2 Weekends, 2 Parties, and 1 Spoiled but Grateful Mama

I feel like my life will hit a lull and we will just be doing the same stuff over and over, but I don't know stuff just keeps happening and I feel like I can never get it all blogged about. I wish I could. Imagine if I could blog about all the cool projects my kids do, how they play with their friends, how FHE goes, what we do for fun, how Gaupo's school is, what we do for Relief Society meetings, etc. I would have quite the blog, but I am guessing I wouldn't have much of a life, so you readers are stuck with highlights, or what I can manage to post in the time I take to sit down and write it.

These last couple weekends have been really fun. The weekend before last so Oct. 15th, our family got to go to Elitch Garden's with Aunt Kitt, Matthew, and Tabitha (Kitt's roommate). It was a lot of fun. The girls had a blast. They rode and rode and rode. They could not get enough of it. I on the other hand rode two rides and threw-up. So, Elitches-2 Katey-0. I did ride the Ferris Wheel later on and the little kid coaster. I also would have ridden Mind Eraser, but we ran out of time. It was a bummer, but I am sure we will go again sometime. Gaupo and I definitely want to take the girls when they are older and when the water park is open too. It was fun to spend more time with Kitt and Matthew although you can tell that Matthew has started school and they are not seeing each other everyday. Matthew has kind of a two track mind right now. It consists of school and Kitt. Kitt has more tracks than that, but the major track is Matthew. It is so fun to see them together. However, my favorite part by far is watching Kylee and Tia get such a thrill from the rides. They loved everything and rode every ride they could. They rode the kid coaster a solid 3 or 4 times and loved it every time. It was such a great trip. We got home about 11:00PM, but it was worth a fun family night together.

Me waiting for Elitch's to open.

Kylee

Tia

Gaupo, Tia, Kylee, Me, Kitt, Matthew

Matthew, Kitt, Kylee. We got really cold on top of the ferris wheel, so Kylee climbed in with Kitt.

And Tia climbed in with Tabitha.

This weekend was a first for me. I left Tia and Kylee home with Gaupo, while I went to UT. I drove out on Saturday with my parents. I read a book for about 6 hours of the trip. I didn't keep track of where we were, I didn't get interrupted to turn on music, have a snack, get asked are we there yet, or any other question associated with traveling with other people especially kids. It was really nice to just sit back and enjoy the ride. When we got to Kara and Seth's house it was fun to visit and help and not have to worry about my kids or Gaupo. It was great to be able to play with Ross. We built a tent and read books in it. It was so fun to have my life simplified and just be a sister, daughter, aunt, and cousin. Sometimes I worry that that sounds terrible, but you know I came home really late Sunday and saw my kids laying in there beds and realized how much I cared for and missed them. I climbed in bed with Gaupo and realized how much I missed his constant love and companionship. Yes, I got a break and it was so great, but I don't need a forever one because I love being a wife and mother, but I also can't deny how nice it was to have a break. 

One of my favorite things about the weekend in UT was visiting with my cousin Lisa. We are only about 4 months apart and we have always been pretty close. Well this weekend neither her nor I had kids on Sunday and so we were able to just visit and hang together and it was so refreshing. We could just talk and laugh like we use to it was fun. So, nice.

Me and Lisa as cute as ever.

Also this weekend, all my mom and all my sisters but Lindsay were able to go to Women's Conference together. That was really fun. We all got to sit together and enjoy delicious apple cinnamon doughnuts together. It has been 6 years since we have gone to a General Women's session together and the one we did get was the General Young Women's session. Anyway, it was fun I would have loved to just hang out more just us, but we needed to do other things. 

Kara, Klaire, Mom, Me, and Kitt

A few other random things I loved was staying up late talking. I am sure Matthew was a little amazed at how silly we can get and the memories we have that crack us up so much, but hey it's how we roll I guess it is a good thing to learn. I also loved watching Seth bless Levi. I am always so grateful to watch my brother's hold and use their Priesthood. It is such special blessing.  I love watching Seth be around his family and how much he feels loved when they come to things like this. It is really great. Also, getting to hold a sweet little baby boy this weekend was so great. I almost cried but I didn't. However, that little boy is so precious and him and his brother are going to have a blast. As you can tell it was a great weekend.

Me, Ross, Seth, Kara, Levi, Mom, Klaire, Dad, and Kitt

By the way, Tia and Kylee loved being home with Gaupo. They watched two movies in one day. They got pizza and special drinks for dinner. Plus Gaupo bought them M&M's and Sweedish Fish. They got to stay up a little late, and they got to ride in Daddy's car. Gaupo did their hair on Sunday and it looked really good for a guy that never, ever does hair. He took good care of them and they had a blast. On one facetime call I asked if I could leave again sometime and Gaupo said no, but Kylee said"Yes, the next time." So, we will see. Gaupo was a great sport to let me go, so we will try to stick around for a bit and support him in all he has going on here.

It has been fun to party the last couple weekend, but it will be nice to soak in some General Conference this weekend and be at home as a family.  I am so blessed for all the family I have.