So, as a follow up from last week with Joseph and Rachel, we had two more days of fun with them. Friday we went swimming at the Scera pool and the kids all got sunburned, woops. Savanna got a swimming mask from Grandma Barrett for her birthday and boy was that a hot commodity! I wish I had 5, the kids all fought for a turn with the mask the entire 2 1/2 hours. They all had a lot of fun, I'm so glad the weather was nice that day.
Then that evening Heidi and her kids came over to spend the night so Heidi could run her Utah Valley Marathon the next morning. It was amazing to see Heidi taking care of her three kids, getting up at 3:00 AM and running a full marathon wihtout her husband Gabe who is still in military training in AZ. I took her kids and Rachel/Joseph down to Provo to see her run in at 3 hours and 27 minutes! That is a 7:55 minute mile!!! We were all way impressed. She took them all back to Eagle Mountain and still had the energy to take all 5 of those kids swimming later that day. She is super strong and healthy!
The next week was scout camp for Jared so he spent the weekend preparing for that and left Monday morning. Too bad for us, Weston's 7th birthday was Tuesday and so Jared missed it and it was all up to me to make his day special. No sweat! Weston is so easy to please. Just give him a party and some awesome toys and he is in heaven! We started with our traditional breakfast and gifts, and went to the park to exercise, then Weston played with his new big Bakugan while we cleaned and prepared for his friend party. It was perfect! Two girls and two boys attended and we played games outside, had a fishing booth, hid and found and opened presents, cake and ice cream, and free play. Weston loved all his gifts! We had a dinner and party with the Barrett clan for dinner. Weston wanted pizza which was so easy, I just took him to Karate and picked up the pizza and dinner was on. The Barretts are so wonderful to always make an effort to see my kids on their day and give gifts. They showered him with clothes and toys and love. I am so grateful for my family! It was so smooth, the Lord must have been blessing me in Jared's absence. Weston told me that night before bed that it was the best day of his life. That kind of talk brings a mother joy.
5 comments:
That cookie monster cake is awesome! Did you make it? I love it!
Awww...so sweet Heather! Thanks for all you did to make that marathon such a great one with the carb-loading, sleepin at your house and watching the kids.
Oh, and that was a FUN Weston party - so glad it was his favorite day! :)
. i love that cake! did you make it?I never relized that your kids b-days are so close... now you can cruise through til next year...:)
Super fun times. That is a fast marathon! Awesome cake.
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