Guests!

It's been a busy week for us - we've been trying to get our house ready for guests and get ourselves ready for the weekend and preparing for the cruise. Friday was our preschool day and we took a "Field Trip" to a pumpkin patch - a cute one with a hay maze and lots of animals - the kids had a great time - and even James did well considering he missed his nap. :) The kids loved looking at the animals - and LOVED feeding the goats who would eat any hay you put near their mouths. It was a fun little trip and we had fun with friends and talking to the kids about fall and the animals.

Saturday morning the kids had Soccer - Dan took them to soccer while I cleaned up and got rooms ready. This was the kids last day of soccer and they went out with a bang - both teams won! They came home with their little participation medals - very excited! I spent the rest of the day cooking for my Mom's birthday party - Deviled Eggs, 7 Layer Dip, Cheese Dip, 2 Cakes and Spaghetti and Guacamole. Dwayne and Nicole and kids came over to eat dinner and play games and make bread with us during the evening - we had fun playing and eating and playing. The kids all get along well together and their kids are sad to go at the end of the night - so they must be having fun too (lol - we hardly see the kids - they go run around outside, or downstairs, and keep themselves busy)

 My parents and sister got in around 8:30 - after getting them settled and finishing the cooking - I was totally dead on my feet! I'm not used to spending the whole day standing on my feet! Today was our Stake Conference - James was rather cranky since he didn't get a nap and hasn't been feeling very good. After - we went home - finished getting the food ready while James napped - then we headed over to Grandpa's for my mom's 60th birthday party. As usual at Francone get-togethers we had WAY too much food (lol - I wasn't even the worst offender!) But it was all yummy, and we all had a great time together.  Grandpa put together a slide show with pictures from my mom when she was younger, and even a tape with her singing both as a kid and as a teenager - it was adorable to hear her sing as a kid and kinda neat to hear how much she sounded like Sandi and I sound.  Our plan for her gift is to take her out to a spa for a morning with just the ladies and some relaxation!  We are looking forward to a week with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Sandi and Baby Taz around!