SLC and Anniversary

Monday morning we dropped Scott off at the airport to go to training in SLC for his new job (his job is not in SLC). I held down the fort here for a few days and finished painting the kids' room. Tuesday night my friend Katrina came over and we watched Catching Fire together. On Wednesday night I went to Corbin's parent teacher conference. He is doing well. He's a little ahead in math and a little behind in reading. That's not a big surprise. I have spent many hours working with him and reading does not come easily to him like math does. One of his teachers said he will often stay in at recess to help her clean her classroom. He is such a little sweetheart. On the portion of his report card that he filled out the question said, "Is there anything you would like your teacher to know?" and he said, "I like to be better." He melts my little heart.

That night another friend came over and we watched Twilight. I figured I had to get ready since that is the room we booked at the Anniversary Inn. Ha. Super cheesy. I also spent Wednesday doing laundry and packing. I woke up bright and early and loaded the kids up and drove to Salt Lake. Prayer works folks! I was dreading that for a few weeks. I don't like to drive, especially long distances and the idea of driving with my kids alone seemed daunting. Luckily with a little preparation and prayer we made it alright!

We met for lunch at Hires. After that we went back to the house for a bit and then Scott and I escaped to celebrate our Anniversary. Luckily our school district has two days off right around our Anniversary so it is a great time to go to Utah and have babysitters and celebrate. Plus Utah in the fall is one of my favorite things. Scott and I had a great time shopping and eating and spending some much needed time together.

On Friday Nana and Mandy took the kids to Gardner Village to do some fun Halloween/Fall activities. On Friday night we went to Lagoon's Frightmares! I was so excited. I have been wanting to go for years. October is such a great time to go to Lagoon. Loved it. Nicole, Rustin, Scott, and I stayed until the park practically closed. Papa and Nana were good enough to go home earlier to take our other kids to bed. Corbin loved it! He started out really brave and went on some really scary rides but then I think he was done being brave and didn't want to go on anymore scary big kid rides. Gabby didn't go on one ride and Piper enjoyed lots of little kid rides. Scott was a hoot to go on the rides with. I almost DIED when we went on The Samuari. He was screaming and yelling so much I could not handle it. So funny.

Saturday morning I drove down to Orem to visit an old friend and check out my favorite store Cozy and then I met up with everyone else at Porter's Place in Lehi. After lunch we went to the brand new Museum of Natural Curiosity. It was really big and really cool. It was too crowded and I was tired so I got over pretty fast but it was really cool. That night Scott and I watched New Moon outside on the deck.

We drove home today. It is so fun to go to Utah and my kids are royally spoiled and love it so, so much!

Story Time

Gardner's Village

 

Arg!

Nana and Piper on the Merry-Go-Round

Our Twilight room. Loved it! Ha.