Life With the Mumford's

I DID IT!

2011-09-14T16:16:00.000-07:00

I finished my very first real sewing project! I am very proud of myself. A friend of mine made a crib sheet for McKenzie's crib so I decided to cover a bumper pad to match it. I have never done anything like this so it was an adventure. I took way too long at the fabric store and finally found something I liked. Then I had to figure out how to measure and cut to precise measurements. Once this was done I hand sewed nearly 16 of the 24 ties. It was fun but I was ready to move on to other things that need my attention. At this point I borrowed a sewing machine and finished the rest. I had never used a sewing machine before so it was interesting in the beginning. Either way, I am done and proud of the product. Here are some before and after pictures.

Before:

After:

This One's For You

2011-08-31T21:13:00.000-07:00

Wow! What a gap I have created in my blog and how things have changed. I could go on and on and on about all the things we have done in the last nine months or so but that could take a long while. Therefore I will give a brief description and then promise to say something atleast once a month or so.

Lets begin. Last time I took the time to tolerate my kids bouncing around and screaming at me while I updated my blog was when I announced we were going to have a baby. I never took the time to announce that we would be having a baby girl and despite the challenges at the beginning of the pregnancy, she appeared to be healthy! Great news!

The next thing that comes to my mind is a big family vacation. In March Sterling's parents took all the siblings and grandkids on a trip to Disney World! It was so much fun. Neither myself or the kids have ever been. We ate, and ate, and ate. We also did just about everything a kid would want to do; they met several characters, experienced the fun rides, and watched the magic unfold. We were able to see the fireworks from our hotel room so I told the kids as we put them to bed to watch as Mickey and his helpers tell them goodnight by sending fireworks into the sky. I am now convinced that it truly is a magical place!

Then comes May 18th! Our little McKenzie Lynne joined our crazy family. Poor girl didn't know what she was getting into. We are happy to announce (three months later) that she was born happy and healthy and continues on that path. It was such a wonderful experience as the labor and delivery went perfectly. Since then she has learned to play, smile, laugh and much more.

Ten days later we decided to purchase a 2010 Dodge Grandcaravan. I had buyers remorse until we took a trip to Utah where I learned the purchase was totally worth it.

Here we are, it is August 31, 2011. Three and a half years past our promised time to be transferred out of good ole Tucson. The transfer never came and we decided it probalby never will. So as our time came to renew the rental contract yet again, we learned that we could in fact afford a home! We are happy to announce that we have purchased a home and will be moving in less than two months! We are excited and nervous for this change but it will be so fun!

To all of you who have been checking and checking and checking for an update, you need to thank my persistant sister-in-law Becky! She kept emailing and emailing and emailing and begging for an update. So Becky, this one's for you!

The Not So Fun Way to Find Out You Are Pregnant!

2010-12-07T13:51:00.000-08:00

It all began the end of August with some chest pain. I was so nervous and terrified that I kept trying to tell myself it was just in my head and that it wasn't a big deal. Well, three weeks later I kept having the pain and it got worse. My left arm started tingling which made me come to reality that I needed to do something about it. I tried the doctors and they wouldn't accept me, I asked Sterling for a priesthood blessing and in that blessing was my answer. So I went to the urgent care where they did all sorts of tests and decided to send me to the hospital by ambulance. Well, after several tests, an x-ray, and medications, thankfully they concluded that there was just some inflammation in my chest cavity. I must back track and say that before the whole time I was letting them know that I might be pregnant. They did a test and didn't exactly say I wasn't pregnant but continued with the x-ray and medications any way.

When I left they gave me an anti-inflammatory and told me to make an ER check up with my doctor. A few days later I went to my doctor, they told me to stop my meds and did some more blood work on me. Well, not many days after that I was home with the kids and recieved the phone call and I quote "Hi Wendy, we got your results in from your blood work, and your pregnancy test was positive, and you have hypothyroidism! Oh, and you need to call your doctor as soon as possible since you have been on medication which can cause harm to the baby." This would mean I was only about three weeks pregnant!

I was freaking out. Scared to death because I still didn't know what was wrong with me, plus my baby could have been harmed from all the previous treatments. Time went on, more and more appointments came about, and finally an appointment with the cardiologist. This cardiologist concluded that everything I had been experiencing was due to my bodies reaction to the pregnancy and me lifting something causing muscle inflammation. What a relief! I just had to wait it out and take things easy so I could get better since I couldn't take meds to get it better.

