.the westensee family.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

.utah trip part three-aunt Ronnie's house.

.i already wrote about part of our adventures with Ronnie in Utah part two... But here is a little summary and than some, with pictures!

.thursday Ronnie and I ran a few errands here in town, and hit up in and out for lunch. Ronnie than headed to Parker's doctors apt with me and dealt with b while I dealt with p. She than so kindly watched my kids at Debbie's house while Andrew and I headed to Verizon. Once we got back I packed up the car, loaded the kids up, and we headed to Ronnie's house to stay until Saturday evening.

.we let the kids play and unwind until Bre got there from Rexburg. Than we headed over to Zupas to meet my aunt up for dinner. It was great food, with great company and just a great time. It was great to catch up with everyone... And a nuts about berries salad may have been a highlight too :)

.we headed home to quickly change and leave again. At this point I realize I forgot my balk shoes at Andrews parents house and call him and beg him to meet up with me to grab them. Debbie and him so kindly met us along the way. We headed off to slc to play ball. Luckily this nice couple dealt with my kids on the stage do I could play. Dare devil b tried many times to jump off the stage as well as run onto the court. Cry baby Parker cried in the pack and play and wanted to be held the entire time. It was hard but worth it to get a chance to play basketball, let alone with both of my sisters. We got home late.

.friday- we got up, had breakfast, got ready and headed off to run errands. I'm going to list a few of my favorite things that happened this day while running errands... Hilarious.

.we went to the distribution center to get garments... The sweet ladies were busy measuring other people and so we decided to measure each other. We were suppose to measure our hips and waist, we did so and we fell under the 32A sizing (it was new sizing). I figured I would buy one and we could try it on. I stood in line to purchase them and when I got to the counter the lady said this, "umm did you get measured? Me:"we measured ourselves" and you were a 32?" Me:"yes" "are you sure? This is a 32 WAIST" me: "yea, I know" (looking at me up and down) "okay, most people don't go THIS small" .... Ahh, okay so now your calling me faT. We headed off to the fitting room and tried it on. Hilarious. It was a little snug, but I still fit in it... Take that lady!

.we decided before we purchased more we would properly get measured. The lady measures our waist, and than measures our "hips" (around your butt).. As she is measuring my sister, and moves the tape measure around my sisters butt, we all immediately start to laugh. She looks at us weird and I said, "we'll if that's where your suppose to measure her hip than that explains why the 32 was snug, measuring around her butt instantly adds 3 sizes." We all laughed. We may have been 2 sizes wrong from a 32. Lol

.while we were all getting measured, Bre took b to get a balloon from the front counter. She comes in screaming with excitement as she is chasing her balloon. At this point everyone is watching her because she comes in screaming with excitement and its a quiet environment. I quickly "shhhh" at her and she chases her balloon and "pop!" Brooklynns face was priceless as a confused look takes over as she wonders what just happened. Lol. The balloon lasted 45 seconds... World record for sure.

.bre and Ronnie may have to comment if they think of more. It's 6am and I have been up for an hour already cause I can't skeep. We headed back to Ronnie's house and hung out until Andrew came and picked me up. I hear that b got to go to the park, go to sees candies and get chocolate. Stay up until 11:30 and learned how to "peacock" someone.

. B fell asleep with aunt cheesy sunglasses on.

.b spotted this dog 100 feet away in the store. As it was wagging its ears I laughed at how much b's hair matched the dogs ears.

.can you see it?!

.utah part two-getaway.

Andrew and I needed a getaway before we are separated for 2.5 weeks. So I set up for my sister to watch the kids overnight, and for us to get dinner and head up to my aunts cabin up by park city. Andrew had NO clue.

Thursday- My sister headed over to pick me and the kids up. We stuck around Herriman because Parker had ANOTHER doctors apt at 1. Tuesday and Wednesday he ate nothing (not like Parker) and what he did eat (bottle) he threw up. It was awful. Poor baby didnt know what we happening. I still dont lniw what he had, because non of us got it. his poor rash is STILL there (poor kid) but looking TONS better than it did).

After the doc apt Andrew and I headed to verizon to put me on his parents plan and take over Evan's line. He spoiled me with an iphone. I guess this makes me part of the cool club now?!

I stayed at my sisters house with the kids and my little sister drove up from Rexburg. We went to dinner at one of my favorite places ever zupas with my aunt Nae. It was great to catch up and eat great food. Afterwards, my sisters and I headed up to basketball. It was a blast. We got home late, and went to bed late.

