Our mini vacation

This last weekend we took the kids on a mini vacation to Idaho. There is a cool little place there in Coeur D'Alene called Triple Play. They have go carts, miniature golf, ice skating, laser tag, bowling, putt putt, rock climbing, arcade games and a giant indoor water park.

We left early on Saturday morning on our little vaca. The kids were so excited, so were we. We had breakfast inside McDonald's. They couldn't believe we got to eat inside and not in the car. Normally McDonald's is a "oh my gosh look at how late it is" kind of dinner.

Then we headed out for Idaho. The kids weren't really prepared for the 4 hour car ride. There was a lot of "are we there yet", but the had lots of crafty stuff to do on the ride and Big E just listened to his MP3 player and was texting the whole ride.

Finally we arrived and we were a little early to check in to the hotel. Did I mention there is a hotel attached to the water park? It is pretty awesome! Anyway we decided to check out some of the other stuff before we checked in and went to the water park.

J got to rock climb. She loved it!



Then we took the kids over to the go carts. Little E and J weren't tall enough to drive them alone so Big E drove and they were the passengers.





Finally we could check in and go to the water park.





The kids were in heaven!



They went down water slides.




Ben and I even went down one! (no pictures to share of that)
Then we ordered some pizza and went up to our room to watch a new movie I bought just for this night (Where the Wild Things Are). We ate pizza in bed and watched the movie.



On Sunday we had planned to go back to the water park and then after check out go bowling, but there was a little incident with Ben. Long story short he ended up in the hospital by ambulance. He will be fine, but it was really scary.

Amazing Find

I found the most amazing store the other day. I was window shopping downtown and went into an antiques store. I was wandering around the store not seeing anything that really caught my eye. Then I turned the corner and found this...





I fell in love! I was so inspired by this area that I have decided to finally make my own craft area in my home. AND I have decided to begin to teach myself to sew. I have had a machine for about 2 or 3 years, but do not know how to use it. It has been over at my best friends house for about 2 or 3 years.

Well the time has come for me to really learn how! I will post a picture showing how it has turned out.

Lately...

Our lives have been very busy lately. I know that is nothing new. I wanted to share some of the reasons we have been so busy.

(Warning: tons of pictures to follow)

Little E lost 2 more teeth. He is becoming my very own jack-o-lantern. ☺



We hung out with our friends. Nothing new there. I love these guys! ♥



We had friends over for the Superbowl.







That's it for now, but I will have another post very, very soon. This time I promise!!

Infomercial splurge

I went a little overboard and bought 2 things I have been wanting for a long time. Big Top Cupcake and the Perfect Brownie. I always get these big ideas of things I am going to make and want to do, most of them don't pan out. Ben is great though, he will let me go on and get the things I want to for my "big" ideas. He never says "I told you so" either. I got one of the good ones!



Tomorrow I plan on doing a lot of baking!

GS/CS

This weekend was all about Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts in our house. Little E has been in Cub Scouts a few months and we have finally been able to find a Girl Scout troop for J. They are having the best time.

This weekend technically started on Thursday. Little E had his awards ceremony and he was so excited to get the patches he has worked so hard for.



On Friday night J and Dad went to a Girl Scout Father/Daughter dance. She had the best time just being with her Dad. I am still hearing stories of what they did and how much fun she had.




Then on Saturday Ben took Little E to the mountains for old fashioned sleigh rides and sledding with Cub Scouts. Little E had the best time! When everyone else was done sledding and having s'mores, he was still going up and down the hill on the sleds. He was soaked clear to the bone, but he had such a great time.





After the boys got home, we all settled in with root beer floats and had a family movie night.

P.S. Big E was once again gone with friends. We miss hanging out with him. I guess this is what happens when they get older. :(

Dreary Sunday

Yesterday was one of the dreariest days we have had all year. So to make our house a little more cozy I made homemade chili and baked some cookies.

Pain, pain go away

I am a nervous wreck. I am having a tooth pulled tomorrow. My tooth has decayed down to the nerve and I cannot stand the pain anymore. The pain has been waking me up in the middle of the night out a dead sleep. I know it will feel better after it has been done, but I am petrified! I had another tooth pulled last year and I felt everything. They gave me the gas and they shot me up so many times with Novocaine that they couldn't give me anymore and I still felt every tug and pull. I cried through the whole procedure. Then to make matters worse I was still in incredible pain for about a week and a half. Needless to say, I am really scared.

Please say a little prayer.