great weekend

We had a very nice weekend with lots of out of town visitors and family get-togethers.

Wed Feb 10- Calvin's 13th birthday. I let him sleep in so he could ride to the airport and get a ride to school, rather than wake up early and get on the bus.Scott, Abbey, Lance and Madison arrived around 9:30am. We picked them up from the airport and then dropped off Calvin at school.   Then we went to the beach with Meyer and the kids. (Lexey was with us and Jo).  Lance got right in the water and enjoyed body surfing. The girls ran around in the sand and got a little wet as well.  It was a beautiful day - 75 degrees and very sunny.

I dropped off Scott to rent a car on the way home and then we came back to the house to get everyone washed off and fed. Scott picked up wings and things for lunch. There is always an abundance of delicious food when Scott comes to visit.

Wed after school I took all the kids to Nickel City for Calvin's birthday. The kids had a really fun time. I think that was Jo's first time at an arcade.  Calvin plays games where you get tons of tickets and then spends lots of time choosing his prizes.    We stopped at Dominoes pizza for dinner, Calvin's choice.  We had pizza and trifle. The girls got Calvin a air hockey game for his birthday.

Lance stayed the night with us all weekend!

Thursday - Calvin, Clare and Lex went to school.  Lance, Jo and I went to Lake Poway to feed the ducks with Jo's preschool friends.  Clare was dissecting owl pellets in her class so I stopped in to check that out with Jo.    For lunch, Abbey and I met Kari and Dave (met us from work) for Indian food at our favorite spot Tandori express. Scott was going to come but baby Madison had fallen asleep so he stayed home with all the kids where were not excited about indian food.

In the afternoon Joyce and Shauna arrived and visited for a bit.

Friday- Calvin had no school so he got to spend the day with Lance. The girls had school as usual. We went to Jo's dance at the RB swim and tennis club. The boys swam for the hour jo was dancing.  Then we met Bob, Kari, Joyce and Shauna for breakfast at Pancake house. Calvin  didn't want to eat so I dropped him off at Target and he looked around for the hour we ate breakfast.
Scott was at meetings and Abbey went up to Corona to see some family there. Lance stayed with us. Calvin had basketball after school so we went our separate ways until Joyce/Shauna came back for dinner around 7.  I made pot roast.


Saturday- Dan landed around 9am. We picked him up and then went to ocean beach with the kids and the dog. They had a good time. We came home for lunch, baths, etc and then took dave to the airport.
Dave left for Reno about noon to spend the weekend visiting family and a day skiing.
By afternoon Scott and Abbey were back and Joyce and shauna came over to meet Madison for the first time and to hang out with everyone.
Saturday night Bob and Kari brought  China Fun for dinner and joyce/shauna brought some pies. Everyone devoured the chocolate pie and the banana cream. Those are the family favorites for this particular crowd!
After dinner we played Apples to Apples. Jo was on my team, Lexey played on Grandpa Bob's team. It was a lot of fun. Lance and Clare played along with all the adults (minus dan). Denise and Jo won the game!

Sunday - Scott and Abbey stopped at Petersons doughnut store, then came over to visit with Grandma and shauna before they had to leave.  They were here from about 10-1, Bob stopped by after church at noon to say high as well.  We squeezed in another game of apples to apples with Abbey who had missed playing the night before!

In the afternoon we went to the park for a couple of hours and then Abbey's grandma, uncle and aunt came over for dinner (sweet pork taco bar) for dinner at 4.

Monday - Scott and gang left at 6:45 am (came over and picked up lance) and then drove to the airport in their rental car.
Me and the kids took Dan to lunch at 11 at souplantation and then went to the airport to drop him off. Yes, I have been to the airport a bunch this week and tomorrow we need to go back and pick up Dave!