Distinguished Day Take 2

The boys had a lot of fun on their last Distinguished day, and so they have decided to do one the day after a big break from school starts. They did this one the start of Christmas break. 

The started by getting better jackets from Men's Warehouse. I have to say my boys look very dapper. They went to Dave's Hot Chicken for lunch and got the hottest one you can. Their friend Cameron did not like at all. 

Cameron is trying to drink away the hot pain. 

I don't try to understand all the these boys do. I'm just glad the plan of putting that into the back of my car did not work out. 

The exchanged crappy movie gifts.  

Then had a rock session. Beck plays his guitar every day almost and has a playlist he just listens to and plays alone. It's fun when I know the song and can sing along in my head. 

Looking way too old, but that's okay, I'll just cry happy tears. 

Then they watched one of the movies they got. "Super Mario Brothers"... not a great pick since most fell asleep. 

The prize at the end of the day was this Lego that they build together. Why this Lego? Because Cam bought it. 

The winner of the first game of poker got this chalice. Cam won.

Zander was the proud winner of the Lego pig. They are thinking of plans for the next one at spring break.

Never Again

My friend and her kids moved back to Idaho this past week. About a week before that I fly back to Texas with her to help her pack and get some things ready to move. I got a text my flight was delayed and looking at it, I would have about 20 min to get to my connecting flight. I called the airline and they assured me they would hold the flight. I get to the air port and I couldn't get my tickets at the kiosk, so I went to the front and they said the same thing, Flight delayed but I would miss the connecting. The girl helping me noticed a few on my flight going to Boise as well, so she called someone and the told her they would hold the flight for us. I was already a mess traveling alone, then no you can't leave from them, then a wait you can leave.  Our flight took off and while I was nervous, I still thought I would make my next flight. Flying at night is a little creepy, it's all just black with little specks. 

Well as you can guess, since I'm writing about it, they did not hold the flight. The gates were on opposite ends, why they do that, I don't get. I got to the gate and heard another guy getting a hotel voucher and a flight voucher. With how on edge as I already was, I tried to say the least I could to stop from breaking down. I just sent Brad a text that said 'they left without us' and got my hotel voucher, $100 gift card and heading to where they said to get a shuttle. Brad told me to call, and I eventually did, once I thought I wouldn't cry in public. (didn't work, the stress and thought that I was in a city alone, no bags other than my wallet and sleeping alone in a hotel, I didn't like)  While now everything is okay, at the time I was not happy or okay with it. I really hated that I didn't have a change of clothes, toothbrush, hair brush... nothing, but I had to get on a flight the next day and sit by people. Once at the hotel I called Brad again and we talked most of the night to calm me down. I grateful I have Brad who knows how to calm me down when my anxieties get the best of me. 

I love Idaho/Utah mountains, but have never been so happy to see them as I was this trip. Being stranded in a city you don't know is not fun, and I just went from the airport to a hotel, then right back to the airport. 

I also had to thing about, what if my bags didn't reach me? Thankfully they did, and thankfully no one took them. The airport didn't keep them safe. They were just sitting outside a room, no one making sure the wrong person didn't take them.  

We have really never had many issues flying, but I haven't near the holidays, and probably won't ever again. Weather is unpredictable and too many people trying to get to too many places. Again, now I'm okay, but... we found out the flight I was supposed to be one left 5 minutes early. The time it left was 5 minutes after we landed, So they could have waiting a bit longer for us to get there. Not only did it leave 5 minutes early but it got into Boise 20 minutes early as well. If they just waiting, the flight would have arrived on time. Brad at home, being worried himself and very frustrated, contacted them, and while no explanation was given, they did give us another voucher. Not fully worth the headache/anxiety of it all, but I guess something. 

Dogs

Why the dogs get their own post? I'm not sure, but they are pretty cute. Eevee is maybe my spirit animal. She loves to be comfy and sleep all day. She likes to be around blankets, but not too hot with a ton on her. And she's a little bit of a brat too. A cute Brat though. 

Luna just passes out and sleeps through anything, fully covered. We have 'lost' her a few times under blankets that she did not want to come out of. 

A few months ago Eevee was sitting on the couch and Luna sat on her instead of picking a new place to sit. Karma for Luna finally happened. 

Some Catch Up

Emery wanted to have a holiday party with her friend Kylee.  The had hot coco bombs, face masks, Rock band and Christmas movies. She had a fun night and I love the friendships she has made here. It's made better than her friends' name is also Kilie/Kylee, so there are lots of jokes made about that. Like Emery will ask if Kylee can come over and Cam will say Kilie is already here. Emery gets annoyed but it's still fun. 

