What a ride!

The past month has been one adventure after another. As a family we have gone to the Draper temple open house, Bear Lake, Chucky Cheese, and while the kids are with Josh I have been down to Moroni a few times. At the temple open house I realized exactly why they dont let kids into the temple! WOW what an experience. It was a little crazy tryin to keep track of 7 kids without talking and trying to keep them from talking too. DJ and I loved seeing the different rooms of the temple, it is prob the only time I will get to see the mens dressing room and the only time guys get to see the Bridal room and womens dressing room :). The Celestial room was especially touching and brought tears to my eyes as did the sealing room. The kids however thought the cookie room was the best of all! Try explaining to Collin and Jaxon that when you go to the temple they dont really have a cookie room at the end of the session. I guess it is just that much more incentive for them to actually get there someday if they think there are treats. Especially Jaxon who STILL wants to go back to nursery where they have toys and snacks! (hhhmmmm cant say as I blame him, sounds pretty good to me!) After the temple we all went up to Bear Lake for the weekend where DJ's sister had a timeshare she let us use (Thank you Mary!) That was quite the experience. I am not really sure how to put it into words. Hunter spend most of the weekend trying to find someone to argue with. At the end he tells me with exasperation "What is wrong with these people, no one ever gets mad and no one will argue with me!!!" Miranda had an ear infection all weekend and finally DJ and his bro in law gave her a blessing. Turned out her ear drum was continually rupturing and healing every 8 or 9 hours. Collin did NOT enjoy the one bite rule and is now officially opposed to oranges:) Tanner however, ate several new foods and with the right incentive we realized he will eat most everything. Savannah was somehow attached to Austin like a shadow and they had a great time sledding and swimming. Jaxon and Coll had a ton of fun swimming and a tubing. Overall it was a lot of fun but a somewhat exhausting weekend. The good news is that even after the kids were at their finest DJ still came back! What a trooper! DJ came up here this weekend because I ended up with the kids again, and we had a much better weekend. We went to Chucky Cheese and OMGosh! That place is a ZOO! The kids had a blast playin game after game. For a mere $60 we were able to take home 3 slinkys, 15 suckers, a big beattle, a squishy ball (already broken) and several other items that are each worth about 15cents. The pizza was awful and the prizes worthless so Im not sure it was the best deal economically but we did all have a great time. DJ came to church with us and introduced himself as my bf in preisthood so I guess the gossip is probably makin the rounds lol. The kids said that someone already has asked them if we are getting married! How news travels (and morphs) fast! After dinner, horsey rides for the kids, and a little extra sugar, DJ left for home :-(, but next weekend hopefully will come soon. Its Valentines day this weekend and it will be nice to have a valentine this year - especially one who is so great to me and the kids. HHHMMM I wonder what I should get him???? Maybe a bridal catalog and ring advertisements?....nah dont wanna freak him out. Kinda wanna keep this one around, so we'll give him some more time to adjust and absorb the chaos that is my life! :D