Weekend with the Boys

Before leaving for California, Clayton and I decided to have a sleepover with Gage and Gavin. The last day of school before break, Friday, Clayton brought the boys with him when he came home from work. We played some Rock Band, ate some pizza, and watched a movie. That was about all that we had time for that night.

Saturday, Clayton had ski patrol, so it was just the boys and me. They woke me up around 7:00 am, or so. It wasn't too bad, but it wasn't what I wanted ;o) We had plans to go to the Aquarium that day, but it didn't open until noon, so we had some time to kill (another reason I wanted them to sleep in). I let them watch a little t.v. while I showered and got ready, but I didn't want them watching t.v. all day, so I had to come up with something else to do. I asked them what they had gotten their parents for Christmas and Gavin said that their mom bought something for their dad that they'll put their name on. I told them that didn't count and that we were going to go find some kind of craft for them to do. We went to Wal Mart and picked out an O-B-R-A-Y in wooden letters, and some paint. The boys were so excited to do the craft and kept saying how much fun painting was.

Well, by the time we were done with our 2 coats of paint, it was time for lunch, and then time for the Aquarium. The first time past the Aquarium, we missed it, it wasn't as big as I would have thought it would be. But after circling around the block we found it :o) It really wasn't the biggest thing ever, but it sure was fun! We started off by looking at water life in Utah, then we went and watched a Rain Forest "show" where after wards you had the opportunity to touch a Hiss Cockroach and a Boa. I opted out of touching the cockroach. Gavin and I petted the snake, but little Gagie backed far away from the thing. After the "show" we saw jelly fish, an octopus, sea horses (regular sized ones, tiny ones, and large ones), touched stingrays, saw a turtle and some sharks. Then we moved to a separate exhibit where we saw penguins, poison dart frogs, more snakes, piranhas and a crocodile. Then we were all done. It was great, it just didn't last that long.

After the Aquarium we played more Rock Band, and Gage didn't even fail out once! (Which is impressive because no one actually ever lets him play his own, he's usually just the helper.) Then it was time for some games and some dinner. Once dinner was over, Clayton came home and we headed off to Salt Lake to check out a way decked out house. I thought it was a whole neighborhood, but it turned out to just be one house. But it was a cool house. This guy had done SO much. He had a whole light show going on, and it was timed to music. It was insane. So was the traffic. Luckily we got the heads up to park at a church and walk the block. Good thing. We were in and out in like 15-20 minutes, where as there was a line of cars, that I'm sure would take an hour to get to the house. Because it had turned out to be only one house, on our drive home, we turned down random neighborhoods that looked to be well lit by Christmas lights. That really got me excited for Christmas. By time we got home, the kids were knocked out!

Sunday we woke up and made french toast and ate a nice family breakfast. Then Uncle Clayton took over the kid watch while I got ready for church. Sacrament meeting was interesting with kids, they were really well behaved, but it was harder to keep Clayton focused :o) Well, at least all 3 of the boys were quiet. After church we headed up to Hooper for the Fowers' Christmas Party, and our duty of boy tending was over. Jessica and Matt asked us if we were ready for kids now that we'd had the boys over and I informed then that we certainly weren't starting off with a 7 and 9 year old right off the bat, we wanted to enjoy the baby stage first.