It has now been about 11 weeks since I found out I was going to have a baby and things are looking alot better. My sisters showed up and helped me out tremendously with things around here so I could get better. I am so grateful for them just showing up, it helped me get better so much quicker. To end this long boring story and let you all know I am due May 28th and we are so excited to find out what the gender may be. The kids keep saying they want a sister. We shall see!

DISNEYLAND FUN!

2010-10-04T15:20:00.000-07:00

We just recently went on a fun family vacation to Disneyland. We took a trip to the Santa Monica beach and pier, to Hollywood, and most importantly, we went to Disneyland to meet Pooh Bear! It was SO much fun. We were so lucky to be able to stay with the best of friends, Richie, Angie, and Mylie. We hadn't seen them for a few months so it was a great reunion spending the time in California with them and staying in thier apartment. The kids just played and played and well, so did the adults. With the help of the Whitakers we were able to beat Super Mario on our Wii. With many laughs , and some embarrassments, we just had a blast!! The kids (including Sterling :)) favorite part was watching the Disneyland videos on the computer for months and months and then FINALLY have it all come to life. They loved meeting Pooh Bear, Tigger, and Eeyore (though our camera died so we don't have pictures) and the Pooh Bear ride was the all time favorite. I loved the beach and the Pier; I just love people watching and there were so many interesting people there that it was just fun to watch.

Sadly Brooklyn is constanly asking to go to Mylie's house and to go to Disneyland with Mylie. It is sad to tell her that we can't because I want to go visit Mylie again as much as she does. We miss you Whitakers!! Anyway, this is getting too long so I will just show some pictures. There may be too many but we were having so much fun and I saw so many moments that I wanted to capture so we have a lot of pictures to share!!

Cute Girls!

Best Friends

Play Play Play = a Good Good Day!

2010-08-26T14:21:00.001-07:00

This morning I was extra lazy. Trevor woke up super early this morning so I just held him in bed while I tried to get a little more sleep. He did pretty good for a while, but then he decided that he was missing Brooklyn. Just as he called for Brooklyn, she came walking into our room. The boy was so excited to see his big sister! They immediately began to play. Being the lazy mother that I am, I got them a couple cups of milk, some dry cereal in some bowls, handed it to the kids, and laid right back in bed. Well, the following pictures is what I woke up to a little while later. My kids were busy!

I saw that they did a bit of coloring and playing in my night stand.

Then I saw that they had covered nearly every piece of floor with little blankets.

Brooklyn even made up several little beds in the hallway for her babies.

There was more busyness then I could show (I just don't know how to post more than five pictures at a time). I usually like to keep things picked up around the house, but this time, I just let everything be. It was so great to wake up from what you could call a "morning nap" to see that my kids had been busy playing.

However one thing made me wish that it was one of those days that the kids were bored to tears. I quickly found out that is was totally a day to be outside when I stepped outside to water some of our plants and the weather was just absolutely perfect. Why is that, the kids FINALLY play nicely, and it is a perfect day to spend outside!! Oh well I guess. So I decided to take advantage of the nice weather; we did sidewalk chalk, went on a long walk, and played in the rain until the kids were ready to be done! What a good day!!

Brooklyn's Third Birthday!

2010-08-16T11:51:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn turned three this year. Her birthday was very busy this year. We started her birthday celebration with a birthday party for her. She just had a few friends over and we spent two hours playing games, painting with pudding, opening presents, and eating cake. The kids had a blast and we worn out by the time the party ended!
Brooklyn's birthday was a busy one but a fun one. We started the day with going to a nearby botanical garden. We enjoyed ourselves but were glad to get home and out of the heat. Dad got to come home early from work and the real party began. Brooklyn and I made an Elmo cake for her, we covered the apartment with balloons, and opened presents.

The rest of the afternoon we spent playing all sorts of balloon games, playing with all of her gifts, and testing out her new tennis racket (which she says is her favorite present). To top off the day, we took her to the church to hit some balls, well while we were there the sprinklers came on. The kids got absolutley soaked and had the time of their lives. All in all it was a great day for all of us. It is fun to see Brooklyn grow and progress in all she does. We love her so much and are very grateful to be her parents. Trevor loves her so much that he just cries when we drop her off at a play group with friends, makes me laugh.

