Labor Day Weekend Festivities

I hope that everyone had an enjoyable Labor Day weekend. Our weekend was packed full of activities for the whole family. Saturday we spend most of the day cleaning and organizing the master bedroom. In preparation for the baby, we are rearranging several parts of the house to make room for his nursery. We are turning the office into the baby's room but that means we now have to find room for all of the office stuff. We decided to start with our room and Lexie's room so we could move furniture out of the office into areas that were already organized and clean. It's been a big job, and even though we didn't get it all done it was nice to have some dedicated time with Josh to do some good cleaning.

Saturday was also the first BYU football game. Which at our house, is a MUST WATCH. Thanks to Josh's friends we were able to watch the game Saturday evening at their new home. (We don't get "The MTN" channel from Dish Network so we have to watch all the games elsewhere) Josh and Lexie went for a swim in the neighborhood pool, we had a nice Mexican dinner, and the boys watched the game while the little girls played and the big girls watched TV upstairs. We all had a great time!

Sunday morning Lexie woke up with a full blown cold. Her nose was running and she was coughing so I decided to keep her home from church while Josh went and substituted in Nursery. Lexie was sad she didn't get to go with her Dad but I didn't want the other kids getting sick. We had planned on heading up the canyon Sunday afternoon to join Josh's family at the cabin in Kamas for the remainder of the weekend. We knew that the weather wasn't going to be great so we debated long and hard before beginning our journey. We arrived at the cabin around 4pm Sunday afternoon. It had been a beautiful day, just a little windy. However, as the afternoon went on the clouds rolled in and so did the rain. It rained most of the evening, into the night, and the next day. Fortunately for us, we were blessed to get a comfy bed inside the cabin for the night and didn't have to worry about setting up or taking down a tent for the rainy evening. Lexie was excited because she got to stay in the trailer with Grandma and Grandpa. We had a yummy dutch oven dinner Sunday night that Grandpa had prepared in the rain (what a trooper). After dinner we laid Lexie down and watched "The Prestige" with Josh's parents. I love that show. The trailer had sprung a leek so Josh and Tom spent most of the movie standing with a towel soaking up the water as it dripped inside the trailer. Monday morning was a balmy 38 degrees. I think that everyone was ready to get out of the rain and head home for the day. Nate and Amy had already left around Midnight the night before because they had rain dripping inside their tent and didn't want to risk spending the night in cold misery (not that I blame them). We all packed up shortly after breakfast and headed for home. We went to Grandma and Grandpa's house for lunch where we could rest in comfort and warmth. We spent the afternoon relaxing and watching "Clean House" while Lexie took a nice long nap. Later that evening we headed for home and I did laundry for the next several hours. Sounds like fun huh? We certainly do know how to cram in as much stuff as we can into one weekend.

In the end the weekend was a success. Josh got to watch his football game, I accomplished some much needed cleaning and organizing, and Lexie got to go to the cabin and be with her grandparents, uncles, and aunts. A great weekend was had by all!