After the terrible day we had on day 8, I decided we needed to have a good day. Ashley had a rough start to the day. She had stayed up hours past everyone else and her kids woke her up with the sunrise, so she basically was going on about 3 hours of sleep. By the time I got my kids going for the day (they were tired from working so hard the previous day and actually slept longer than me), it was lunchtime and Ashley had already put her baby down for his nap. I offered to take the kids off her hands for a while so she could get a nap. Things didn't quite turn out like I had planned. We ended up eating lunch and decided to wait for Baby T to wake up so we could take him, too. That turned in to Ashley wanting to come with us with a blanket to hang out in the shade of the big cottonwood tree. So, instead of Ashley getting a nap, we all went to the park with the kids.
Grandma swung with the kids,
V chewed on her hat string,
Baby T played on the blanket and tried to eat grass and leaves,
the boys played racquetball and then talked in the shade of the big tree,
then we all ate popsicles and shared our leftovers with all the other kids in the park. There were a lot of happy kids at the park that afternoon!
When we got back to my parents' house, grandpa had asked the kids to play on the pile of cinders that was delivered that morning to help flatten out the pile. The kids were given permission to ruin a perfectly good pile of rocks...and what did they do? Complained. But I told them they had to do it, so they ended up having some fun with it.
And it very quickly turned VERY messy!
All of the kids had to be rinsed off afterwards!
After cleaning up the mess, I let the kids watch tv while Ashley and I snuck into Dad's study to eat ice cream.
It was
so worth it!
When dinnertime came along, we decided to bring our food down to the lake to eat. A quick 30 minutes later we were on our way.
When we got there, we realized that there wasn't really anywhere to sit, other than the boat docking area. So we quickly passed out food and started eating right on the edge of the ramp. After dinner was finished, the boys went fishing with grandpa and the rest of us played in the water. V got her toes a little wet.
The rest of the girls got a lot wet.
The kids started looking for critters.
And were thrilled to hold a snail.
Then out came the pontoon and all the girls got a chance to ride with Aunt Deanna.
The kids were happy,
the evening was beautiful,
and the mamma was relaxed looking out at the beautiful sunset reflecting on the water.
After we got back, the boys were holding V on the couch, making her laugh her giggly little laugh.
We couldn't have ended the day any better.
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