Road trip!

Yesterday the boys and I didn't have anything to do. And I was a little tempted by the ginormous mega millions lottery.... But Utah doesn't sell lottery tickets! So we took a little trip. To Idaho. It's normally about a 2 hour drive to the border. With my bladder being slightly squished and constantly kicked, we had to make a few stops on the way up. And with lunch and coffee breaks (which didn't help the bladder situation), it took a little longer than that! But it was a nice drive, and the boys were good. Even though we had to stand in line for 20 minutes for tickets, it was still a nice way to spend a day together. There was lots of singing!! I had the boys' favorite silly songs cd along with me. But I think I need to refine Connor's taste in adult music. A Miley Cyrus song came on the radio at one point. I immediately changed the station before my gag reflex kicked in. But much to my disappointment, Con started crying and begging for the "lady song!" "Pleeeeeaaaassse! I wanna watch the lady song!" So I reluctantly changed the station back. Connor giggled with delight (in between bobbing his head and shaking his butt), telling me how it was such a goooooood lady song. Hmm. He's also a fan of Lady Gaga's Pokerface. I'm starting to wonder if he's really my kid. I'd rather listen to the silly songs cd 10 times in a row. And that's a pretty specific form of torture as it is!!
    Sadly, I'm not a multi-millionaire today. Goodbye dreams of world travels, personal chefs, maids, masseuses, etc etc. I'm pretty sure I even had a butler in one fantasy. A lady's maid perhaps. *sigh* Guess I'll have to continue cooking our dinners and picking up toys. How can I go back to living this way after such wonderful dreams??? I'm sure it's beneath me, somehow. Maybe the boys can take cooking classes.

Outside!

    Today, I'm happy to report, the boys are BETTER!! We've had fevers and coughing and runny noses since the 11th. That's a week and a half of being stuck indoors, people. Do you realize how much that drives a person (family) crazy??? Yesterday afternoon we decided we couldn't handle it anymore and got in the van for a drive. A long one! I hate city life. The constant sound of cars and sirens, the smog, the sight of only buildings and concrete. Ugh. I'm a country girl at heart. So we drove out of the city. Which takes a while. We went AROUND the mountains behind us, to the south. We found perfection. No people. Deserted roads. We had heard about some sand dunes in that area and were looking for them. We didn't find them, but we did find Black Rock Canyon. It's a spot where people have obviously camped in random clusters of cedar and juniper trees. Where you would never know about it unless you happened upon it on a random drive. It reminded me a little of the canyonland down on my parents farm. We all got out and explored a while.

It felt good to be surrounded by nature! 

Today we cleaned up the back yard. It's a perfect day outside. 70 degrees with a nice breeze. We tackled the playground this time. It took an hour for Rob and I together to remove all the weeds. I posted this picture last month. This is how the playground looked before...

 Umm.. Can you see it?? The weeds might be in the way.

This is after today.

Obviously, the playset itself needs a little work. I'm not sure if we're going to keep it and just fix it up, or replace it with something else later on. I'm just happy to have a clean place for the boys to enjoy. Next job is the front yard. On the agenda for this evening (for Rob) is to fix the lights outside the garage, the house numbers, and (for me) to clean up the dead stuff from the last 5 years of something growing. Lilies maybe? Don't know what they are.

 It feels good to be working on a yard again! It's been a while!

Memories

   The other day I realized that I don't have very many physical pieces of memorabilia from the boys. I would like little somethings here and there to look at and remember how little they are, the things they are going through and learning, and little milestones along the way. So I'll be keeping an eye out for ideas to capture these moments. We traced their little hands the other day. They were enthralled with their own hands on paper! Then we cut them out for bookmarks (for Rob and I). I love the idea of opening up my bible years down the road and rediscovering my babies' youth!
   I've saved the usual things. Like baby outfits that are particularily special to each one. And the hats that were given to them in the hospital. Blankets, halloween costumes, etc. But every day I see how grown up Connor has become, and Max is right behind him. Our very last baby is on the way, and that's it. No more baby memories after this! I'm realizing how much I don't want to let go of these days! :( It really does go in the blink of an eye.
  
   Moving on to something less depressing, BG is growing like mad! She's a lot more interactive with Daddy than the boys were in the womb. With the boys, any time Rob would try to feel a kick, they would stop moving as soon as his hand was on my belly! I'm still amazed at how they even knew it was him! It was rare that he got to be kicked. But this one doesn't hold back. And she certainly doesn't like to be pushed around! I like to poke and prod at her, and I'm usually rewarded with a defiant kick! She's 26 weeks old, give or take a few days. It's hard to believe I'll be holding her in just 3 months!!

Hopefully my next post will be more exciting, with pictures of BG's room. I've been working on it just a little at a time, but there's still quite a bit I have (want) to do. I need to get back in the groove! Here's me, Wishin' for Ambition.