The Help

Well I finally read The Help.  It was pretty good.  I loved being able to talk with their slang while I was reading it, it gave me something to do.  I kind of wonder who I would have resembled in the book.  Now to try to find something else to read.  Any suggestions.

Rest and Relaxation

Some might not think you could do that in Las Vegas, but I sure did.  Wynden had a convention last week there, so I went with him.  I seriously left the hotel to eat and that is all.  I was either at the pool or in the room.  This is it for pictures.  We had to go to a dinner one night for the convention and this was the entertainment.  We had a great time and I caught up on some much needed sleep.

Remember when we were at that hotel and that bird pooped on my head

I hear this almost everyday from Diesel.  The beginning of December we took the kids to Mexico for a week for our family vacation.  We had such a good time.  The resort was perfect for families.  The kids club offered so many fun activities for the kids, they loved it.  The food was really good too.  There were three different buffets and a few restaurants.  I have never seen Hunter eat so much.  He ate more than any other person in our family.  We would be on dessert and he would be like you guys are done already? 
There was a photographer that would walk around with all these different birds and reptiles and take the kid's pictures for no charge and then would post the pictures in the hotel if you wanted to buy them, but Wynden would take a few with his phone acting like he was playing on it.  Well on the last day we were there the guy had a pelican and while Diesel was holding it, it pooped all over his shoulder and arm.  I think that is the only thing he remembers from our vacation.
The plane ride there and back was over six hours and it went so well.  Our plane had individual little ipad type devices on the back of every seat, so we all could watch whatever we wanted movies or TV shows.  Best thing ever.
We did have a really good time and I can't wait to go back.

Nothing makes me feel smarter than...

Helping Lexi with her 5th grade math and playing a game of memory with Karlee.  Very depressing....I guess five kids sucked the brain cells right out of me :)

We like to win

We finished our season last weekend.  Hunter lost out his first game of the tournament, which they played really well (they were third graders in a 4th grade league) and lost by 5 points.  His team improved a lot and I am so proud of how well Hunter played the entire season.  Lexi's team only lost one regular season game the whole year and won first place in their division.  They beat a 6th grade team for 1st place.  She did awesome and plays so aggressively you wouldn't know it was her out there.  It is funny how crazy basketball has gotten in Lynden since I was a youth.  I know a girl who has played in over sixty games as an eighth grader since October and that's not including the Middle school league just her AAU league.  It is some  people's life to play basketball here in our town.  As much as I love basketball we will have to find a happy medium for our family of seven. 

Something, Anything Please!

Some might say that I have an obsessive compulsive personality.  It might be true.  Some friends showed us a fun logo game app.  It has categories where you name what the logo is under different categories such as food or cars, etc.  Or it has a game called streak where it shows you the logo and then gives you four choices.  I liked playing both, but the categories one I felt was one you could actually win when finished, which I like to win :) There are three levels easy, medium, and hard.  After getting so many right it awards you hints.  I have had problems in the past being addicted to games.  This was no different especially since I new you could finish it.  After finishing the first level it said nothing did nothing, which I thought was weird that it didn't even say "congratulations you have finished the easy level".  Wynden teased me about playing it so much, but I knew it would be better as soon as I won it.  I still got other things done don't get me wrong, the kids still got fed, maybe not showered or out of their pajamas....kidding.  Anyway after about three weeks (I didn't play it as much as I have eluded to I am exaggerating a little), I finished it.  There was no confetti, no fireworks, no calls from the president (not that Wynden would have let us answer the phone)...NOTHING.  I wanted a little recognition even a congrats on winning our game that consumed your mind for awhile.  A little disappointed, but I'm over it now and taking a break from any and all games.  Hope you have a happy Monday!

Happy 100th Day of School!