FUN times!!!

Every sixth weekend Troy is on call for his job. This past weekend was one of those lucky weekends. We usually do not plan much for these particular weekends, because we never know when he will get paged out and have to go to work. He worked late Friday night, so the kids and I just had our own little movie night, which they absolutely LOVE. Saturday morning, we just hung out here at home and just relaxed. Troy has been working late in the evenings, so the kids really enjoyed being able to see and play with him. It was nice to just hang out and not do anything. We ate lunch and then the girls took a nap and the boys just watched a movie. Troy then got paged out at 3:00--UGH!!! Last minute, we decided to all ride over with him. His call was over in Nampa and it didn't take him long to fix the problem (it was only about 10 minutes)--the kids and I just sat in the car. We then all went over to Costco and wandered around in there and of course bought a few things. Then we took the kids to McDonalds and ate dinner. (I am sorry to say I didn't have my camera, so I have no pictures to post--BUMMER!!) This was our first that we have taken the kids to McDonalds and actually sat down and ate. We usually do Wendy's or Little Caesars Pizza and take it to a park and eat and let the kids play. It stresses Troy out to take all the kids to a sit down place and eat--he is FUNNY!! (We can't be the only ones with loud/crazy kids!) The kids actually did VERY WELL!! It was 6:00 by now and we were just kinda trying to kill more time, not wanting to go home too early in case Troy got called out again. We then went to Cold Stone and grabbed a treat. It was fun to just spend time ALL together as a family. It is a little hectic at times, dragging the kids in and out of the car and trying to go out and about with them--but it was fun and I know they had a great time--it was well worth the 'work out.' Thanks Troy for inviting us along with you!! We really had fun!! WE LOVE YOU--thanks for being soooo GREAT!!