A rare moment for me

I am currently sitting here with me feet propped up watching a rerun of Gilmore Girls and looking at people's blogs while I enjoy a diet coke and a quiet house. Yes, a quiet house. This has not happened for well years. Sam went to a play group after preschool and Mo is taking a nap. I have the house to myself and it is a foreign feeling. In the past I would take the opportunity to clean or organize something. My boys have gotten so good and playing with each other, that I can do those projects while they are awake and in the home. I have organized all my closets this fall and even our messy basement. When Mo went down, I thought I am going to just hang out and enjoy the silence. This is a wonderful moment. I can't remember when this last happened.

First Camping Trip!!! (Finally)

James found out he had a vacation day that had to be used and we were feeling bad another summer had past and we still had not taken the boys camping. We planned a spontaneous trip down to Moab where it would be a little warmer. The weather was beautiful and we had a blast. We decided this trip needed to be documented so we went out and got a new camera. We knew the boys would love it, but we were not sure how James and I would do, so we decided for our first time we would just get a campspot at a paid campground in Moab. (Its nice to camp and be 100ft from flushing toilets and warm showers--especially when you are potty training your two year old). The boys did great both nights and with the purchase of earplugs James and I did better on the second night--RV campgrounds are noisy!!!! The first morning We woke up to 3 farts from Mo and him rolling over to ask "Is this our tent?"We spent all day saturday hiking in Arches. The weather was beautiful and the boys are awesome hikers. We probably went about 4 miles by the time the day was done. They loved scaling the walls up to the arches and finding caves to play in.

They even let us take another hike sunday morning before we left Moab. We caught lizards, threw rocks in the stream, and of course found sticks for weapons.