you're in a new town you should eat at new places but there we were, selling out to the man...again. After that we got Trevor's haircut and then Dan, Trev, Tess, Max and I went out and got lost in the mountains so we could take pictures. That was really cool. We went to eastern menonite university, keezeltown, rockingham and some other places. It was fun right up 'til max decided to scream his fool head off until we went back.

Yesterday afternoon I took Kendall and Tess to the build a bear thing at the bottom of the hill. Tess refused to build her own and we had to buy the display dragon. Kendall got a pretty purple unicorn in a cheerleader suit. My girls are so very different.

Last night we had an overpriced under-tastey meal at Hank's smoke house. Mine was good, but I think I was the only one who enjoyed it. Tess enjoyed the fishtank, she stared at the fish through the entire meal.

Today we're going to the water park. I really have dug my heels in and not wanted to go because i know I'll end up stuck with the babies while everyone else plays but, ya know what? I woke up in a better frame of mind about it. I'll go, watch babies, take pictures and enjoy myself...being around them all, knowing that tomorrow everyone will scatter again, is going to be worth it.

It has been a much more peaceful week than I had imagined. I think Caylor made part of this possible. He's got a calming effect on both boys. I also think it's because we all knew it'd be tight quarters and everyone's done a good job of just getting along. I never thought that could happen!

Posted by krystal at April 17, 2009 8:07 AM

Comments

I remember eating a KFC in Hawaii. I thought that was a sell out too. But I wanted KFC!

Posted by: Cindy Barnett at April 20, 2009 6:38 PM