What a week! Things were pretty nuts here (which is in part why I'm writing this almost a week late). I left for a beam trip on Sunday at the end of this week, and I had a rather crazy week at work leading up to it. The test was definitely not in an operational state, so I stepped in and helped pull all the blocks together and debug everything over the last week. It wasn't quite where we wanted to be, but I was able to get everything we needed functional. This involved several long days AT work! Can you believe it, I had to go in! ;) I also got on my computer several nights after the kids went to bed to address things. Anyway, from my point of view this week was quite a blur, but there was definitely some great stuff that happened around here! Such as Winry and Grayson reading stories together!
Monica took the kids to one of the local libraries where they have a vet setup. The kids really like playing with the stuffed animals and giving them check ups. Grayson also tested out the drinking fountain!
Monica and the kids headed to a local place called Monkey Business one day with the Cammacks. It's an indoor jungle gym type place for kids, and the kids had a lot of fun. I could tell from how excitedly they told me all about it! Grayson had a good time riding this turtle, though it was no horse...
There was a big inflatable climbing wall (that's what I've pieced together from the pictures and videos) that the kids all enjoyed. Just look at Grayson stomping around! Winry, on the other hand, was bouncing all over the place in there! Brooke climbed the wall and would jump off. She said there was a line on it up higher where you weren't supposed to climb, I'm guessing because you were getting too close to the ceiling.
There was also a foam pit to jump in and do cool tricks, such as jumping in with a friend.
Here are all the kids together, I assume at the end of their day there.
Grayson is quite the climber right now. It's not that uncommon to see our chairs in this configuration. It does stop him from getting onto the table, but he does still climb on the chairs and sit on them too.
On Saturday we went to a really cool park that is relatively close by. When we first got there we spent some time on the various play grounds and the nature observatory walk way. In part of the park there's one of those raised paths over an otherwise undeveloped area. It even has a two story part with a spiral stair case. We didn't really see anything that interesting in the trees, but it was a nice addition to the park. After we played some we headed over to another part of the park where they had a splashpad and a little stream leading to it. Grayson promptly got in and sat at the head of the stream.
When it was time for a water break, Grayson got a drink the obvious way.
Grayson really loved the water. He played in all of it. The stream, the little pool at the end of the stream, and even with the fountains in the splash pad, though he was a little cautious and kept his distance after one of these turned on while he was standing on it!
Eventually we were playing on the hill, rolling and running down. When the kids ran down the hill I would catch them and we'd spin around so I didn't just fall down the hill while holding them. You can kind of tell, but this was a pretty steep hill.
Grayson also ran up the hill, but I didn't catch him on the way down and spin like I did for the girls. Instead I just picked him up and we darted down together!
Later in the afternoon we were enjoying the back yard, and all of the kids got on the swing together!
Sunday morning I went to sacrament meeting at the other ward in our building, came home and headed to the airport to go to Texas. I've done a decent job converting the rest of the team into Buc-ee's fans, though they more go for things like the candied pecans (which are SOOO good!), but as long as it gets me in the door, I don't care why (though I get the nuts too). Well, low and behold, we walked in there door, and there was the man, the myth, the legend, Buc-ee himself! What a day, and what a trip! Obviously this was a good omen of things to come! (the things that actual came resulted in probably the most exhausting test trip I've ever been on, despite being one of the shortest... but we did a dang good job in the beam and collected more data than expected.)
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