Talk about busy and fun! A week ago, Ashley and fam came in town. I never saw Scout when they were here. Scout’s total buddies Colby and Camden provided hours and hours of entertainment. On Friday we all went to Legoland. “All” included Brockbanks, Cliffords, Ash and fam, Nonnie, Denisons…..and Seth and fam. We had a blast, and I am a fan of this amusement park for youngens. Scout had a great time, Navy was content, the food was actually pretty good at the park, and I am pleased to announce that I got a free $125 to spend in the park. To the disgust of my husband and mom, I signed up for a two hour tour of a local resort, and got the gift card! They laughed, but came back to me with their tails between their legs when they wanted me to buy something! Yeah right! Dream on dreamers!
Then on Saturday, we had a birthday party for Stinkpot with about 40 people. It was a BBQ and swimming extravaganza. I wanted to make it simple, so I just bought an inner tube for all 17 kids, turned the heat in the pool up, turned the jacuzzi to high, had burgers and dogs, and let everyone chat and/or swim. Again….a total blast!
(Spanky and Skylar also had birthdays, so we celebrated with cupcakes for all of them.)
(All of the kids were loving the inner tubes.)
(Can’t you tell! By the way, Trey is in the middle of those tubes!)
(What a shot! She was completely out after Bree held her for a bit.)
Finally, Navy was blessed on Sunday. Most of the same people were also there for the blessing, and a lunch afterward. One bonus was the “aunties” who made it out. A great day, and so special. She is almost 4 months, and wasn’t into the lying down part of the blessing, so she cried during the second half. I thought it was cute. We had a delicious and light lunch afterward of Marcy’s salad, garlic bread and strawberry shortcake for dessert.
(She looks like an angel.)
(Some of the attendees. Talk about a crazy and rowdy bunch.)
(The aunties. Don’t mind Tristen just being herself.)
(Navy was blessed in my same blessing dress. I am so glad my mom kept it for all of these years. I can’t wait for her little girl to wear it. Isn’t it sweet.)
(One of the few times a year that all of the sisters are together. We always have the best time together!)
(She is so stinking cute! I L-O-V-E her!)
Everyone packed up and left Sunday night, and I was utterly exhausted. I just thought of the mess downstairs and wanted to die! I finally had Navy fed and down, so I made my way down to surprisingly find…..a sparkling and completely spotless kitchen. What a guy! Micah had even cleaned out the fridge of anything that was old. Including condensing everything down to smaller Tupperware. I was beyond happy with the surprise.
We got Scout to sleep, and Navy was already in bed, and both plopped down on the couch. I then made the comment, “Babe….I love and thrive on all the commotion. But when everyone is gone and everything is calm, that is nice too.” No sooner than the word “calm” left my mouth, did we have an earthquake! Micah and I started busting up. Classic! (Sidenote: that was the first earthquake I was ever scared in because I was so worried that Scout was going to be scared. Ahhhh….. a mother’s love!)
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