The countdown.....

We have been trying to make the clock move a bit faster this week, that is for sure!! It is like we are counting down to Christmas, even JT asks when "airplane day" is. He makes me show him which finger is airplane day every morning. DB has been having to do homework every day (maybe even more than when he was in school) and he is under the impression that homework is going out the window in Utah. Okay, well, it probaby will a lot, but not ALL the time. We are so excited to come!

IT has been stinkin' hot this week. Yesterday was only 90-ish degrees and it felt so amazing!! It was super humid because of the storm, but oh it was so nice. We hide inside a lot and I am thinking of insisting on NO DAYTIME MOVIES in Utah. It seems like that is all we do during the day anymore. Movies and swimming over and over again. Boring.

I also can't wait for the smell of the canyon and to hear the rush of the river. There is plenty of water here, but it is all either coming from the sky or sitting in a little pond. We did see a baby alligator on our walk yesterday after the rain which was pretty cute...I got within 20 feet of it to try to take a lame picture with my cell phone, but the thing turned into a chicken and ducked under the water. Anyway, the pine trees and rushing water......yum.

DB has been calling both of his grandmas pretty much every day to make sure they know he is coming soon. I am not completely sure of their conversations because he takes my phone and heads up to his bedroom each time, but he always comes back and lets me know that Grandma Shoff has a dog and a cat, and Grandma Kidd won't be there until Thursday. I think they might just have the same conversations over and over agian! Thank heaven for patient grandmas!

I am so excited to see all our family! WE are so lucky to come "from good stock" and have such marvelous family! DB can't wait to see his cousins, I can't wait to see MY cousins, and to meet my nephew and sister in law for the first time!

Not to mention how great it is going to be to hang out with my parents and siblings. I have the best 4 parents, 1 grandma, I can't even count how many brothers and sisters anymore, and I hope to be able to spend time with all of you!

Now if I can just make it through Wednesday......wish me luck!!!

Today's journal entry

sum sum summertime!

Oh boy did this school year go out with a bang! Or did the summer come in with a bang? Either way, we celebrated in style this last week. Grandma and Grandpa Shoff came to visit us this week! They technically came to visit our new niece Naomi, but they were kind enough to squeeze us in! (wink, wink!) Dallin ditched school on Monday and Wednesday, but we did manage to get him to school on Tuesday for his 2nd grade end of year party! Am I just the best mom EVER?? He ditched to go to WDW with Gramma and Grampa, so it was totally worth it. We made it to Hollywood Studios to go on the new Star Wars ride and DB and JT BOTH went on Grampa's favorite ride, Tower of Terror! DB went twice (bribed by Grampa with a dollar for each time!) and once was enough for JT--"That was TOO scary! It made me TOO BUSY!" Translated that means it made him "dizzy." Tuesday evening Grampa and I took DB to Magic Kingdom for the standard rides. Wednesday we went to EPCOT. I went on my favorite ride! There is a ride that simulates you going on a space shuttle launch. It almost made me sick, it was so awesome. I haven't felt a thrill like that on a ride for a long time! Totally wicked. Gramma and Grampa also got the kiddos their first Mickey Mouse ice cream bar. They have wanted one of those for so long, but cheap ole mommy just gives them frozen gogurts from home! They were in heaven!

Gramma got in some good girlie bonding time with SM too! They painted toes and fingers, played with dolls, watch Cinderella while I took the boys swimming--I think they were both in heaven! Gramma got SM her first little skirt and I have had a hard time getting it off of her since she put it on (on WEDNESDAY!!) Gramma was so proud of what a little princess our baby girl is!

We had such a great time this week and just made us even more excited to come out to Utah in 17 days for even MORE family time! Meanwhile, we are on 2 a day swimming sessions (morning and after dinner--or DURING dinnertime if I don't feel like cooking--to fill some time and get us out of the house. I am SO glad SUMMER IS HERE!!!