November 4th Boyd and I caught a ride down to Utah to babysit Phil's family. His parents were invited to teach at a university in the Ukraine and were gone for 10 days. I love going down and spending time with Phil's family. We always have so much fun! The days leading up to babysitting, were not so fun. Phil and I had found a new place to live, but between babysitting and a few other things, we ended up having to move in 3 days (with no preparation). I was exhausted by the time I left and Boyd had his fair share of Curious George. But we did it. We got nearly everything moved before I left. Phil finished up moving the remainder--the junk at the end, thanks Phil. I felt pretty good about how the move went. We put things away as we moved it over and only have a few bins left to unload, and then just the garage to organize. While I was gone, Phil also did lots of projects at the house! What a great guy!
We tried to make the most out of being in a town that actually had things to do. We went to the zoo with Elisabeth and Quinton, went to story time at the library with Jenna and Quinn, we nt to the Kangaroo Zoo with Kristie and Jake, played outside in the yard every day, and I got my hair done (Hooray! Thanks Kristie!)
In between all of that there was getting the kids off to school, making meals, running the kids to ballet and basketball, and of course taking naps (since Boyd decided that he needed to wake up at 4:30 every morning while we were there). Every morning after I tried to tell Boyd to go back to sleep (and that didn't work) I would bring Boyd in bed with me to try to kill as much time as possible. I tried to keep him entertained until 6 when the kids needed to get up. One morning Boyd feel asleep...and so did I. After what I thought had been 15, maybe 20 minutes, I awoke to the garage door opening. I looked at the time and it was 7--when the car pool came to pick up Beth and Quinton. Oh geez. Boyd was still sleeping but I ran out to make sure the kids were on their way out the door, praying that there were awake! Thanks to 12 year old Beth, everyone was ready and on their way on time. Whew!
Phil drove down to Utah the following Friday (the 8th) and my brother Jade was actually in town for the weekend as well. We all had dinner together and Phil and Jade went to the BYU basketball game. The next morning we had a yummy breakfast, Jade left for a meeting and Phil and Nate went to "winterize" our house. I was so glad to have my other half back and to have some extra help with Boyd. For the most part Boyd was really good. Every now and then, when he got sick of playing with his toys, he would go find some other toys to play with. The other toys would include the telephone (I'm surprised he never managed to call 911), the keyboard, Mia's bowl (which he broke), the fake fruit, pencils, the dryer, any thing in the kids' bedrooms, and scissors (to name a few). Boyd was like a magnet to scissors. I would catch him with a pair and put them up somewhere and then he would just find another pair. I don't know how he managed to find so many...and not get hurt. Scary. But as always, the kids were so great with Boyd. Beth is Boyd's second mom and the boys have a lot of fun with Boyd too.
We left for home on Sunday and I was so happy to be in our new place. Today, Monday, I spent the entire day cleaning our old house. It took all day, but it means that we're finally done with the moving process! What a relief! Now just to unpack the final boxes and get a bit more organized!!
Now for the pictures!
At the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City.
Beth in the prairie dog tunnels.
Watching the elephants.
Looking at the baby elephant.
Playing in the yard. There were so many leaves! We had such a great time making big piles of leaves and running through them.
This one of my favorite pictures! Boyd wanted to be able to hold, not touch, both sides of the bridge. So funny!
The tree house.
Playing with Beth!
The Giant Slide.
Playing in the dryer.
Nathan and Quinton sporting their Ukrainian hats. I was looking through some wedding pictures and it was crazy to me how old Nate and Quin are now. When Phil and I got married Nate was 12 and Quinton was 9. Now they are 18 and 15! Love these boys!
3 comments:
So happy the move is behind you! Things always work out if you are willing to work, and you are a worker:) I love all the pictures, love seeing Boyd in the yard with the leaves, and in the tree house! Actually, I just love looking at Boyd's pictures no matter what they are! Can't wait to see you very soon! like one week...yeah!
That tree house is awesome!!!!! when did that go up? It was fun seeing you a lot last week. miss you and looking forward to christmas :)
LOVE that boy.
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