Friday- we planned to run errands and than I was going to tell Andrew to come get me so we could go to "the temple." Little did he know I had an overnight bag packed and other plans for us. Than I got the dreaded text from Andrew "I'm awake and feel like death." Gggggrrrrrreeeeeeaaaaatttt!! So I ran errands with my sister and told Andrew if he was still feeling up for it, than I was up for going to dinner. He agreed, and picked me up around 5:45.

Off we headed to dinner. And than up to my aunts cabin. We stopped at Walmart to grab a few snacks and breakfast for the morning. We arrived to my aunts cabin and turned on a movie and ate dessert. I turned on the movie "up" because we attempted to watch it on the plane ride to our honeymoon and failed.

4am rolls around and Andrew sits up in bed whining and complaining that he feels like he is getting stabbed in the ear. I was about ready to take him in right than because he had already been tossing and turning all night long. Luckily, 3 ibprophen did the trick and took the pain off allowing him to sleep. We slept till 830 than got up, showered, ate breakfast, cleaned up and headed back down the canyon.

Andrew headed to his parents cabin with Debbie and Roger and Ty and I headed back to Ronnies.

.this is the only picture I got. But this was our view from the loft at my aunts cabin. It was beautiful to wake up surrounded by nature. This is the kitchen and family room (part of it). It was so nice to getaway, even if it was only for 16 hours or so.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

.utah trip part one.

.we have had a blast in Utah so far. we sure have missed being around family. like A-LOT.

.i have learned a few things so far. B-is getting spoiled beyond belief. She LOVES her grandma but when we are home she loves being wherever Tyler or Evan is. It's quite adorable. She is quite opposite of her cousin, but when they are both tired, they both act the same. Grumpy. They play pretty well together overall. And lily has realized she can fight for herself.

.parker boy- I have never realized HOW much of a moments boy he is, until we came here. The first day he would not even think about going to anyone else, and would cry when I put him down. He very much likes doing his own thing by himself. he loves to eat, and will go straight for you if your eating to get a bite. He loves blonde haired girls. And loves to pretend to talk on the phone, say mama or dada and color.

.anyways. I have TONS of pictures so I'm going to try and give a quick update of our past few days and write a couple of my favorite stories.

.thursday night we got in at 12:30am. We were tired and the first flight was long. Both kids had meltdowns and was crying . The second flight was heaven. Both kids were wide awake, but sat still and were laughing and so happy.

.friday we went to wheeler farm. They have farm animals a wagon ride pulled by a tractor, you can milk cows, a playground, and just a lot of fun things. B was in HEAVEN she ran and ran and runaround. We saw cows, chickens, bunnies, rooster, horses, sheep, turkeys, piglets, etc. it was very cool and we sure are thankful for gma/gpa for taking us.

.saturday we went to the temple as a family (minus heather and Tyler). It was really nice to go, and such an awesome experience. My sister watched my kids, and ended up with a bloody nose from Brooklynn. we headed down to the splash pad together. the kids thought it was too cold compared to san antonio. parker was the first one to stand there and get wet, and laughed and laughed.

.sunday was church. we had a great time, came home and spent time with family and just having a relaxing day.

.monday- parker threw up from choking. he had a HORRIBLE smelling/overall nasty diaper from his antibiotics. I took Parker to the doctor for the rash on the back of his leg. Than we headed off to the zoo. B had a MAJOR attitude when we got there and so I took her off to have some one in one time. (Time out). She finally changed her attitude and had a blast. She came home and made cookies with grandma and played the remainder of the night with her cousin.

.some favorite stories.

.here is a example of how different lily and brooklynn us...on Sunday grandpa was sleeping in the recliner, we asked lily was Gpa was doing and she replied "he's sleeping" bee quietly not to wake him... Than about 3 minutes later b walks through the door from being outside with uncle Ty and was walking past and saw Gpa was asleep... Goes over and smacks his arms and says "Gpa! Wake up." Hilarious.

.b was pushing Parker in the stroller at the zoo and pushes him right up to the window and says, "there ya go Parker" she wanted him to see.

.saturday lily and b were tired and grumpy. B kept bugging lily more and more and getting in her face. Lily finally just reached up and decked b in the face.

.im sure there are more, and I will think and post them in my next post. For now, here is what you really want... Pictures. picture OVER-load.