Anyway, next chance I get, I may post m0re pictures of the birthday festivities, but until then this is all you get!

What to do, What to do? (if anything just read the blue text!)

2010-07-14T14:16:00.000-07:00

We just returned home from our semi-annual two week trip to Utah, the great majority of which was spent outside playing with friends and family. We went to the zoo, went to a pool, ran through sprinklers, helped in the yard, and spent some good quality time with friends and family. I could go on and on about ALL the fun activities that we got to do, but I just don't think it is necessary. However I will name some firsts:

Brooklyn got to go in a canoe, both kids got to attempt

to catch some chickens, they both went to thier first 4th

of July Parade, they both did sparklers, and Trevor saw

fireworks for the first time!

Zoo Time with most of the cousins!! (Sadly we couldn't see them all as they live in Ohio, but we are excited for them to have a new baby sister Ella, join the family!!)

Canoe trip on the pond with dad!!

Trevor admiring the hen deciding whether to get closer or scoot back!!

Posing on the porch with some cousins after fun times playing in the sprinklers!!

I thouroughly enjoyed watching the kids play and get to know their family members again! However, I am sad to say that we weren't able to visit everyone that we wanted to. It is always hard on the kids, and I will admit, it is hard on my patience as well, traveling so much, but we do our best to see as many people as we can. Which brings me to my next portion of the blog, I am so ready to live by family.

I have absolutely loved getting to know so many wonderful people and friends who have become a family away from family here in Tucson. But traveling is starting to take a toll on me I think. I am ready to just live near family so we can go visit the grandparents, the parents, the siblings, and the cousins. Going to Utah this time has made me desire living there more than ever. The mountains and scenery were so beautiful, the weather was amazing, and the grass felt SO good to lay on or even walk on!! Going to Utah made me also desire more than ever to have a yard of my own. It was SO nice to sit outside and watch the kids play without trying to keep them from running away or going in separate directions as is the case for me now. The kids are SO happy when they are outside and I desire to have them be as happy as possible. Which brings me to my plea for help.

I need some serious ideas for keeping a nearly 3 year old girl and a nearly 1 1/2 year old boy entertained for cheap, inside the home, and with something that is not too complex. ANY ideas would be wonderful. I have only been home for about three days now and the kids seem like they are bored stiff and can't be entertained worth a thing. FYI the temperature here is about 105 - 110 on average so there is no way I am bringing my kids out to play for longer than 10 minutes. This final picture give somewhat of an example of all we have been doing since being back home. Eating(which they are begging for food constantly because they have nothing else to do), building a tent (which they love for a few minutes), and trying to avoid watching TV all day (which they would prefer if they had it their way). Like I said before, I am at a loss and need some ideas quick or I might just go crazy not being able to keep my kids entertained!

Our Recent (or Not So Recent) Adventures

2010-03-26T14:27:00.000-07:00

As you can tell it has been since Thanksgiving that I have done a post. Now, its not because we haven't been up to anything, it is simply because I have a 2 1/2 year old and a 1 year old to chase after. Also, I have been working on a video for Trevor that includes, pictures, video, and a monthly list of all his milestones. It took several hours and I finally finished the morning of his birthday. Due to the hours and hours spent on the computer doing the video, I needed a break from the computer. Okay, so now that I have given you my excuse for neglecting the blog, I will give the update. Now, instead of doing 3 or 4 or 5 posts to list "Our Recent (or Not So Recent) Adventures" I have chosen to give you a brief list of our life in the past few months. Here goes:

1) We drove to Abilene, TX to spend Christmas Eve and witnessed the scariest crash we had ever seen. Long story short, a semi drove straight threw the trailor of another semi that had already jack knifed covering all lanes of the freeway.

2) We arrived in Dallas in the late afternoon on Christmas day to spend the holidays with the Mumford side of the family.

3) Brooklyn successfully became potty trained in the middle of February.

4) Trevor took his first steps at 11 months.

5) Brooklyn announced that she wants to get married in the temple!!

6) We celebrated Trevor's first Birthday.

7) We had a St. Patrick's Day party with a bunch of friends. I made the most disgusting looking green enchiladas you had ever seen (and they all got eaten except for one). Too bad I didn't get a picture to post.

