Not a whole lot going on…

…Yeah, been a pretty boring week.

Not!!!!

Sorry – I know that is so 1992 of me. I just couldn’t resist.

Holy smokes, I’ve been so excited for Jason to come home. He arrived Thursday and is already gone up to Idaho for school. Totally not fair to all of us in Colorado – but I’m sure the best thing for him. We went to Denver and stayed the weekend so we could hang out and stare at him.

It was super fun because Julia and Adam were there too.  Adam brought Sienna. Props to him for doing the single dad thing while traveling.  She decided get a bad cough and pulled an all-nighter, which is never fun in any circumstances, let alone when you are traveling.

The Monkeys had a blast playing with their cousin. They also played with Uncle Jason’s Legos. I hardly saw my boys because they were so engrossed in the Legos. It was awesome. Then all I had to contend with was Monkey Three, who – since he is most flexible baby ever – was a dream. I think he’s hit a growth spurt since all he wants to do is eat tons and then sleep for hours on end. At the same time he’s doing all of that, he’s also becoming more adorable by the minute. Mmmmm….I could eat him up!

So here’s how the weekend went down.

First, Monkey Do slammed his mouth into a bench outside the elementary school, smashing a couple of teeth and getting an enormous  fat lip.  We were on our way in to get Monkey See from class so we could head to the airport.

I went into the school and was so grateful that the school nurse assessed him.  Luckily no need for stitches. Poor guy – he was in a lot of pain – but considering that he hit the bench teeth-first, it could have been a whole lot worse.

Monkey Do was so excited to leave school early – I think that was his favorite part of the day. I forgot how “cool” that is. He was pleased as punch.

With the whole face-smashing incident we had to go get a frosty and then go home and get some Tylenol. That set us back a bit – so we got to Denver just in time to give hugs and then head to the airport.

At the airport fat-lipped Monkey Do decided to conquer his fear of escalators (I knew I shouldn’t have given him the medicine – I should have kept him in pain). We went in a circle about 52 times before it was time for Jason to get home.

These are some of my favorite pictures from the arrival.

He had an accent at first – his inflection was funny. But after a day or two, it’s almost gone. We also think that he grew a few inches. He is so tall now! He is also super skinny – he’s lost at least 25 lbs. Which is about how much I need to loose – after looking at those pics of me – I’m pretty committed to hitting South Beach starting tomorrow.

The rest of the weekend we just hung out and talked and ate. It was great.

We also took some pics at the temple. I wanted to show the boys the temple grounds and everyone else agreed to come along. I’ll have to post those later.

This morning I got up super early to catch the morning light and an empty parking lot. I got some more pictures that I hope to print up and put all over our house.

I also took a hundred pictures of this red tulip. I have the perfect YW lesson in mind to use it for. It wasn’t until I got the perfect shot that I realized it’s going to be a long time before I can use this picture in a YW lesson.

Maybe it’ll come in handy somehow in Primary (yes, new calling – pretty happy and excited about it!).

By the time Easter came we did quick stuff with the bunny, drove Adam and Sienna to  the airport and headed back home. Can’t wait for round two when Jason comes home for his non-homecoming homecoming the end of May!

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