Want A GREAT Deal

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We Survived the Fair - Literally

Even though the fair seems like ages ago I always like to post about it because my kids love it. I worked at the espresso most of the week, but the kids still seemed to get in quite a few visits. It was a crazy week to say the least, but I think we all had a pretty good time. On Thursday they rode the rides. I like to get my moneys worth so we were there before 11:00 am and didn't get home until after 11:00 pm. We had a great time with cousins and friends.

On Saturday of the fair it was crazy with the kids and their cousins getting their last fill until next year. That night as most of you know there was a shooting at the fairgrounds. My friend called to see if I knew anything about it. I had been so busy cleaning up that I had not noticed all the commotion until I looked around the tent and noticed all the people up a little ways. The kids also saw the ambulances from on top of one of the rides. Needless to say I hurried and closed and we got our freaked out kids out of there.

Overall it was a good week. I got to work with some pretty fun people and that makes it all the better :)

See pictures in the post below.

So What's Your Idea of Fun?

Wednesday we went to the $1 movie at the mall with some friends, came home with those same friends. The kids ate lunch outside and played nonstop. Lexi got to go to this fun activity where they made these glass jar lanterns, decorated flip flops, and ate smores and then a different friend came home with her to play for awhile. For over an hour there were 7 extra kids here playing and the kids were having a blast. They drove the golf cart, jumped on the trampoline, played wii, rode bikes, and endless other games. It was a good day for the kids they were never bored.

The extras left right at dinner time, we came inside to eat and the first thing out of Lexi's mouth is "can we do something super fun tonight?" I was like REALLY!?

Sometimes I feel like

all I do all day long is
-turn off lights
-shut cupboard doors
-flush toilets

Famous quote from my Mother that I told myself I would never say, but I do, "We don't have stock in puget power, so turn off the lights!" I doubt my kids even know what it means to have stock in something.

Did You Know...

-That not only are fries refillable at Red Robin, but so is the Mac and Cheese on the kid's menu. Also if you ask they will bring you fries right away before your meal comes.

-That you should never go to Old Navy without printing out a coupon off facebook. Go to their page and on the left side of the screen it says ticket, click on that and follow directions.

-That this is the best weather of the whole summer this week and I am stuck behind an espresso machine sweating my brains out.

Have a great weekend. Can't wait for a special visitor today.

Goodbye Aldergrove Lake

I can remember going up to Aldergrove Lake as a kid. Wynden and I went up there when we were dating. I have taken my kids there ever since Lexi was a baby. I thought that for sure this would be the summer for the lake. The kids are at perfect ages. Our first time up we pulled into the parking lot, which was rather empty for the first nice day of summer. Our lake had been filled and was now a sand park. Aldergrove lake was a man made lake with a pump and water filter. Budget cuts apparently happen in Canada too because they did not have the funding any more to keep it up. So sad. We let the kids play for a while and said a final goodbye to the sand park because a sand park with no water is no fun and we will not be going back.