8) We were able to set up a kid swap with some friends so we could finally go to the Mesa Temple.

9) We celebrated Sterling's Birthday. According to Brooklyn he turned two!

10) Finally, we just returned from a wonderful trip to the mountains four hours away where we rented a cabin with some friends and played in the snow for a few days. The cabin is in the background of Brooklyn's picture. So fun!!

Okay, other than that, not much has changed. The weather is absolutely beautiful and we have been trying to spend every minute we possibly could outside. The kids favorite things to do are go on walks and go to the park and swing. Not ready for the heat to come, but atleast we aren't in Utah where there is still snow!!

Thanksgiving in Utah

2009-12-22T11:57:00.000-08:00

So we made another trek out to Utah. It was great as usual. We saw many friends and family and enjoyed spending time with the cousins. Once again, Sterling only came for a few days and then flew home. The kids and I were lucky enough to stay for an extra two weeks after Sterling left. Thanks to his wonderful sister, Theresa, the kids and I were able to stay longer and I had help driving home with the kids. So Thank You Theresa!!
Besides visiting family, we were able to see the Ogden Temple, the lights at Temple Square, and my favorite, alot of snow and cold weather!! I have really been tired of the warm weather here in Tucson, if you could believe that. I was so excited to be able to see the snow and even have a turn at shoveling the sidewalks. Everyone in Utah who knew I was craving the snow blamed me that they had to deal with it all. Whatever, the blame was worth it.
Okay, so now a bit of analyzing of the photos. This first one is of the kids at the Ogden temple. Then you have a picture I took at Temple Square and a picture of the snow in my parent's front yard. The two final pictures kind of go together. Once day my sister and I were tending the kids and needed a little "quiet time" so we put on a movie. The kids decided to gather in the chair and watch the movie together. A few days later the cousins were in school and Brooklyn wanted to watch tv Pooh. So the final picture is how I found her. I guess when you can't have your friends (as she calls her cousins) to hang out with, the next best things are stuffed animals!!

Anyway, we had a great trip and look forward to seeing the other side of the family here shortly!!

End of October Festivities

2009-11-05T11:15:00.000-08:00

This Halloween was a lot of fun for us. We began the week with a Halloween Party where we all played lots of games against other families. It was lots of fun. Saturday we woke up early and went with Richie, Angie, and Mylie to a corn maze and pumpkin patch which was nearly two hours away. In the corn maze there were trivia questions that you had to answer, with the correct answer you would be directed in the right direction. It was really exciting. After about an hour or so we found our way out and headed for the hay ride. It was my first time ever doing a hay ride. Brooklyn really liked the tractor that pulled us. The tractor took us to a pumpkin patch where many people cut their own pumpkins to purchase. However, we are cheap and just went for the ride. After we got home we rested for about two hours we took our exhausted children trick-or-treating and then off to another party at Valerie and Matt's place. It was a fun Halloween for us this year with Brooklyn getting older and knowing more of what is going on. Trevor just slept for a good part of trick-or-treating but he still looked quite cute. Anyway, enough rambling from me. Here are the pictures of the kids in their free, homemade, Piglet and Pooh costumes!! Also, Angie is starting to do photography and took some family pictures for us at the corn maze. Take a look at them at http://angiewhitakerphotography.blogspot.com/ she did a really good job!!

New Tricks

2009-10-15T14:30:00.001-07:00

Here are a couple pictures of the kids at the park. I have learned that Brooklyn's favorite things are the dirt and the slides. Trevor's favorite things are trying to be a big kid and swinging; he just laughs pretty much the entire time.

This is how I found Trevor today when I was doing the dishes!! Fun times!!
He is learning all too quickly how to climb and pull himself up to things.

I'm A Proud Momma!!

2009-10-06T12:59:00.000-07:00

Brooklyn has just amazed me more and more everyday. Just to elaborate a bit, the other day Sterling and I were just talking and Brooklyn was playing with her little magna doodle. A couple minutes later I started to clean up the toys, picked up the magna doodle and this is what I found:

Whenever I have a piece of paper or if she decides to play with her magna doodle, she has always asked me to draw bears for her. Lately she has been wanting me to fill the entire magna doodle with as many bears as will fit. Well, as you can see, she has learned how to draw HER OWN bear!! Isn't this just absolutely amazing?? I mean, she's got the eyes on all of them and even a mouth or nose on others. Crazy!!

