Middle of July

Sunday my parents came to church with us; it was the first time in our ward. Sally was brave and got up in front of our ward and got a picture of the Temple. My parents left after church and then we headed over to Callan and Karey’s house for dinner. Sally wasn’t feeling good, so she stayed home; we drove two cars because Macy wanted to come back and go to our ward walk about. Dinner was nice. I also borrowed a bike from Callan, so the girls and I were able to ride to the different houses instead of walk It went well!!!

Monday I took Teddy to his speed and agility class in the morning and then dropped off my car at the auto store; they had told me there was one more thing that they needed to fix. They were busy and didn’t seem to have all their staff there so I dropped the car off and walked home. After picking up Teddy with my husbands truck, he and Teddy went and picked up his dad and then went fishing for most of the morning. After fishing they came home and we went to Walmart in Idaho Falls to get some things ready for his trip.

Last summer we took an EF tour group to Europe and this year they are going to Japan; last year we had 8 students, 1 grandma and Sam and myself. This summer there is a group of 27 going; pretty crazy. So Tuesday morning, I got up at 4:20 and got Sam to the airport at close to 5; I came home and went back to bed. We were planning on going down to Utah with my in-laws to have lunch but they moved up the lunch time and my car wasn’t ready yet and I didn’t want to take my husbands truck, so we stayed back. We went over to say bye at 8:45.

Wednesday morning, I took Teddy and a friend down to Idaho Falls to go fishing. It went okay, we stayed for 3 hours. I read some things while I waited for them to be done. I was ready to go, and Teddy got invited to go to Rigby Lake, so we left. His friend wanted to stay, so we left and his grandma picked him up later. Both the girls were at a friends house, so I cleaned a little and then went and played pickleball. It was great.

My sister came over on Thursday morning; because my brother and his family were leaving for a few days she decided to come stay with us. I sometimes wish she come even if my brother was home, but we will take her anytime we can get. Thursday Sally had a playdate with a friend and Teddy went to a movie with a friend too. Macy, Ashlee and I went to Subway for lunch and then after the others got home, we went down to Idaho Falls. Teddy’s tennis shoes ripped at his class this week, so we went to Dicks Sporting Goods store to find some. He found some and we were able to get a good deal with them. I really like Dicks. We then went to dinner and then to Walmart. The girls needed to get new sheets for their beds. The girls picked out some they liked. We also went a little overboard with some body wash and shampoo and conditioner and Epsom salts. My girls are going to come to love taking showers and baths and smelling good. Sally has hated baths and washing her hair, so I hoped this would help her.

Friday we ended up going up to Rexburg and went Gravity Factory; and then hitting up Karie Anns. In the evening we went over to Teddy’s football coaches house for a kick off party. I made a pasta salad and they had burgers and hotdogs. I was glad that my sister was able to come with us. They had a few bounce houses and the kids just played while the adults talked. I can’t believe that football season is almost upon us. They will start practices on July 31, crazy.

On Saturday morning, Teddy got invited to go to Island Park with a friend. Ashlee was planning on taking Sally on her birthday date; but we convinced her to let Macy and I tag along. She picked Pizza Pie Café for lunch and then we went to Kohls to find a backpack. I was planning on using my Kohls card and she had a 40% off. Well, the girls do not have any tennis shoes that fit, so we also looked at shoes. They found some that they liked but when we went to check out, they wouldn’t let us use the 40% off and then I didn’t have the charge card and wouldn’t let me pull it up with my husband’s social security number like they had in the past. So we were going to go somewhere else, but the girls were sad; the tennis shoes they had picked out were really nice. So, we ended up just getting them. I was not happy with Kohls and probably will not be shopping there in the future. If they had customer service like Dicks, maybe but nope.

Anyway, we then went to the mall. They have a little arcade that the girls wanted to go to. They played some game and then got some points and got to pick out a few things. It ended up being a good time. When we got home, my sister packed up and left to go back to my brother’s house. I am grateful for her.

Sunday was a low key day; Macy woke up and said her throat was hurting so she and Sally stayed home from church. I thought Teddy was going to ask to not go but when I told him to get ready he did. It surprised me and I was happy. I was glad I didn’t have to wrangle all three kids by myself. After church we kinda just lounged around. I finished my book and started another one.

We all went to bed pretty early last night but morning still came fast. Macy has been coming in my room during the night and laying in bed with me. I normally do not sleep that well when another kid is in the bed; when Teddy woke me up two minutes before my alarm rang, I was sad but life went on. I took him to his speed class and came home and tried to sleep for another hour but I was in and out. He went to a friends house after his class and the girls were in and out playing with friends. I got the kitchen closet cleaned out, as well as the living room too. I need to keep it up.