The boys and I road with Paul and his family to Horseshoe Bend a few weeks ago to see my cousin bless his twins. It was good to see some family from Utah that I haven't in a while and see the boys actually hold a baby.  

Brad taught a class in primary for the last 2 years. He has kept the same class since his teaching partner needed to be with his son. Like any class, it had it weeks, in fact one week one girl wrote on the board, Welcome to Hell. Last week was his last week teaching them and he told his class that. The same girl who wrote that came and sat by him and was sniffling during primary. Afterwards she gave his this mouse to remember her by.  

Emery. What was it for? I don't know, I think making a movie with her cousins. Whatever it is, I like the new look. 

Weird Story

The afternoon we were sitting in the front room and heard a loud noise. It almost sounded like a car back-firing. We looked outside and couldn't see anything wrong. Later my brother came over and mentioned something about left over decoration outside and a bird. So apparently that noise was a bird that was zooming along and hit out window. Enough that it took the bird out. Kind of sad and really crazy. Birds hit our windows all the time, but never like this. 

Rainbow Puppies

Yet another day where the dogs get to sleep all day, warm and comfy, and I have to watch them while I work. 

Emery had a friend over the other day. She got some cheap tattoos and put them all over. A few times she forgot they were on her face and almost went out with them on. Rainbow Unicorns don't really scream tough face tatts. 

Fancy Monopoly

Beckham saw a video of some friends getting together, dressing up, having a fancy set up and playing monopoly. So what better thing to do Saturday evening than have a fancy game with your cousins and friend. 

The dressed up, Zander and Cameron went for fancy, Cam and Beck went for chest showing sexy. These boys will never be able to make fun a any girls who take pictures, they had a photo shoot as well. 

Made manly by the weight bench.

They even went to a few stores looking fancy. 

The set up at Paul's house. 

Beckham and Payton tied. They shook on it. Beck said it would have just gone on for an hour longer, which no one wanted. I love to see them doing fun things like this and hope they keep it up. 

Cat and Dogs and Heights

To say these mutts are spoiled is putting it lightly. They spend all day on our bed in blankets, then all night on the kids bed. They would not know what to do if Brad and I didn't work from home and they were in their kennel all day. 

We thought Luna left her bone is Becks room. Beck goes to bed earlier than anyone else and I was not opening it just for a bone. If you look more behind her, there is Eevee. She's is missing a bone; Eevee has it and Luna can't take it. They wont eat the bone we give them, they only want to eat the bone that the other wants.... dogs are not far from toddlers. 

Cold weather means cold Eevee. She sits right next to the vents to get warm. She, however does not like the air hitting her ears, so she is constantly shaking her head. 

Eevee thought she found a new favorite spot to sit, Brad did not enjoy it though. Luna saw her on Brad's shoulder and was very annoyed. Annoyed Eevee was that close to someone and Luna was not, and that sitting there was an option she never thought of. Maybe she didn't think that, but she would not stop looking at me.

The other night the dogs start to freak out barking. I thought Cam got Doordash, but they were not stopping. I go downstairs to see the issue. Asked Camden what was wrong and he said there is a cat in the house. We don't own a cat. I wished I had my phone with me. There was a cat on my piano. Cam got the dogs in the laundry room, and after the cat ran upstairs, we did get him outside. It was nice, it did have a collar. We got him out the front door then I ran to the garage door to see if that was open. The garage door was opened all the way. But to make it easier for the cat, the door from out house to the garage does not close all the way, it just pushed open. So the cat just walked right in and gave the dogs a big surprise. 

I do not like heights in the least, even just getting on a ladder. Camden does not mind, as you could see from a post or so ago. These lights have been out for at least 6 months. We just don't use them a lot and were too lazy. I could not make myself climb that high on an 8 ft ladder.

Camden

A couple weeks ago ISU did a health fair night at the campus they have here. It was fun to see all the different directions you can go there. It gave Cam some to think about, if he wants to go there or U of U before he goes to get his doctorate. 

One section was pharmacy. You could crush medicine to make capsules. His medication was smarties, but it was still interesting to find out and see different aspects that pharmacy does. 

His med, which we couldn't take because it wasn't actually okay to take smarties capsules. 

There was a brain room,

And a skull room. You had to put the bones back together. He did pretty good, with some video help. 

Cam is still learning to drive. He's doing better but looses concentration quick or things distract him, like music. I joked one day going home from shopping he can back in like dad. He thought he'd try and started to pull up to the driveway weird. I stopped him and said just to do it normal. So he was at a weird angle and Brad's car was a little farther over than normal. Not paying full attention to the passenger side he hit the side of the garage. It was more he drove very very close to the side. I had him park and get out and I fixed it. We could just buff it out, and really no harm was done, but still a little annoying. 

Could have been much worse. He didn't hit any of the metal for the door.