A couple weeks ago Trevor could only scoot himself in reverse. He actually was getting himself stuck between chairs and under the couch because he would just scoot back until something got in his way. So, we just had to take a picture of him getting himself stuck. But within the last week or so he has been able to sit up by himself and he can now get wherever he wants while going in the correct direction. The best part, is he is really getting into things. When I say no, he just looks at me with his cute mischeivious smile. I love it. Of course he has his second mom making sure he doesn't get into the movies, books, or shoes!! She is so funny!!

Here's to Four Years Today!!

2009-09-28T14:50:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, Sept. 26th, it was four years ago that Sterling asked me out on our first date. If you hear his side of the story he would say that he asked me if I would like to go with him on Wednesday night to Panda Express, if you ask him he would say that I said "no". Not true, my response was "you don't have to." There is more of a story behind why I said this, but that is all besides the point. Anyway, it came to Wednesday and I realized that I had an hour shift to work on Wednesday night... what to do. Well, I really wanted to go out with Sterling and so I decided to ditch out on work and go on the date (thankfully it was worth it!!) Wednesday night came, he picked me up, we went to dinner, and came back to our apartment complex's game lounge. He offered me an ice cream sandwich and I turned it down (thinking someone else had left it there), then we played a bit of foosball, which he soon learned that I hate it when people just let me win, therefore he decided to just kick my butt, afterwards we started to watch Pirates of the Carribbean, which only lasted MAYBE 45 min until the DVD decided to quite working. Well, we had nothing left so although it was only 9:00 pm, Sterling walked me to the bottom of the stairs to my apartment where I decided to ditch the doorstep scene and run up the stairs. Most guys would probably think that I just wasn't worth the effort after I supposedly said "no", turned down his offer of ice cream sandwich, and ran away without even a handshake.
Well, thankfully Sterling kept pursuing and soon enough we were married. Here we are now with over three years of marriage and two amazing kids. I am very glad that Sterling kept pursuing to date me although he had no signs whatsoever that I was interested in him for a while. I am so lucky to have him as my husband, he is my very best friend and I just couldn't imagine living life without him in it. He will never have any idea how much he really does for me and how much I love him for all he does!! Anyway, it has just been a fun time reflecting on all that has come about since that first date and thought I would share my version of our first date with you all. Love you Sterling and thanks for being so wonderful to me.

The New Apartment

2009-09-21T14:18:00.000-07:00

This video is of our new apartment (that is, if I can get it to work). I did have a better one that had music to it but I couldn't get that one to work. Therefore you get to listen to me talk and my kids fussing!!

Why Wendy is cooler then I am

2009-09-17T12:48:00.000-07:00

I had an interesting thought the other day after my wife came home from visiting someone. I could tell something was wrong and then she went into this story to explain of how she was feeling. Let me start that if I had experienced what she did, we would be $250 poorer, but that is why Wendy is cooler then I am. On Tuesday we went to wash our cars, then we all went shopping at wal-mart. After shopping we piled all the groceries into the Durango and myself and the kids went home and unloaded the car while Wendy took the Kia and got gas and dropped off an invitation. On her way to drop off her invitation she was making a left turn. About 20 yards after doing so the police lights came on she pulled over to the side of the road. Apparently she ran a red light without knowing it. She was trying to figure out where she was and according to the police ran a red light. So my wife decided that it would be in her best interest to get out of the ticket, therefore she began to cry uncontrollably when the policeman came to talk to her. Well needless to say she got out of the ticket and even had the policeman respond to her and say "I want you to know we are not bad people and we are just here to protect you." Had I ran the red-light no cop would have let me off that easy, but that is why Wendy is cooler then me (or she's a woman and can get away with anything.) Love ya Wife. Keep on crying if it keeps us a little richer!

P.S. On Wendy's behalf this was her first time ever being pulled over in her entire life. Kudos to you wifey. Way to go 24 years, 11 months and 2 days without ever being pulled over.

We have moved!!

2009-09-03T14:54:00.001-07:00

Hooray!! We are finally out of our "crap hole" as I like to call it, and into our new place!! We were so excited and couldn't wait to move. Thanks to good friends and a wonderful mother-in-law, we were able to load and unload our truck in two hours on Saturday morning, and be completely unpacked and put away by Saturday night (all but pictures of course).

