The Weekend

It was a crazy weekend, and I haven't quite recovered yet. It's 11:15p.m. on Monday, and we are just now getting wound down from the day. I always have great plans for routines and getting to bed early. But you know what they say about intentions... they are a great starting point, right?

Friday was the Father & Son camp out for our ward. Helaman and Omar were supposed to go, but by the time Friday afternoon came around Helaman only wanted to camp in the yard, not far away. So, they had a private camp out here.

My friend Amanda was awesome enough to host a gathering for the girls while the boys were all gone.
It was nice to just be girly for a while. I stayed there way too late, but it was lots of fun. I really enjoy being around all those sweet mothers and learning how to do a better job myself.

Saturday morning, the birds woke Helaman up at 5:00a.m., and he never made it back to sleep. It was a tough day trying to keep that tired boy from breaking down. We tried several times to get him to nap, but he has an amazing ability to keep himself awake, even lying in the dark, exhausted, for long periods of time.

By Sunday, poor tired boy was sick of course. He woke up at 5 again, this time with a high fever. Isaiah is teething and not feeling great anyway, and none of us made it to church. Our friend Stephanie had a concert with the Yuba Sutter Orchestra that afternoon. Helaman was feeling better, so we planned to go, but as I was getting him ready his fever came back. He was broken hearted about not going, so we went anyway. He says he enjoyed it, but he just laid on my lap for the whole thing.

Omar came home early from work today, worried about his sick kids, who, ironically, both woke up fine and have been happy as clams all day.

We had lunch with Tara and her nephews, and then went to Marysville to smog Fernando's truck. That took a lot longer than it was supposed to, so we had lots of time to play in the park. Then we went to Jesse & Sandra's house where Sandra fed us a delicious dinner and Omar tried to rid the computer of some awful malware.

And then home, late. Hopefully Helaman will get enough sleep to be happy at preschool tomorrow. I sure could use a good nights sleep, too. We'll see. Maybe I should go to bed earlier. :)