General Conference Weekend

This weekend was a fun weekend for the most part! Friday night doesn't really mean anything to me anymore now that Matt's schedule has changed. When Friday morning used to come I would be so thrilled. Now it's just another day because Matt works Friday nights. Well I was feeling a little down, and bummed and I wanted to do something. I wanted to do something fun. I didn't want to end up watching another movie. What I wanted to do was play a fun game with the girls. Teach them a fun game. Well that never happened, but I had been talking to my new sister in law Tallie online earlier before evening time. Well before it got to late to decide what to do. She had asked what we were doing that night. I told her I wasn't sure, and then asked if she had any ideas. She suggested a movie, and also making cookies with the girls. I thought what a great idea! I haven't made cookies with the girls in ages.

So here is what our plan was: Have Matt go with the kiddos to the Red box and get the new Barbie and the diamond castle movie, come home eat, and then make cookies with the girls, and watch the movie. All went well until I made the cookies. I had some cookie dough and then started to feel yucky. The girls were fine, they had the same cookie dough as I did. So I was kind of miserable through most of the movie. Then I started to feel good again. I stayed up late as usual, went to bed, and when Matt got home in the morning he woke me up not on purpose, but because I heard him come in. I started to feel yucky again. I spent most of the early morning hrs. going back and forth from bed to the bathroom. The girls got up at there usual time, and I was to tired to get up. I told them to go downstairs and play quietly. I'm surprised they actually listened to me, and played quietly. Usually there is a lot of fighting, and squealing. So I slept until 9:00 or so, and then I was feeling better. We had cereal for breakfast,, came downstairs to do the whole computer thing. Then I remembered that it was conference weekend at about 9:55. I wanted to get the girls ready before watching. So McKenzie dressed herself, I got Madisynn dressed, then I had to brush the teeth and do the hair. I missed the first little bit, so I missed all of the announcements. I heard later from my brother in law that they announced a new temple being built in Rome Italy. That's really exciting!

I wanted the girls to watch at least 1 session to get them used to watching conference. I bribed them with eating cookies and watching their barbie movie again. The deal was they had to hold still and be quiet. It went well they cuddled up with me on the couch, and Madisynn fell asleep for the 2nd hr. I think they more than enough deserved to get their reward! So I got them their cookie and let them watch the movie while I got myself ready for the day. After I was done getting ready, I started to feel yucky again. After the kiddos movie was done I made lunch for them and they ate very well. Halfway through there meal Matt had gotten up and was getting ready for the day. He got the girls cleaned up from lunch and I think he put another movie on for them. I don't remember, I was just feeling yucky and conference had started so I lay ed down on the couch to watch. I ended up falling asleep for a lot of it. Whoops!

I was so lazy for the rest of the day and night. I didn't feel like doing anything, but vegging out. I had to make dinner though, so I did that while Matt went to the priesthood session. We ate without Matt, because he didn't get home until 8:30 or so. So we ate, and I realized that I still had to go to the store to get food for Sunday. We were having Matt's brother and sister and their families over for the day. So when Matt got home I talked to him for a little bit to see how the session went, and then told him I needed to go shopping for food. I asked him to give the girls baths if I wasn't back by the time he was done eating. I didn't think I would be gone for very long, and I wasn't. He was just a fast eater, and he had the girls all ready for bed by the time I got home from the store. Sweet! We had scripture and prayer, and put the girls to bed. Then Matt and I watched baby mama, and went to bed.

Then about an hr. after I went to bed I sat up in bed because i thought I was going to throw up. I ran to the bathroom. I didn't throw up, but I was all shaky because of the thought of it. I went back to bed, and I fell asleep pretty fast. The next thing I know is I hear someone go into the bathroom. For some reason I thought it was McKenzie needing to go the bathroom and that she might need help. She has never gotten up at 6:00 in the morning to go potty, so I was just checking. I walk to the bathroom and what you know it's Matt. I thought he was still in bed. Silly me. He couldn't sleep and had been awake since 4:30. He had just been lying there listening to me snore and grind my teeth. I asked him why he was up, and he said well it's because I'm usually awake at these times. Couldn't argue with that. He said he was going to go watch a movie on t.v. So he did, and then I tried to go back to sleep, but I started to feel yucky yet again. So I was in the bathroom again, and then I decided to go drink something fizzy to see if that would help, and also suck on a vitamin C cough drop. I went back to bed with the cough drop in my cheek. I fell asleep.

Matt let me sleep. When his movie was over he made German pancakes. The girls got up somewhere during this time frame. They came and woke me up to come eat breakfast. Matt asked me how I was feeling and I said better. The pancakes looked yummy, but I could only eat one. That stunk, I love German pancakes. So I went and brushed my teeth, and Matt cleared the table. Then he hurried to get ready so he could return the movies we rented to the red box. We weren't sure when his brother Josh and family would be here. So that's why we were hurrying, so we would be ready. Matt had barely gotten ready when they showed up. It was nice to have them come! When Matt and Josh left I talked with Brenda until they Matt and josh got back, then I hurried to get ready before conference started. I finished just in time.

We watched the first session as best as we could, because you know how it is when you have 4 kids in the ages of 2-4 together. So I started to feel even better throughout the day so that was good! Matt's sister Rachael and her family showed up during the 2nd session. So we tried to listen the best we could again because we just added 2 more kids in the age range of 2-4. I'm just going to have to get the ensign and read the talks again. It was a good conference from what I heard!

After conference was over I started to make dinner for everyone. Shaina your wild rice soup was a hit yet again!!! And your bread sticks too! Thank you Rachael and Jason for the Yummy fruit and fruit dip, that was a hit too! While making dinner the others watched Sahara starring Matthew Maconahottie. Rachael, Brenda, and Jason were in the kitchen mostly talking with me. That was nice of them! =) Thanks guys! So we ate, and then finished that movie, talked. Then we put in another movie which is one of my absolute favorites.

One of my favorite cousins Nichole would come spend a couple of weeks every summer at our house. One of our favorite things to do was rent funny movies. Well we had gone to rent some movies one night and she picks out better off dead and says you have to see this movie it is so funny. You will die laughing! So we get it, and head home and Nichole said she was too tired to watch the movie. I watched it by myself and laughed my head off! Of course I kept her awake, with all of the loud laughter, so I don't know why she didn't come watch it with me. Why Nichole?!!! LOL So it was always a tradition to watch the movie over and over again when Nichole would come stay the 2 weeks. One time we even reenacted the Q-tip scene. Here are the pictures of the reenactment: Oh and bear with me on the layout, I had just started scrap booking, and was trying something different. Oh and we should have put Q-tips in our mouth to be precise. Whoops! Here ya go:
So we laughed so hard. Matt's family had never seen it, so that made it even funner to watch! I wish that Matt's bother Jacob and wife Tally, and Matt's parents could have been here as well. You guys were all missed. We love you! Oh yeah we also had yummy dessert cheesecake to eat while watching the movie. Thanks Josh and Brenda! Eventually the day had to end, and we all had to get back on track. So we cleaned up, and everyone left. Matt was so tired, that he went to bed along with the kiddos shortly after. I stayed up late yet again. Hey at least I was feeling completely better! So that was our conference weekend.

Yesterday I was so tired of sitting down and being lazy I cleaned my house, and got things accomplished. It felt great to get moving again, and to feel in tip top shape again!!! =)