Spur of the Moment

Monday, May 19, 2008

Spur of the Moment

Yesterday morning I woke up and tried to keep things quiet while Andy slept. He didn't get home until 5:00 AM so he definitnely needed sleep. I noticed it was Grandpa's birthday today (the same as my nephew Michael, so I don't know why I never realized it was the same day before) and suddenly found myself daydreaming of a trip to SanDiego to visit my Grandparents. Eventually I talked myself out of it - still wanting very much to go, but also realizing that we should go to church, and make the trip with a little more planning first.

When I put Peter down for his nap I showered and got dressed for church, impressed with myself for being so "ahead" of schedule. Andy was starting to stir so I layed down next to him on the bed and we talked a little. He was debating whether or not he should keep sleeping and I was trying to encourage him to get a litte more rest - it was only 5 hours since he had gone to bed. But he continued to chit-chat for a few moments and I mentioned that it was Grandpa's birthday the next day. His reaction was hilarious. His eyes, groggy with sleep one moment, were suddenly wide-eyed. He threw off the blanket and immediately commanded, "Let's go! We're going to visit him!" I half-heartedly threw out my objections and explained why I thought it would be better to wait for another day - perhaps Tuesday - his next day off. But I agreed to call Grandma and find out what their schedule was. As I had almost guessed, they had company coming for Grandpa's birthday and would not be available on Tuesday but were open for visitors yesterday. And so we decided to go.

Grandma fixed us a great meal. She kept apologizing that it was "just" spaghetti although I kept insisting that it is an absolute FAVORITE in our family. Ammon ate and ate and ate and ate and ate somemore! He loved it; we all did. I was amazed that she was able to pull off such a great meal with no real notice!

After dinner we took the boys to the park. They were so happy to get out and play! Peter had a blast and even started going down the slides head first on his tummy. The first time it was an accident, but after that, he was so happy to repeat it.

We planned to go back to Grandma and Grandpa's house after the park, but when we got in the car we realized it was only ten minutes until the time we had planned to head home anyway. So we said our goodbyes and got back in the car. We were so sad to be leaving and realized that we still wanted to play Hand and Foot with Grandma and Grandpa and we still wanted to spend hours visiting the Greer clan in Ramona! We will definitely have to plan another trip soon - hopefully one with more time for visiting.

3 comments:

KristaMay 20, 2008 at 10:53 AM
You guys are always doing such fun things!! I am jealous.
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JennyMay 20, 2008 at 2:55 PM
It does seem like we are doing lots of different things, but thats really probably because we haven't quite gotten into the routine of life here AND because to not be completely lonely, it requires an actual TRIP to visit family members. This week is Michael's birthday and we will be heading to Phoenix for his party, so it will continue to look like we are partying on! ;-)
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UnknownMay 25, 2008 at 1:23 PM
How fun! I bet you're loving just living closer to so many different family members you usually don't get to see!
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