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ROAD TRIP!! Day 1 Friday

Heading out to road trip it allllll the way to Dane & Kortney’s place. Yes, we are very, very brave to do this without the usual menfolk in the wagon train.

First stop–Lyndi’s place to pick up some things she needed us to take. We really wanted her to jump in the car with us, but she wasn’t able to do it…this time. We’ll miss you Lyndi!!

For some strange reason, we were feeling particularly sturdy-mountain-women-ish for this trip…which we may laugh about later.

We’ll see.

Arkansas here we come!!

Lots of roads.

Lots of clouds.

Lots of prairie.

Ooooh. Dairy Queen is ALWAYS a good idea. Heh, heh.

Not stir crazy yet!! All these cuties did so-so well, playing games, watching movies and napping.

Made it to Colorado…

and our hotel…

in great time.

Everyone was ready…

for a nacho feast!

 

with a little popcorn on the side…

and the floor.

Haha.

I was ready for bed but these little fishies wanted to swim before sleeping after being cooped up in the car all day. What a great idea!

Zzzzzzzzzz…

 

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Warrior Birthday Party

Jillian tried something new this year for her boy’s birthday. It was a family or group or company that puts on warrior parties. They are called Battle Birthdays.

They supply all the foam “swords” and shields and whatever else is needed for a bunch of battle games.

Now, you know perfectly well that all the people with any smarts about them stayed perfectly “put” undercover in the pavilion. No swinging swords and crazed warriors running around us.

Nope.

I will say though that it was fun to see all the enthusiastic engagement from the ummmmm….

grown men. 

Apparently, this was their kind of kids party!

In fact, I almost lost track of the kids completely because it was so much fun watching the big guys.

I think we need to find out if these guys do more than just children’s parties. If they do…we should definitely book them a few more times…

if you get my drift.

Check out this adorable cake that Jillian made with the little sour patch warriors on the top!! She is soooo good at making whatever cake the kids want. It’s amazing.

Happy Birthday boy!

We sure love you.

Grammy

 

 

Battle Birthdays on Facebook

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Child Labor

There seems to be a very good reason to have little folks in your work force. Namely when they can fit in the tight spot that you can’t.

Plus, Linky is having the time of his life.

And he’s doing it for free.

Win. Win. Win.

Heh, heh.

 

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Strawberry Days Esports Competition

Oh, yeaaaah–I’m pretty proud of these kids! They all entered the ESports competition for Strawberry Days in Pleasant Grove. Such brave souls. I was way too chicken–but I did come to watch.

Jillian, Lyndi and Rhen all entered the Dr. Mario tournament.

They played through the rounds and got pretty far.  At one point there were people standing outside the school windows so that they could see the screens!

Some guy came over by me and started complaining about all the people that had beat him. I sheepishly said, “Yeah, that’s my daughter,” and “That’s my other daughter,” and “That’s my son.” All he said in return was, “Wow.”

I swear, I tried to keep a straight face. We will not discuss how well it worked.

Our boy entered the Smash Bros tournament because it’s his particular specialty. Watch out everybody else!

Rhen and this fellow got to the finals…

but of course…

there can be only one winner!!

No surprise to me who that was!

Congratulations Rhen!!!

But wait!! Right after that–we had another winner in the Smash Bros category!! Congratulations boy!!

I taught them everything they know.

BAHAHAHAhahahahaha!

What a fun time.

Hanging out with winners!

Heh, heh.