Monday, April 24, 2006
Since I'm pregnant and pretty much a walking zombie lately, Spring Break was a real bummer for the kids this year. If I'd had any energy at all we might have gone to D.C. or Ohio or something exciting like that. Instead we sat around watching a lot of television, playing a lot of computer games and sitting outside digging in our soon-to-be garden and flooding it with the hose. We managed to hit the beach and a couple of parks, but that was the extent of my abilities this year. Friday night Mark saved the vacation by taking the kids camping at a ward member's house and they tried their hands at fishing. The boys had a blast but unfortunately, we were hit by a monsoon which cut their fishing trip short and flooded our basement for the rest of the weekend. Grandma and Grandpa Stout arrived in town Saturday and joined us for some of Mark's White Bean and Ham Bone soup and Cheescake Factory Cheescake (which we ordered for Kak's going away present) and the boys were thrilled with the visitors. And I was thrilled with Melanie and Jorge, who stayed and played Clue with me and Mark. Then Sunday we did the usual church thing, wrapping the day up at Nate and Devanie's house for some of Mark's fabulous Chicken A La King (the chicken provided by Cliff who generously brought us Boston Market during the week and spared me from the pain of making lunch one day.) I suppose, all in all, it wasn't a complete loss. We had some exciting news, had friends and family come play, enjoyed lots of sunshine and fresh air and enjoyed several hours of games and fun. I suppose I'm just being hard on myself for not doing more--reading more books, visiting more museums, traveling more places, taking more advantage of our freedom. But why do more when you can do less, right? That's my motto anyway, and for now, it's working. . . sort of.
posted by Shana # 4:35 PM 
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