Well, it’s Tuesday and we are still trying to relax from the weekend. Jayden went home this weekend. Crystal met us about half way at my dads house. He had his big birthday celebration which was a lot of fun! We camped out on his property and had a great time! Everyone was there, even Rachele. I paid for her ticket coming down because I knew that the one thing dad really wanted was for everyone to be there with him. It was a nice weekend for it too! The weather was nice… not too hot and not too cold. Of course the traffic was horrible! It took us 3 and a half hours to get from my house to his house, and it’s normally a 2 hour drive. I guess we managed the ride alright… But I can’t wait to get a new van! One with working AC!!!
Anyways, we got down there and the kids were all playing with each other… I think there were 7 kids under 4 and they were all having fun… getting dirty! Crystal got stuck in traffic also, so we were there a while before she showed up. Jayden was so happy to see her! She cried and hugged her… I almost cried myself! It was short lived though, because she wanted to get down to go play again. She did come to tell her mommy that she loved her every 10-15 minutes…. and when she did she almost always called her Robyn first. It was too funny! Before they left to go home, they joined us for dinner and fun. Crystal rode with the kids on the tire swing which they both loved! I wouldn’t dare let them ride alone, because it swings out over this steep hill and you could probably go as high up as maybe 15 feet out there with branches and tree stumps under you.
After dinner and of course after s’mores, we walked Crystal and Jayden up to the car. Jayden was excited to get home to see her new room, and told us she was going to stay awake for the drive home, but I knew she would pass out before even getting to 95. She had a long day. The kids hugged each other and after Jayden got into her seat, Caleb went over and said, “I Love You Jayden!” It was so sweet…
So… Caleb and I began to walk back down to the party… The trail down was covered in little frogs that hopped out of our way as we approached. Caleb got to hold one too! I didn’t think he would do it, but he wasn’t scared at all!
We got back down to the rest of the crowd and my dad opened gifts. Rachele and I got her a really funny card that made everyone laugh. It really fit him too, which was what made it funny!
After the gifts, I tried taking some group pictures of some people. I got Rachele, Gayl, Dad, and Johnathan together for 1 picture which ended up being several, because someone said soemthing about the pose, and my dad just started workin it! LOL! It was so funny and everyone was bustin out laughing! Just take a look and see….
Hehe… Such a goof! 49 years young! It was a great weekend! When I woke up Sunday, I had to pack up and head home early so that we could try and beat the beach traffic. I didn’t want to have another 3 hour ride home again. We stopped by my moms house on the way and stayed until a MUCH needed storm passed over. Got to see my niece Daina, who is 6 months old! She’s such a little girl… still in 0-3 month clothes.
From moms we dropped Rachele off, picked up Marcus to visit the new Ashburn Target and to eat out at some overpriced, not so good mexican grill and then got home and got to bed! I was so tired by the end of the night! I was lazy all day yesterday… Just hung out with my boys and did some laundry. Today is pretty much the same… It’s only been 2 days since Hayden has gone home and we’ve fallen back into our regular schedule. Caleb has even started asking us to sleep with him for a little bit at night again. When Jayden was here, he didn’t asked us one time! And… Alec is back to his regular nap schedule too. It was just too hard to do when Jayden was here… Too much going on for him to lay down and nap! **sigh** Back to normal!