It is so wonderful to have:

1. quiet but more importantly WORKING a/c's (that's right, we have two of them, one for each side of the apartment, we can now control the a/c in our room to be cooler or warmer than the rest of the apartment
2. a washer and dryer (Is it sad that our highlight is to do laundry now?)
3. a dumpster across the street (Brooklyn now watches me from the apartment while I take out our trash)
4. a parking spot that in right by our door (I can now unload the groceries while the kids are in the apartment instead of hauling two kids and a stroller full of groceries from the car to the apartment!)
5. tons of space
6. a dishwasher that is no longer ruining my dishes
7. a bedroom for the kids where there toys actually fit in their room (because of this, Brooklyn actually plays in her room and absolutely loves it)
8. we finally feel like we have enough living room, kitchen, and dining room space that we can have people over
9. a kitchen where I can cook and watch the kids play at the same time
10. the list can go on and on and on about how wonderful this place is, but I will end with this, I HAVE FINALLY BEEN ABLE TO SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT!! That's right, I was waking up nearly every half our at our other place because the blasted a/c would make an awful noise every time it kicked on during the night. I had to get out of bed and switch it off and then back on again so that the noise would go away. Trevor has been sleeping through the night since about June, so it has really been frustrating that I haven't been. But finally, I know what it is like to actually have a good nights rest!!!

Soon enough I am going to attempt to video our apartment (due to requests) and post it to the blog, if that doesn't work then you will just have to deal with pictures!!

Our Two Year Old

2009-08-11T12:27:00.001-07:00

So yesterday was Brooklyn's 2nd Birthday. We have been talking about it for a while so I think she knew what was coming. When yesterday came, she was very excited. Last week Sterling and I asked Brooklyn what she wanted for her birthday, her response was "nunch." I then asked what else she wanted for her birthday and she responed "ninner." So there you have it, all she wanted for her birhday was to have lunch and dinner, as if she doesn't get that everyday anyway. So for her birthday we went to our new apartment that we haven't moved into yet and had a little picnic, opened presents, and just let her play with her new kitchen set. She had a blast. When it got late, we came back home and had cake and ice cream. When I was growing up my mom would make us special cakes such as a witch or cat or something. So I decided that since Brooklyn loves My Friends Tigger and Pooh, I would make her a Winnie the Pooh cake. Upon her requests we even had pooh hold a honey pot. She was so happy yesterday as we let her pretty much be the boss of the day and do about anything she wanted. She new it was her special day. She loved it whenever someone sang Happy Birthday to her, she just got a big smile on her face. So, I sang it to her several times yesterday with several different versions. Anyway, we are proud of our little girl and amazed at how she is getting so smart and learning so much everyday. She just needs to grow a little as she still wears her clothes she got for her birthday last year!! I guess that is good for us though! Well, Happy Birthday Brooklyn Mae, we sure do love you!!

Trip to Utah

2009-07-22T14:01:00.000-07:00

So the kids and I were so lucky to be able to go to Utah for two weeks. Sterling is such a wonderful husband that he volunteered to drive the kids and I to Utah, and then fly back to Tucson the next day. And it just worked out that on the way home, Sterling's mom was going to be in SL from Dallas for a family reunion the weekend I was to go home. So she was so nice to help me drive home to Tucson with the kids then she flew back home. I very much appreciate the both of them for taking time out to help the kids and I get to and from Utah!! It was so much fun to see all the cousins and watch Brooklyn interact with them. Of course it was fun to see the aunts, uncles and grandparents as well! The kids were so lucky to see all five living great-grandparents and have pictures with them all. Besides seeing the great-grandparents, great-aunts and uncles, we were able to go to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house, I was able to go to the temple a couple of times each time with a different sister, Brooklyn went swimming, and pretty much the kids just played and played until they were exhausted. I just loved seeing my family and watching Brooklyn get to know her extended family. Trevor also enjoyed the visit and I am sure he just can't wait to get up and play with all the kids. Well, this last thing then I will be done, the kids would be outside just playing and being normal kids, and where was my daughter? She of course would find my mom or dad and help them with the yard work they were doing instead of play with the kids. What a silly girl! Stay tuned for some pictures of our trip to Dallas during the 4th!!