A Trip to the Spa and the Pool

This week has been full of adventures with the kiddos. Who knew going to the store could be so complicated? Someone wants a toy, someone wants a treat, someone wants a different store, someone wants in the cart, someone wants out. Whew.. luckily we made it through Costco, Wal Mart, Target, Homegoods, and the awesome Fairway Market all in one week!

After making it through all these stores the boys were able to talk their mom into a summer pool! It was a hot hot day and they came home and got right in their suits. The next few days I guess it was just too much of a hassle to get the swim suit on so they just got in in their clothes. Made for some wet laundry.  Lucky for them they had lots of water guns so I got cooled off pretty quick too.

Squirting my toes!

Bryant is sure that these are flowers....He picked me one and made sure it went in my hair for the rest of the day. 

Nate and I were able to babysit the kids while Dave and Lara went to the adult Stake Conference session. We had pizza and puzzles. Later, I walked in after cleaning up and the kids were giving Nate a nice spa treatment haha. He had an eyemask, some really girly lotion, hairspray, water, a brush etc.. Bryant was pounding on his back- He informed me that this was a massage- and Blake was smearing lotion all over Nate's hairy legs- while Eli was styling his hair. It was quite the treatment. Nate smelled really nice afterwards.

Unfortunately after the treatment we had to put them to bed. They went down pretty good but they have quite the routine. My favorite part was prayer time. Blake said “Heavenly Father and Jesus we love it when you are close to us because it makes us happy and safe.” Kids are so sweet. I can’t get enough of them.

Isn't the eye mask a nice touch?

The most exciting part of the week was the raccoon trap. Don't worry it's a "Have a heart Trap" so it's safe and it says- for frequent use! awesome.  It came in the mail and the little boys could not leave it alone. They thought it was the coolest thing ever! Then the big boys got home and they couldn’t leave it alone either ha. Dave and Nate came up with some awesome bate. Pirates Booty and Dog Food was the first night. The raccoon ate it all but he was smart enough to get to the food without getting inside the trap. Nate and Dave weren’t too happy about that. The next night they got a little more creative and made a trail of rice crispy treat into the cage.

Nate and I were getting to bed a little later than usual because it was the weekend. The motion light popped on and Nate popped right out of bed and ran for a window. Then I hear him loudly whisper “MCKEll  IT’S HERE!” not sure why he was whispering we are the only ones in the basement, but I got up and sure enough there was the big raccoon. He ate the trail and walked around the back of the trap to see if he could reach in and grab the food, he couldn’t so he just scurried right away. Once again, outsmarting the boys. Nate was so mad. Haha

The next night we made an even better trail that traveled all the way through the cage so it just couldn’t resist. Nate popped out of bed at 5:30 am and sure enough there was something in the cage!! But it sure wasn’t a raccoon… it was a POSSUM! Yuck! Nate sent a message to Dave and we heard him racing down the stairs to come see haha. It was quite the morning. The kids were going crazy, eli was crying because she was worried her dad was going to shoot it with the bbgun. Lucky for all of us we just released it right back where it came from.. I would be happy to never see one again.

A few awesome quotes from the kids:

Blake: “Guys! It’s all right if it looks dead, possums play dead!

Blake: “McKell, Posumms are nocturnal so he is probably going to go to sleep soon because it’s the day.”

Bryant: Dave was saying how he wanted to get all of the scary, crazy animals off his property and shoot them all, Bryant (remember he is 3): “Dad, Listen to yourself!” he said it probably 5 times. 

They say the funniest things I wish I could just write them all down. This week Blake explained to Nate how gravity works as well. These kids know their stuff.

One last little update.  Here is an aswesome video of the frogs, oh yeah they are still there, don’t you worry. We basically live at the zoo.