Our next door neighbors, The Baca's, have puppies every couple of years . They have pure bred labrador's and are the cutest dogs. Labs are probably my favorite breed. Well, yesterday, they let the kids come and take a look at them. So, here's the note that Jake made afterwards. He first left it with Nichole and then he comes to me with it later on and says, "Dad, what do you think about my note?" He wants another dog...so cute! He asks, "Can I have a dogy? Please"
.Last Saturday was a "fun" day as opposed to yesterday which was a "work" day. We went to Seven Peaks. This picture was kind of lame, but since I had to have some type of proof we were there, here it is. It was the only picture taken while there. In fact, here, we were packing up getting ready to leave. Nichole, Jake and Eli didn't come. So anyway, Brad and Ava had shown up earlier to Seven Peaks having come with Rachel, Nichole's sister and her kids, the cousins. I got there as fast as I could after the baptisms earlier in the morning. I ended up going to 2 baptism sessions in the morning because one of the children being baptized wanted to get baptized with her cousins at a different church. I didn't get out of the sessions until 12:00ish and the kids were in no way going to wait for me. So, after going home from the baptisms and picking up Ethan, we met up with Brad and Ava there. When I got there, Ava just had to go on the big green tube slide with me. She had gone on it earlier with Aunt Rachel before I showed up and was originally scared out of her mind. But, after going down, she loved it. She was so cute telling me all about it and that I needed to do it with her. So naturally, that was the first thing we did upon showing up. We had a blast going down, screaming and yelling and laughing, until we hit the water where she just about freaked out from the rush of water into her face and mouth and nose. But, even after that, she wanted to get back up there and do it again. That's my girl! But, on our way back to the line, she got sidetracked and wanted to find her cousins. After finding the cousins, we ended up going to the wave pool and hung out there for a while. Brad and Ethan hung out mainly with their cousins in the wave pool.
Yesterday was a "work" Saturday as opposed to the "fun" Saturday prior. I was in my "Commander Brat" mode. I had gotten home around 9:00ish after my typical Saturday morning tri training. After being sick all week with bronchitis, sinus infection and head congestion, I didn't get much in. I wanted to do an olympic distance tri, but after my mile swim, I just felt I had too much crap in the system. So, I only did about 20 miles on the bike and a 4 mile run. I think I really just wanted to get home and get to work on the destroyed house which was preoccupying my mind. I'll admit it, I'm kind of anal when it comes to the house being clean, which I'm sure Nichole could attest to. It just drives me crazy when things get cluttered. So, I went on my cleaning spree which went from the time I got home until 10:00ish at night when we went to bed, stopping only for a little break for dinner in which we went to Chuck-a-Rama. Or, as the kids like to refer to it, "Chuck-a-Grandma" or "Chuck-a-Poop." It's kind of like the time when Brad said, "Hmmmm, it smells like food...maybe it's poop." What kid, in their right mind, would say poop smells like food? Seriously Brad!? Wow, $65 to go there now for the whole family. Don't they know we should get VIP passes since that's where Nichole and I met?! I mean, seriously!
So, back to the cleaning spree. I was able to, with the help of my little minnions, declutter the whole house. We did all the laundry, got rid of our ugly green sectional in the tv room which I have hated for years, cleaned all the carpets (talk about nasty), cleaned all the bedrooms including the office, reorganized part of the food storage (talk about old and outdated...I mean, I think it's probably safe to throw cans out with an expiration date of '04), cleaned out the garage and reorganized the furniture. Heck, the kids even were able to have a little yard sale. Brad's been hankering to have a yard sale, and he finally did it. They sold their Play Station 2 and some of their games. They got $15. The great thing is that they even set up the canopy out front to keep the sun off the electronics. Granted, they didn't stake the canopy down, so it broke when the wind picked it up and blew it off to the side yard and into the back. Oh well, $15 earned as opposed to losing a $200 canopy...priceless! At least they won't remember the canopy breaking. They'll just remember the $15 gained for selling the PS2. So, it took all day to get the house to where I felt more comfortable about it. Even Ethan called me "Adrian Monk." He thinks I'm OCD. He was making fun of me while going to Chuck-a-Grandma. I was just so thankful the whole family chipped in. Late at night, after working all day, they even helped make a chain as we put all the cans of food storage away. Ethan and Nichole were at the shelves while the rest of us were handing things into them. Even Eli chipped in with his cute and adorable smiles and sighs cheering us on.
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