We have been gone for 10 days and I feel tired...Dean feels more tired but that's a different story.
The real reason for the start of this trip was because my middle sister (I have 4, did you know that) ANYWAY she is getting married in September and we needed to have a shower in IL at my mom & dad's church because most of those people aren't going to be traveling to IA for the wedding. So down we went. AND being good sisters the rest of us threw her a very amazing shower. HOW you may ask do I know it was amazing???? WELL it was amazing because it took us at least 12 hours of cooking to get ready for this thing My sisters and I have a disorder that makes us overachievers when it comes to food and parties of ANT kind. And frankly this party wasn't any different. You see the sister getting married hates normal bridal showers and the foo-foo food that gets served, so being the nice sisters we are we decided to throw her an amazing (from scratch) Mexican fiesta! Complete with authentic food. Have you ever cooked authentic Mexican food???? IT TAKES FOREVER! But in the end it was so delicious that it didn't really matter and Sister M totally loved everything we did.....SO Mission Accomplished.
The kids were driving us nuts the next day because it was hot outside and they were trapped inside and they really just needed to run and get out all their energy! So we let them run at the park and then Nana let them "swim" in her 4 person hot tub. Have you ever seen 7 kids ranging in ages from 10 - 1 in a 4 person hot tub? Let's just say it was extreamly comical and not very practical, but they got wet and they were happy so, score one for the home team! hahah
The kids were driving us nuts the next day because it was hot outside and they were trapped inside and they really just needed to run and get out all their energy! So we let them run at the park and then Nana let them "swim" in her 4 person hot tub. Have you ever seen 7 kids ranging in ages from 10 - 1 in a 4 person hot tub? Let's just say it was extreamly comical and not very practical, but they got wet and they were happy so, score one for the home team! hahah
My mom, sister N and sister K, and I decided to leave all the children (7 of them) with my dad and husband and run to the mall to find my mom a Mother-of-the -Bride dress. It should have been a mostly easy task. First we went to a fabric store because sister K needed to find fabric to make curtains for the bedroom of her girls. We couldn't find exactly what we were looking for because she didn't have the paint samples with her. SO then we went to Lowe's and it turned out that they didn't have the paint type that she was looking for so we walked around pulling colors trying to match them to the little bits of paint that she hadn't been able to scrub off of her hand and ankles...thankfully we found one but as you can imagine it was pretty funny watching her match colors! THEN we went to Hobby Lobby and looked at a few things and laughed a lot at the signs. (If at first you don't succeed, try doing it the way our wife told you. There's a skinny girl inside of me scream to get out, but I can usually shut her up with cookies.) There were a TON of them, but we each bought a couple that we likes the best. ONE of the ones that I bought said "House Rules. Rule #1 Mom's the Boss. #2 See Rule #1" I love it! OK SO then we went to a 2nd fabric store where sister N found exactly what she was looking for to make her latest baby quilt for a friend, and Sister K still didn't find what she wanted because she didn't want to spend over $100 to make curtains for her girls! THEN we finally got to the mall where Mom tried on about 15 dresses at store #1....NO LUCK! Although several laughs! Off to store #2 where she tired on about 15 more and we found the perfect dress....except for that spot on the dress. SO we had to order the dress because they didn't have any more in her size. At that point I was so excited because it was 3pm and I hadn't eaten anything all day! So I knew we were going to get to head for some food....except that we walked past all these really awesome dresses....and mom said, I love those everyone grab a few you like and I'll buy you each a dress. Have I mentioned that I LOVE my mother! SO I found a really cute dress, in a Large...guess what.....it was too BIG...had to buy a Medium...yay me! Then a quick bite to eat (FINALLY)! and off to wal-mart where we all decided (except sister N) that a change in Hair color was in order. We bought all the stuff, and didn't ever get to do our hair.
After we were done with all the craziness at my parents house it's off to 1 set of my in-laws.
While we were there we did several things. 1) I got to play BINGO again and WON for the first time EVER!!!!!! 2) We went to the pool in 111 degree temps 3) We went to a water park as a family! 3) We swam in the lake 4) I SHOT GUNS!
AND the whole while this was going on, my poor husband was working on projects with his dad. The only day he got to come and have family fun time was when we went to the water park. I felt so bad for him, I mean it's his vacation to.
After we were done with all the craziness at my parents house it's off to 1 set of my in-laws.
While we were there we did several things. 1) I got to play BINGO again and WON for the first time EVER!!!!!! 2) We went to the pool in 111 degree temps 3) We went to a water park as a family! 3) We swam in the lake 4) I SHOT GUNS!
AND the whole while this was going on, my poor husband was working on projects with his dad. The only day he got to come and have family fun time was when we went to the water park. I felt so bad for him, I mean it's his vacation to.
SO new rules....When we go on a Family Vacation, to call it an actual Vacation we shouldn't go visit FAMILY! :)
Now on to being stressed about school starting....Post at y'all later!
Now on to being stressed about school starting....Post at y'all later!
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