A Nice Long Weekend!

Happy Labor Day everyone!  We all had Friday AND Monday off here so we had a nice, long weekend!  

Mom celebrated her birthday last Wednesday and as usual, she took the day off work.  It was a thoroughly pleasant morning of shopping, but not really buying and eating fattening foods.  It was a good day!

On Thursday, I had a trip to the dentist for my 6 month cleaning.  The office is using this new fangled fluoride thingy that cracked mom up.  So she took a picture and that is the dental hygienist in the background making me look even sillier.

For mom's birthday, all  she wanted was a trip to IKEA so we hauled her up to Phoenix on Friday to do some wandering and idea getting.  It wasn't a complete loss of a day though because dad and I talked her into going to Dave and Buster's before hand for lunch.  We're so accommodating!

On Saturday, we met my friend Simon and his family to go bowling.  Last year, we always had fun hanging out together but this year, it turns out that Simon is a boy and I'm a girl.  So it's a little awkward.  But I had fun anyway and bowled a strike and two spares (without the bumpers) so Grandpa Vern would be proud.

On Sunday, we headed out to a friend's house for a barbecue.  I spent the whole time in the pool with all the other kids and was so tired that by the night's end I could hardly walk myself to bed.  Then I got up Sunday and did it all over again with the day spent at my friend Lily's house.  Whew- popularity is exhausting!

Now, while it sounds like it's been all fun and games around here, we have been doing some serious packing.  It's getting annoying but we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.  The movers come Saturday and then we get to do the process all over again but in reverse.  It will be much more fun on the back end though because we will actually have space!

And then on top of all that, we thought Ginger had ringworm, which is super gross and highly contagious.  Mom actually spent her birthday afternoon disinfecting the house and tossing old rugs and dog beds only to find out it is most likely a rash from a food allergy.  I guess that's easier to deal with the ring worm but Monkey has to stay in a cone of shame for 5 days to let every thing heal up.  Lots of fun for all involved.

Hope everyone has a great week!