MORE VACATION...and updates at the bottom!

Ok so I am a horrible blogger! Forgive me! I would love to tell you I will do better, but that will just set me up for failure! The last thing I need right now is one more thing to feel guilty about not getting done! SO better late then never I guess! Sadly just getting to Lori's house was so eventful it took a WHOLE post! That really did suck! Oh well the rest of the week was fabulous!

SO here goes...

Sunday June 7,2009
Lori always tells us great stories about her church so I really wanted to go with her to see what it was like. For those of us that grew up with the LDS religion being the majority not minority I was hoping for an eye opening experience. Sadly they were all on there best behavior that day! Other then the Happy Birthday song that was sung in primary it was very uneventful! I must say I was a bit sad about this! HAHA! After church we went back to Lori's to get our jammies back on and relax. We were still soooo exhausted! We had Lacey's bday cake and sloppy Joe's. One of Lacey's favorites! The rest of the day was spent hanging out and laughing.

Monday June 8, 2009
We spent Monday still recouping from the nasty 24 hour road trip. We spent time up in Jo's room hanging out Laughing our guts out. At nothing particular I am sure, but dang we truly are funny girls! Lori was holding Cooper and Cylie was so excited to get her hands on him. She would get so frustrated because we would let her get just close enough that she could see him but not close enough for her to taste him! She was getting so mad! It was pretty funny! The weather was a bit chilly so we all hung out inside just soaking up our time together.

Tuesday June 9, 2009
We headed to Minneapolis to do the Mall of America this day. Originally when we talked about doing this is it was supposed to be a "sister thing" but some of the men decided to tag along which meant some of the kids tagged along. It probably would have been a little less stress with only the sisters but it was still fun! I only wish I had money to spend while we were there! It was huge! They had some rides inside. We let Brook go on one ride with Michelle. Then the bigger girls (Lacey, Jo, Me and Michelle) wanted to go on a bigger girl ride. Lori so should have joined us! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time! It was a sponge bob ride it took you straight up to the top of the mall, then dropped you straight to the floor! It took my breath away I tried so hard to scream but I couldn't! It was fun! I could have spent more time doing the rides but alas our time was limited. So we walked and walked and looked and looked. It was fun! If there is ever a next time it will be a girl only trip...maybe an overnight girl trip hmmmmm that's a great idea! The boys that stayed home went fishing. They had a great time. Cylie got to go spend the day with Lori's wonderful friend Heather and her girls! I knew she was in great hands and was enjoying her time so it made it easier for me to have fun at the mall! After we got home it was kinda late so we had a quick dinner then just chilled.

Wednesday June 10, 2009
Wednesday we did more hanging out. The boys had such a good time fishing they went again. The girls did what we do best and laughed and made more memories. It is kinda hard to leave with two little ones, but that is OK we had a perfectly good time just sitting on Jo's floor laughing and being silly.

Thursday June 11, 2009
Thursday we were having some pictures taken by Lori's friend Heather in the evening so we hung out in the morning and hit the local "mall" it was a really sad little place! But non the less we found somewhere to SHOP! haha! I had thought we would all were jeans in our family photos and Bridger had worn his only jeans the day before and put a hole in the knee! Darn boys, how are they so rough on clothes! So that was our mission was to find Bridger some new jeans, that didn't cost a lot! Cause really that is the last thing one wants to buy while on vacation. Anyways while at the local mall we did find some jeans and they were on a really good sale! SCORE! I also found the most fabulous purse ever! I Loved it from the moment I saw it across the store! It was a brown giraffe print bag! Sooo uber fabulous! But again not really in my budget to be buying new bags! So I went across the store to visit the bag, say a nice hello and leave it there! I was sad...but strong! This whole buying things only because you need them is really hard for me! I am learning and am a work in progress. I considered the day a success, we found some inexpensive pants and I left the bag at the store! GO ME! We headed back to Lori's house to get some lunch. Well after we got back Lori looked at Michelle and said "should we give it to her?" I looked puzzled at her and Michelle said "yes!" They pull out the bag! THE BAG I tell you! I was so happy! My thoughtful sisters bought me the bag for an early birthday present! How fabulous are they! I was so touched at their thoughtfulness! My bag and I haven't been separated since!(well except for when I went to KC for work cause it was to big and I didn't want to take up that much space!) After the wonderful surprise and the boys got home we went into Lori's room, locked the door and pulled out our peanut m&m's and oreo's to have a little sister time doing pedicures so our feet looked nice for the photos! It was so fun! Jo figured out where we were and unlocked the door from the outside and joined us! She is so fabulous! I love that kid! She fits right in with the sisters! I do hope one day Lacey fits in with the sisters too!So we had great sister time and our feet looked fabulous for the pictures and life was good! For the photo shoot we went to a lake, don't ask me which one cause man they have a million! I will have to try and steal some of the photos that were taken and try to post them. We had thought we would go to a few different locations to take the photos but the husbands sabotaged us and let the kids get in the lake and get all nasty while the sisters and dad where getting our photos taken. Needless to say I was NOT happy. Good thing Heather is good at what she does and got some good shots because she didn't get near the chance that we thought she would. After pictures we went back to Lori's and hung out...husbands in one area of the house, wife's in the other!

I will have to post the rest of the Vacation that took place almost two months ago on Monday.

~~UPDATE ON MY BROTHER~~

You probably have already been bored to tears and logged off already! I don't blame ya! But if you are still here you get the update on my Brother. First of all thank you so much to all of you that came to me in my hour of need. I am not sure where I stand on the whole prayer thing still but I do want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your faith and love during our time of need! Anyways back to Travis, he told me on Monday morning that the tests came back "negative" is how he called it. Which kinda stresses me out. I think they were testing for something specific but Trav didn't want to freak me out any more than I already was so he left that part out! Little stinker. So what that means is they don't know why his pancreas isn't working but they are hopeful that if the stint does it's job and works correctly with that and medication he will be just fine! YEAH! I am so happy and relieved I must say if I am being honest I am not sure I believe it yet. I think once he starts feeling better and looking healthy again I will be able to breath a sigh of relief and be thankful! For now I am trying not to get too excited, been there, done that, didn't turn out so well! I hope you all have a GREAT weekend.

~~YARD SALE~~

We are have a yard sale tomorrow in Blackfoot so if you need any great finds come check it out! It's at least a 4 family sale so there will be lots of great stuff! Its going to be at the old carpet store across from the old Blackfoot motor on Bridge street! See you there!