Monday, July 13, 2009

Vacation Day 3 and 4

Friday night I ended up sleeping in Tabitha's room with Terina on the bed. I eventually kicked her off on to the floor next to Tabitha and Emma who were sleeping on their little fold out couches. Of course those three got up at the crack of dawn, more like 8:00am, and woke me up too. I tried my hardest to keep sleeping but knew that having 3 girls up without any adult supervision could be dangerous so I got up and made a delicious breakfast of cold cereal, toast and juice. A little while later Phebe got up and joined the party. Bree and Phebe scheduled pictures of all the girls for that afternoon and that was a challenge. I was so embarrassed the whole time. Terina was not cooperative at all. She didn't want to sit next to Sydney, didn't want to smile or look at the photographer... it was just a mess. We were eventually able to get a couple good shots of all 4 of the cousins. They looked so cute in matching outfits. We then headed off to lunch and had a good time. That afternoon the girls played in the back yard and jumping on the trampoline. Terina played so hard that she knocked out around 5pm and woke up around 7pm. Not my #1 choice of a nap time but whatever. Saturday night Phebe, Terina and I headed over to Jeff's house to see mom and Sydney. Terina and Syd were able to get along a little better that night and it made me really happy that they were. We have not seen Sydney since April of 2008, a couple months before leaving for Hawaii. They ran around in circles screaming and laughing. It was very cute and I just LOVE little Miss Sydney Marie. Terina and I ended up in bed really late and I was truely hoping that she wouldn't wake up for church but when she heard Tabitha's voice she literrally popped up and started playing Peek-a-Boo. Phebe was very impressed that she woke up in such a happy mood. We went to church and then Terina went to Sunbeams with Tabitha. They sang her a welcome song and Terina wanted to talk in the micraphone so the Primary President, Jill who is one of Phebe's good friends, let her be one of the spotlights for that day. They asked her questions about living in Hawaii and she did a good job answering them. After that she was done with Primary and church. She was just really tired and needed a nap so we took off in my old Jeep Sassy back to Phebe's house to pack up, eat a snack and clean the house. By the time Anthony got home from church Terina was ready for round 2. We had lunch/dinner at Jeff and Bree's house and the kids all played together one last time andt then we were off. The drive home was long and it was hailing on the pass so much that you could hardly see in front of you. I'm just glad I wasn't driving. I am glad thought that Terina came home and went to bed at a decent hour and slept in this morning until about 9am. Well... 4 days of vaction down....13 more to go.

2 comments:

The Songer said...

Sounds like your having so much fun!

Do kids ever cooperate with photo shoots when their suppose to? Mine never have!

Athena said...

I have yet to have a good photo shoot...I don't think it's possible when you're dealing with kids. Or adults like me who hate having their pictures taken! :) I might be as bad as Terina...