Date Night

This boy was my hot date.

We went to the airport.

To get this girl.

She's my sister and she's leaving on an eighteen month LDS mission to Russia.  If you think I won't miss her face you'd be wrong.

Airports make me a little emotional.  All those people leaving and coming home, I won't lie, I get sorta weepy.

I'll miss my sister.


PS- Our baggage porter was super cute.

It doesn't get better than this

Friday nights around here are pretty competitive.  Like, cutthroat.  We put all the niceties away and battle till the end.  The game of choice:  swordplay.  Because after all what better way to teach your children to love and respect each other than by engaging in mortal combat?  Of course it is only virtual combat and you don't actually get hurt, you just fall off the platform and go swimming.  By the way, see how the punks I gave birth to are all laughing?  It's because Pinky just took me out for the second time.  Nice.

Check out our proper form, I'm certain jousting instructors all over the world are applauding.  Or not.

By the way, what I'm wearing in this picture is my standard uniform.  Jeans, with or without holes, t-shirt, hoodie/ sweater, depending on the weather and flip flops or boots.  Again depending on the weather.  For mom style ideas that are way cooler than I could ever be  click here and go to Ain't No Mom Jeans.  I like the way they dress over there.

We had hamburgers on Saturday.  It was kind of a family date.  I've also discovered a good way to limit your fry intake.  Only eat the ones your kid feeds you.  It's surprisingly effective. 

Even the husband tried it.

We might be on to something here.  We could market it and make millions.

And finally, I've been trying to be in more pictures rather than in my usual spot behind the camera.  It's my April resolution or something.  Here's the problem, it's a lot more comfortable behind the camera.  The Knot Princess is helping me with camera insecurities by telling me and then showing me what I need to do.  A perfect example follows.

I think her head tilt is better than mine.  Guess I need to practice. 

Happy Monday!

Kristen

Eddie Bauer, Name Changes and What Not To Watch

Date night is back!  We started off at the Temple, hit the Eddie Bauer 30% off clearance sale and finished off at a wedding reception with the perfect caramel cheesecake.  Definitely a change from our usual MO:  throw the kids in bed and hang out on the couch in our really old sweats for 3 or 4 hours. 

See, that's how excited I am about getting out of the house.  Moving on now. 

My kids changed their names.  This happens occasionally.  The hard part is remembering what the new names are.  Right now they're Granthum, Annabelle, Nathaniel and my favorite, Kasha. 

My baby had his tubes put in on Friday.  As far as procedures go, this is an easy one.  We were home within two hours, there's no pain after and it gives the kid immediate relief from that awful plugged ear feeling.  The med's they gave him did make the kid loopy.  See how hard it is for him to hold his head up? 

On Sunday morning we watched In The Womb:  Multiples with our kids.  I had found it at the library and thought it would be fun for the kids because it was about multiples, turns out I was wrong.  Very wrong.  It shows several multiples from ahem, conception to birth.  Try explaining what those fishy things are to your 4 year old.  We didn't finish the show.

Have a good day people!

Kristen