The Searle's Stories

We don't like when Cody goes away on business trips. Only two more week long trips that we know of this spring and we are already ready for them to be done. It's the end of February and this is the 3rd full week he's been gone. To keep us from sitting around the house eating our hearts out and cryin our eye out, we try to stay as busy as possible. 

On Moday our fun activity was coloring and making story puppets. We also colored animals to sing "Old McDonald." I started singing it in a crazy voice. Ellie looks at me with this dead serious look, says "Mommy goofy" and rolled her eyes. She went back to playing as if I wasn't even there. If she is already emberassed in the privacy of our own home then I seriously feel for this kid because she has no idea what kind of a mother she has. (Insert evil villain laugh)

Tuesday I had the opportunity to help with a relief society lesson given at a retirement/nursing home. The lesson was beautiful, about how we are all important as individuals and that we need each other. The sister from my ward teaching it brought a big bouquet of flowers and pointed out that some were very loud and demanded attention while others were smaller ones with a purpose to fill the space. But each was necessary in making the arrangement beautiful and with out all of them it would not have been nearly as beautiful. We need all sorts of flowers or people to make a community (or in that case relief society) what it is. I got to sing "As Sisters in Zion" and it was amazing to be able to serve those ladies. I don't consider myself to be a good singer, more of a hide in the back of a choir kind of gal but its still fun to be able to be involved and share what little talent I have. 

That afternoon we headed to Twin for a girls afternoon. I've been watching for sales and for the perfect Easter outfits. Remember how I said we try to keep busy? Well this was one way to really help that. We scored major on their else aster skirts with coupons and sales and had fun with toys from the dollar bins at target. 

And whoever decided to put a Chic-fil-a in the target parking lot was pure genious. Either that or they just knew that I'm a sucker/lover of both! 

Wednesday we had a play date with friends outside. The weather was beautiful and made me almost believe that winter was over. Until I checked the calendar and realized that we aren't even into March yet. Yikes! 

Then it was off to volleyball with the young women's. My only goal this night was to make it through the night without Ellie throwing up. The previous week she threw up all over herself, me, and the stage. It smelled awful and I'm pretty sure a few people left just because of the smell. Well we made it safely this time, we even got serenaded half the night by Ellie belting "Let it go" from the movie Frozen. And Kate decided that she would scream if anyone tried taking her from me, we have now entered into the super mommy/daddy attachment phase. I'm sure Cody's absence lately has had no impact on that at all... 

Today we hit up story time at the library, we love it! And the fact that the library has disney movies to rent for free. Ellie usually falls asleep on the way home from story time but today she was wide awake asking the entire drive home if she could watch her Mickey Mouse show we rented. 

You don't need to know about the rest of our Thursday because it was pretty scary. Lets just say that both kids were in my bedroom by 8:30 and leave it at that.