Hey everyone!!! I kicked Janae out of the house….. so she could run and have some R&R in the mountains with one of her best friends. But her FOMO required that all the bigger ones in the house could run together. She started her day with her niece, then a few miles with me, and then Brooke and Knox decided to jump into the fun.
Not 1/16th of a mile into our mile, I look over and see Knox dancing and drinking from the sprinklers. Thirty seconds later, he asks why running is so hard. I tried to explain conserving energy, but he decided to race Janae again. Someday he might learn, but maybe he won’t.
We had to do a quick mall run this morning, and I saw this sweatshirt. When is it generally acceptable to start getting ready for Halloween? I want to do something different this year; I’m just not quite sure what to do yet. Please send ANY and ALL IDEAS!!!
Somehow we find ourselves in this part of the mall. Knox and I let the girls shop while we relaxed.
Summer is crazy; we just got her back, and she is gone for another sports camp with Knox. Having a blended family and being involved with all the extracurriculars makes us all say goodbye too many times.
With all the family summer plans, I got to hang out with my built-in best friend. He calls me just about every night, and he is always planning how we can tease all the members of our family. His latest plan is to go to Walmart, bring Janae, and play hide-and-seek, but while doing so, we leave her alone at the store until she notices.
We tried to live his perfect day. I asked him where he wanted to go. First on the list was Walmart… Don’t worry he asked us to play hide and seek, but we didn’t fall for his plan. And we were his ride home too, so he didn’t think that through. His latest trick on the family was that he posted on Facebook that his family decided to sell their house and move to Washington State, needless to say his parents got a few phone calls why they were moving so abruptly!
I think we spent 20 minutes at this cash register. He has to buy everything in cash, one thing at a time. It took a while… good thing we only had 20 items.
Next stop was Deseret Industries, a second-hand store that has just about everything! He was determined to find anything Marvel, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter. We looked for any DVDs, books, games, toys, and anything else. I’m pretty sure that he has bought this store too many times to find anything new.
Next second-hand store, Savers. We struck out at both stores!!
So what do you look for if you can’t find anything else: you look at 10-year-old vaccumns to do who knows what with.
Skye and Beck were the best sidekicks that we could ask for!!
After going to 5+ stores, we had to go to my favorite place on earth, and everyone seemed to be happy about that!
I think I promised these shakes after we went to our third store.
I’m tired and its only 5pm… there is no way I’m making it to 9 for bedtime.
After a very long day all over town and to every second-hand store in the 40-mile radius, we finally coaxed Gregory to come home and do a Star Wars marathon. We will see how many movies we can watch before everyone starts falling asleep!!
Questions:
– What is the best prank that you have ever done?
– How many stores is too much for shopping? Is there such a thing?
– What should I do for Halloween this year? I need it to be different and amazing!!
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