Part 1...Fun Weekend!!! :)

Can I just say I'm so excited to be closer to my sister Rochelle & her family again. :) We've definitely missed them!

It's been really great being able to hang out with them & be able to spend time with them again. Instead of the occasional, few & far in between, vacations to Vegas that is. :). Since my husband's in Utah for the bow hunt, we've pretty much spent most of the weekend with her & my niece Morgan. :) Which has been alot of fun! Here's a break down of the weekend! I'm breaking it up into parts as you can tell,...otherwise it's be one huge long novel, & you'd be asleep within minutes :).

Friday we went & picked up Morgan after she got out of school, so she could come & play @ our house. Since she's been calling everyday to come over & play :), so I promised her I would. Then we went over to one of our neighbors houses, since that morning she had invited us to come over & visit with her & her family, so the kids could get to know each other & play. It was a lot of fun! Marci & Eric. Super nice couple! Their oldest son Tayven is in my daughter's class @ school. And we happened to run into them Thursday night, when we went to the little park by our house.
Marci is really sweet. She came over Friday morning with her younger kids, & another neighbor, Brooke, & her kids. To introduce them to my son Jayden, since they each have a son his age, and to further welcome us to the neighborhood. Yay :) I finally know a neighbor...awesome! :):) Plus she's the primary president @ our local ward :). Coincidence, I think not! :) So she put each of the kids in her kids classes so they would at least know one person & not be so nervous. See what I mean....super sweet!
What's funny is that when we lived here 4 years ago, we were in the exact same ward, & pregnant at the exact same time. We knew alot of the same people, but we never met. I just thought it was so funny. It's crazy how things work out. Needless to say, Mikayla & Jayden are over the moon thrilled that they each have a friend their own age now. :). They had a lot of fun!! They definitely still miss all their friends back home! But they're very excited to have met some new ones here. Mikayla especially was afraid she wouldn't have any friends here. She's been really worried about that since we've moved here. So thanks Marci & Eric, for your awesome hospitality & for letting the kids get to know each other!!! :):)
So after a fun evening at our neighbors house, we came home & my sister Rochelle came over & we rented some movies @ the red box. One for her & I to watch..Push. And one for the kids to watch upstairs....Bolt. It was so much fun! :) Just chillin', eatin' ice cream, & watching movies. It was great :):):) Thank Roch for an awesome evening & for trying to teach me online poker on facebook :)! Still a lost cause! :)

Then Saturday we all went grocery shopping @ Cosco (& ate lots & lots of awesome food samples. Yum! :o), & of course, Ross (our favorite store :). For anyone who knows me & my sister, that's a given :). It actually wasn't that bad with the kids either. Shocking!!! They voluntarily went with us! Another shocker!
Let's just say by the time we left, they had, not only, completely straightened & organized the entire toy section. But the Halloween & part of the luggage section as well. They were so excited when the loss prevention guy told them what a great job they'd done & that they should be hired. It was so cute :). I wish I had a picture of the smiles on their faces! :) That is definitely the cleanest I have EVER, seen the toy area. :) Good job kids :):) Now if only you could do that @ home :). That'd be Great!!!
Afterwards we went back to Roch's house to chill & eat Spaghetti. The kids devoured it! Holy cow. I think they each had 2 or 3 servings. Crazy. All that work at the store, made them ravenous :). Thanks Darrin :)...you're the best!! :). Then Mikayla stayed & had a sleepover, while me & the boys drove back home.