Red Lobster

No, that isn't where we had dinner - that is what I look like. We went to the beach on Friday and I am fried. I am a good mommy and put sunscreen on all the children and the hubby and then sat down and relaxed and watched them play in the ocean. You would think that I would be smarter - that after years of burning and KNOWING BETTER I would put sunscreen on. Seriously though, I can not go back to England as white as I left it right? My body needs some sun, I need some evidence of my vacation!! Right? Right? Ouch - don't touch my shoulder that hurts!

I do have to say I love the coppertone spray sunscreen that stuff rocks. I am notorious for putting sunscreen on and missing huge spaces - but with the spray I can stand there and see where it hits and spray again. Kids are happy, hubby is happy, mommy is fried!

Knott's Berry Farm

Yesterday's adventure took us to Knott's Berry Farm. Actually a great park for a family with a mixed "height" of children. Not to mention we went to the grocery store and got tickets for $17 off the regular admission. The hubs took Jackson and they rode all of the big roller coasters and my parents and I wandered around with the other two and watched as they conquered all the rides in Camp Snoopy. Jared is tall enough to go on coasters but JUST BARELY and he chooses not to. No big surprise there as he is not that kind of kid. The funny thing was when they got in line to go on one kiddie ride and Jared was actually too tall. Never in his life has he been TOO TALL to do something. 48" while wearing a good pair of tennis shoes will actually get you out of riding the mini scrambler with your sister!

Today we're all exhausted and will probably just stay around home. Maybe a trip in to the park and the pool will be in order but that's about all I can handle so far.

Hello From Idaho!

Just in for another quick update. Actually not so quick as the mother in law has dial up and every time I click on something it sounds as though the computer is going to up and die.

Father in law is in the hospital with heart problems. He had a major heart attack just a few months ago but had been given the okay. That is until Sunday morning when he was having "classic" symptoms and went in to the hospital. The man's heart now has 6 stints on it - totally crazy but whatever keeps him kicking. He should be coming home today if all goes well. He is insane though and keeps trying to tell us we should all go to Red Lodge Montana when he gets out. Um, no thanks. I'm not going to be responsible for taking him 8 hours away from his doctors and have something go wrong.

I didn't mention while in Utah that my nieces were teasing Jordan big time. She would say something with her "accent" and they would just go nuts laughing and copying her. My nieces and nephews here don't even mention it. While I do agree that her little British accent is FREAKING CUTE we don't need to point it out every 5 minutes.

Well this went from a quick post to not so quick. I'm off now - time to go over to the hospital and see what the latest update is.

In Utah!!

Well, we arrived in Utah today. For some odd reason it is hotter here than it was in Tucson - by about 6 degrees. May not seem all that much but the jump from 95 to 101 is a bit much. We're having a good time visiting all of our friends and family and shopping. Seriously I have a shopping addiction and I think I need to stay away from Old Navy. Shopping in person is way better than online and my kid's closets will definitely benefit, while my checking account won't.

I've had all sorts of TT that I've come up with but of course I missed Thursday altogether - I'll have to start keeping track for fun things to do when I have time.

Okay, have to get back to reading Harry Potter - my brother-in-law just finished it and I have 4 chapters left so I have to make sure and get it finished before he let's something slip. Normally I would have had the book read already but I can't read for very long in the car so it's basically one chapter at a time with breaks in between. Ugh I can hardly stand it!