Later we met up with my mom at the movie theater to see "Journey to the Center of the Earth." It was a fun movie, but reminded me of how ridiculously skittish I am. There wasn't anything particularly scary in the movie, just some surprises that had me yelping and jumping in my seat. It's embarrassing really.
After the movie went to Target to wander around. We ended up getting this pair of shoes for Whitney, along with a couple of shirts for school. (I can't believe we're already school shopping!) I enjoyed having my mom there, especially since she volunteered to help Whitney try the shoes on.
We spent more time than usual in the toy section as we discussed Landon's upcoming birthday. He has many various water guns and NERF guns, but they keep coming out with more.
My mom took the kids back to her house to spend the night, so I went shopping at Costco and then spent an hour rearranging my fridge to try to accommodate the produce. Good grief, it feels like our fridge is useless.
The next morning I voluntarily drove out to freakin Eagle Mountain to pick up Landon so he could spend the day at Seven Peaks with a friend. As I pulled into the driveway this is what I saw through my very dirty windshield...my mom with rollers in her hair playing basketball with the kids. That sort of thing just does my heart good. My mom is so cute and tiny that she even looks good with rollers in her hair! (I hope she's not mad I posted this picture, I think it speaks volumes about what a good grandma she can be!)I ended up having about 4 glorious hours at home alone and ended up working on some good mail while I watched a movie on the computer. It was wonderful and oh so quiet in the house. I really appreciated the time alone, not so much that the kids have been bugging me, but all the friends in and out and the running them around has been bugging me.
Adam and Amy and their girls came over for game night last night. It felt like we hadn't had it for awhile. I ended up conquering at Settlers of Catan, losing at Speed, and then staying in the King position in SCUM for the rest of the time...woohoo, that never happens!
Lori showed up in my bedroom at 9:45 this morning, all dressed and ready for the day and requesting that I get up (I was reading in bed) and get ready so we could go to breakfast. I wasn't ready to get going yet so we ended up talking for awhile, so that by the time I got ready to go it was lunch time. We tried a new Mexican place in Draper (El Rancho Grande) that ended up being pretty good.
We then went shopping for awhile (hence this self-portrait in a dressing room) and I used my birthday gift card to Lane Bryant. I actually got a skirt, 4 shirts and a thin, dressy sweater type thing for church. I think it helped to have Lori there making me laugh rather than cry.
It was ridiculously hot today, so much so that we were starting to feel delirious. We stopped at Sonic to get a big cup of ice for me (there's no room in my fridge for a bag of ice right now) and a cream slush. Then we went to my house and hunkered down in the air conditioning to watch "The Other Boleyn Girl". We were pretty disappointed by the movie because we had totally loved the book. Bummer.
**Have you been to the movies lately?
Have you started school shopping yet?
Have you had an orange cream slush?
Does the heat make you delirious?**
Have you started school shopping yet?
Have you had an orange cream slush?
Does the heat make you delirious?**
