Friday, April 25, 2014

10 Days With Klaire

That is right, I got to spend 10 whole days with Klaire. It was awesome.

The family and I went and picked up Klaire on Monday night for Family Home Evening. It was a pleasant drive, we missed the traffic, Kylee got to play on the Ipads at the cellphone lot, and Tia was generally pretty happy. Gaupo and I did our typical making a trip where we should know where we are going mistakes. We came out of the cellphone lot and headed toward the airport. We thought we were going to the terminals, but turns out we were going to like a security check place. Anyway, we had to cut across a road we probably weren't supposed to get to them, and then we went to the wrong terminal to pick-up Klaire, but once we got all that figured out we were good to go and had no problems on the way home.

Most of Klaire's visit was filled with her just joining me doing what I do everyday. That means we went running, we ate meals with my kids, read Kylee books, went to the park, played outside, and even went to visit Gaupo at work a couple of times. We visited Gaupo once with Chick-a-fil free breakfast. It was a sausage biscuit and I was pretty sure Kylee wouldn't eat hers, but turns out she did. Her taste buds are changing and she actually is starting to like things she use to hate. Anyway, the other time we visited Guapo was for lunch because I didn't have time to make it before he left.

One thing Klaire did for us while she was here was babysit. So, Gaupo and I were able to go to Stake Conference on Saturday night. We usually do, but I didn't know what I was going to do this time because they have now invited everyone ages 12 and up to go and that takes away all of the babysitters almost, so I was glad she was here. It was a really good session and since I didn't get to pay a whole lot of attention to Sunday's meetings it was a good thing. My life change from this stake conference is accepting Pres. Richards invitation to wake up and read the scriptures for 20 min. This has been really hard, but I have noticed a difference, some days it is more than others, but it still matters. Klaire also babysat our kids so we could go to the temple. We haven't been since November and I REALLY wanted to go. It was wonderful to feel the love in that holy place. I love going to the temple. It makes me feel so good, even if it does take us an hour and a half to get home, and I had to pump. It was totally worth it.

We did do one out of the ordinary thing while Klaire was here and that is taking her to Pearl Street. We went on Saturday. It was fun to go in and out of the shops. We had a picnic, witnessed a group trying to save the planet (They were walking down the street burning marijuana and reading their script off a phone. Pretty much Boulder), and walked with the kids. It was a simple activity but I think we all enjoyed getting out and seeing some new sights.

Klaire and I walking with the Girls though a boulder.

The picnic. 
Also, while Klaire was here we celebrated Easter. The Easter Bunny left an egg hunt for Kylee and Klaire. Mostly for Kylee but he did hide some hard ones so that Klaire had to help. It was so fun to watch Kylee hunt for eggs. She even enjoyed emptying the contents (1or 2 M&Ms and either 2 dimes or a quarter). We had her put the M&Ms in a bag and the coins in a jar. Then on Monday we hit the after Easter sales at Wal-Mart and used the change to buy candy and Kylee wanted a bear so that is what she got. It was really fun. We had a traditional Easter feast (ham, potatoes, amazing gravy, and corn casserole) on Sunday night. Then we finished of the night with crock-pot cake. It was a fun really chill day. Oh, we also watched the movie Because of Him. It was a really great Easter.

Searching for Eggs



One of the other 'Big' things we did while Klaire was here was family pictures. So, here are couple of them.



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