The busiest Saturday ever . . .

Last Saturday- phew! Most of this was done on my own since Jon was supposed to work a 24 hour shift into Sunday morning. By some MIRACLE he was sent home to take call from home later in the afternoon . . . more about that later . . .

To start the day- we went to the baseball fields to do the mandatory clean up. The kids just started baseball season- Marcus is in coach pitch and Cynthia is doing T-ball. So far they are having fun at practices which are each twice a week (meaning there is some kind of baseball practice every night Monday-Thursday!). After the clean up- we headed to a primary activity.

Here is a picture of my primary class- they are the best! They had fun with the missionary relay and other stations having to do with missionary work.


After the Primary activity we went directly to the Distric Pinewood Derby for the Grand Columbia Council. Marcus had come in 3rd at our Pack Derby, so he qualified for Districs! Anyway- his car did pretty good- but not in the top 3. The kids had fun mostly with the concessions . . . I still can't figure out what is so appealing about Air Heads (their favorite candy). . .



So- this is when things get really interesting. On our way home from the Pinewood Derby, I stopped by Big 5 to pick up some baseball pants for Cynthia. Normally I wouldn't attempt to do this with all my kids, but we were in the area and to be honest I think I was inspired. As soon as we all got out of the car, Lillian threw up in the parking lot. THANK GOODNESS it wasn't in the van! Needless to say, we didn't do any shopping. So- this was the beginning of the stomach flu going through everyone in our family throughout this week. Joy. The worst was Monday night when I got sick- - I was pretty much up all night. I felt better by morning, but the lack of sleep has really set me back this week! Luckily Jon took a sick day on Tuesday to help me out so I could rest.

Back to Saturday, I was thinking GREAT- there goes the rest of our day! We were supposed to head to an Elder's Quorum BBQ at Moxee Park, then I had a babysitter lined up so I could go watch "New Moon" with a bunch of my girl friends (it came out on DVD that day). Poor Lillian too- she was feeling pretty miserable! It is amazing how it just hits like that without warning- I felt bad if we had spread it to any other kids we had been around that day. One minute she is feeling fine, then next . . . .

So here's the miracle- on my drive home Jon calls and says he is coming home and just taking call from home because it wasn't too busy! Yipee- how often does that happen?? So- Jon took the kids to Moxee park for the BBQ, and later I still got to go to my girl's movie night. What a day!