Weekend Activities

This Friday we took a day off of school to go to the Draper Temple open house. It was so beautiful and of course really well organized. We parked at a nearby church parking lot and took a shuttle bus to the temple. The kids thought the bus ride was a blast. The boy's favorite room was the baptismal font. The girls agreed and also liked the sealing room. When Dan and I were sealed we showed the kids some pictures of sealing rooms so they would be able to imagine what it was like. I wanted them all there so much the day we were married so this was a special opportunity for us to all sit in a sealing room together and think about how thankful we are for our forever family.
After our walk through the temple they had a really nice reception with cookies and everything. The kids loved that as well, a day at the temple followed by cookies what more do you need?


Saturday was back to work day. The kids all did their jobs super fast because we told them they could each pick a parent approved song to download for us to play on Rock Band. Shari chose Hillbilly Deluxe by Brooks and Dunn, Adrian chose Message in a Bottle by the Police, Rebecca chose Juke Box Hero (don't know who sings it but it's fun to play), and Charlie chose Tom Sawyer by Rush. We got most of our Rock Band playing done while Donald took a nap. He has a fit if he sees anyone playing the drums without him. He loves the drums. He was so mad when he woke up and could hear us playing without him so we brought him down and he played a few songs with us. He likes Boston because he was laughing all through More Than a Feeling, then we started playing Hillbilly Deluxe and he started whining and crying. Apparently he's not to fond of country music.
After all the Rock Band excitement the kids decided to play their own game which somehow ended up in Donald getting dressed up in the girls clothes. He really is quite pretty and he has grown the cutest curls in the past couple of weeks. I just want to play with them all the time and Dan thinks maybe it's time to cut them off. I can't bring myself to cut off my baby's curls though. Maybe when he's 5.

I'm certain the next blog I write will have something to do with the completion of our basement because construction is set to start this Tuesday. I'm really excited because the company I liked the most came back with the best bid so I hope they are as good as they seem. On Wednesday of this past week I went to their design house and picked out carpet, paint, vinyl and the bathroom counter top for the basement. I had all 5 kids with me and we ended up with 3 fights 2 time outs and 1 big temper tantrum before I was able to settle on my basement design. I hope it all turns out alright. I don't really remember what I picked because it was such a blur and ended with Charlie falling on the floor crying because he was so bored and tired. I have to say I felt about the same as him but I kept it together until we got home.
Hopefully by the end of March we will have a whole new floor added to the house so if anyone wants to come visit we'll have lots of room!