Monday Andy hopped a plane to DC and I loaded up the car with fabric, dogs, and boys and headed to the farm.\u00a0 A quick stop by Blockbuster to return a couple movies and a Wii game the boys rented and we were off.\u00a0 It was hot.\u00a0 Very very hot.\u00a0 Jordy was there which made Austin very happy.\u00a0 He loves Jordy.\u00a0 She taught him how to climb trees- all the trees in our backyard are huge so there are no low branches.\u00a0 But at the the farm there are trees of all sizes.\u00a0 Even Cole started climbing and I just looked the other way and prayed for no ER visits.\u00a0 The dogs were too hot to run so they spent a lot of time sleeping in the garage.\u00a0 I stayed inside and cut, cut, cut.<\/p>\n
A few times a year Andy heads out to a conference.\u00a0 He used to complain about them but he now knows that I know <\/em>they are a total joke so he has stopped pretending that they are torture.\u00a0 Every time he goes he wins something.\u00a0 I don’t know why he has such luck, I never win anything.\u00a0 Last year he called me from Vegas and said, “hey guess what, I just won a free helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon!”\u00a0 I acted all excited and said, “Really!\u00a0 That’s great!\u00a0 I have good news too!\u00a0 I made it all the way to the farm without the dog puking on one of the kids!!”\u00a0 And I was secretly happy later when he told me that the guy sitting next to him in the helicopter puked during the ride.<\/p>\n This time he calls and says, “hey guess what??\u00a0 I won an iPhone!\u00a0 I put my name in the box 5 minutes before the drawing, isn’t that cool?”\u00a0 Yeah- cool.\u00a0 I had been fighting with the older boys over one iPod for the last three days.\u00a0 See remember how I said that having older kids was cool?\u00a0 Well some times not so much.\u00a0 They start to want your stuff and suddenly you find your iPod missing, your laptop is gone.\u00a0 At least they don’t want my clothes- that might be scary.<\/p>\n Yesterday we came back and it was so hot we went straight to the pool, but the water was too warm.\u00a0 Today I am running around picking up the movies and Wii games that I dropped off at the wrong video store<\/em> and taking Barley to vet to get another shot for her allergies.\u00a0 But the good news is that it is Friday.\u00a0 Andy came home last night and it looks like rain.\u00a0 All good things.<\/p>\n Have a great weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Monday Andy hopped a plane to DC and I loaded up the car with fabric, dogs, and boys and headed to the farm.\u00a0 A quick stop by Blockbuster to return a couple movies and a Wii game the boys rented and we were off.\u00a0 It was hot.\u00a0 Very very hot.\u00a0 Jordy was there which made Austin very happy.\u00a0 He loves Jordy.\u00a0 She taught him how to climb trees- all the trees in our backyard are huge so there are no low branches.\u00a0 But at the the farm there are trees of all sizes.\u00a0 Even Cole started climbing and I just looked the other way and prayed for no ER visits.\u00a0 The dogs were too hot to run so they spent a lot of time sleeping in the garage.\u00a0 I stayed inside and cut, cut, cut. A few times a year Andy heads out to a conference.\u00a0 He used to complain about them but he now knows that I know they are a total joke so he has stopped pretending that they are torture.\u00a0 Every time he goes he wins something.\u00a0 I don’t know why he has such luck, I never win anything.\u00a0 Last year he called me from Vegas and said, “hey guess what, I just won a free helicopter ride over the Grand Canyon!”\u00a0 I acted all excited and said, “Really!\u00a0 That’s great!\u00a0 I have good news too!\u00a0 I made it all the way to the farm without the dog puking on one of the kids!!”\u00a0 And I was secretly happy later when he told me that the guy sitting next to him in the helicopter puked during the ride. This time he calls and says, “hey guess what??\u00a0 I won an iPhone!\u00a0 I put my name in the box 5 minutes before the drawing, isn’t that cool?”\u00a0 Yeah- cool.\u00a0 I had been fighting with the older boys over one iPod for the last three days.\u00a0 See remember how I said that having older kids was cool?\u00a0 Well some times not so much.\u00a0 They start to want your stuff and suddenly you find your iPod missing, your laptop is gone.\u00a0 At least they don’t want my clothes- that might be scary. Yesterday we came back and it was so hot we went straight to the pool, but the water was too warm.\u00a0 Today I am running around picking up the movies and Wii games that I dropped off at the wrong video store and taking Barley to vet to get another shot for her allergies.\u00a0 But the good news is that it is Friday.\u00a0 Andy came home last night and it looks like rain.\u00a0 All good things. 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