Eating some ice cream
Giving brother kisses in the pool
Monday, August 27, 2007
Is This The Fair?
Thought i would finally get started on the real blogging. Last weekend was a pretty eventful. Friday night we had a game night at the church for the high schoolers from 6-12. We went to a pool then came back for go carts in the parking lot, basketball, a volleyball tournament, Guitar Hero, and snacks. I was in charge of shopping for the snacks and getting them ready. I brought back a youth group classic called "Que Bueno" (a nacho cheese that comes in a huge can at Costco). I justified the purchase by telling myself that it could go over the tortilla strips, the mongo bag of pretzels (that i don't think any youth group has ever actually finished), and Conrad wisely pointed out that it could also go over the Nacho Cheese Doritos....why didn't i think of that? I think the students liked the Que Bueno, but I don't think they really got the hugeness of the whole situation.
Then on Saturday Conrad's little sisters Elizabeth and Sarina came over to have a day of fun and spend the night. We had planned on taking them to the Zoo but after i looked at the map online and was reminded how huge it was i thought we better stick to something closer (i also could not find any coupons for the Zoo and I did not want to pay full price). So I did some more research and came up with an obvious solution.....the Oregon State Fair! Did not get out of the house till 2:30....guess that is what happens when you have kids in tow. They needed some chill time, drinks, one fell asleep, then it was time for lunch, so i just tried to go with it. When we finally got in the car we had to go run a couple errands. As we pulled into the ATM drive through Elizabeth asked, "Is this the fair?". We said no and laughed about how we could have gone to the farmers market and they would have never known the difference. Then in the parking lot of the copy place Elizabeth said, "I am tired and and need a drink of cold water and that will help to keep me awake." The girl was right on. By the time Conrad came back to the car she was asleep. So we gave her a drink and she was good to go. After we snuck into a "full" parking lot we got into the fair and got going. As you can see the first stop was the giant pumpkins followed by holding the baby chicks. When Sarina saw them she was so excited she started giggling, screaming, and shaking. They loved the chicks and we quickly found some post chick hand sanitizer and we were rolling again. Made some cookies with a cute lady that just could not get our family figured out. She asked if they were twins......we said no....they are just close in age and are Conrad's sisters....but, that I am pregnant with twins. She soon proceeded to call Conrad "Dad" multiple times, but he got a cookie out of the deal so did not even fight it. We also visited the momma and baby pigs, made name tags out of slices of logs, got hugs (in their stroller) from Smokey The Bear, met a giant tree guy, and had ice cream from the Dairy Wives. Young kids get in for free, and Elizabeth won her own ice cream cone on some sort of spinning wheel so they were cheap dates. On our way towards the gate they were already asking when we could go back. I guess they had fun!
When we came back we took them for a evening swim after deciding it would be easier and more fun than actually giving them baths (which was followed by a semi legit shower). Got ready for bed and only had one melt down when Sarina noticed that her mom had only packed Elizabeth's Tinkerbell pajamas and not hers. So after some telling her that we did not have those pajamas and there was nothing we could do about and then quickly following it with some lip gloss bribery (she is obsessed with lip gloss) she was fairly cured.
The girls are so cute and have been great practice for us. They say so many funny things I just want to carry around a note pad to write them all down.
Most of my posts wont be this long....I guess once i got started i could not stop.
Then on Saturday Conrad's little sisters Elizabeth and Sarina came over to have a day of fun and spend the night. We had planned on taking them to the Zoo but after i looked at the map online and was reminded how huge it was i thought we better stick to something closer (i also could not find any coupons for the Zoo and I did not want to pay full price). So I did some more research and came up with an obvious solution.....the Oregon State Fair! Did not get out of the house till 2:30....guess that is what happens when you have kids in tow. They needed some chill time, drinks, one fell asleep, then it was time for lunch, so i just tried to go with it. When we finally got in the car we had to go run a couple errands. As we pulled into the ATM drive through Elizabeth asked, "Is this the fair?". We said no and laughed about how we could have gone to the farmers market and they would have never known the difference. Then in the parking lot of the copy place Elizabeth said, "I am tired and and need a drink of cold water and that will help to keep me awake." The girl was right on. By the time Conrad came back to the car she was asleep. So we gave her a drink and she was good to go. After we snuck into a "full" parking lot we got into the fair and got going. As you can see the first stop was the giant pumpkins followed by holding the baby chicks. When Sarina saw them she was so excited she started giggling, screaming, and shaking. They loved the chicks and we quickly found some post chick hand sanitizer and we were rolling again. Made some cookies with a cute lady that just could not get our family figured out. She asked if they were twins......we said no....they are just close in age and are Conrad's sisters....but, that I am pregnant with twins. She soon proceeded to call Conrad "Dad" multiple times, but he got a cookie out of the deal so did not even fight it. We also visited the momma and baby pigs, made name tags out of slices of logs, got hugs (in their stroller) from Smokey The Bear, met a giant tree guy, and had ice cream from the Dairy Wives. Young kids get in for free, and Elizabeth won her own ice cream cone on some sort of spinning wheel so they were cheap dates. On our way towards the gate they were already asking when we could go back. I guess they had fun!
When we came back we took them for a evening swim after deciding it would be easier and more fun than actually giving them baths (which was followed by a semi legit shower). Got ready for bed and only had one melt down when Sarina noticed that her mom had only packed Elizabeth's Tinkerbell pajamas and not hers. So after some telling her that we did not have those pajamas and there was nothing we could do about and then quickly following it with some lip gloss bribery (she is obsessed with lip gloss) she was fairly cured.
The girls are so cute and have been great practice for us. They say so many funny things I just want to carry around a note pad to write them all down.
Most of my posts wont be this long....I guess once i got started i could not stop.
Posing with the giant pumpkins
Holding baby chicks
Loving chicks a little too hard
The girls with their new Frisbees
(I think Sarina must be saying hello to the Thorsons in China)
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Joining the Blogging World
The following is the ubiquitous post that all new bloggers must make:
After holding out for some time Conrad and I have decided to join the blogging world. I love reading other peoples blogs, but never felt that I had very blog worthy things to write about. But, with all of the new things in our life I think I could at least muster up some pictures and updates. So check back occasionally and we will do our best to give you little glimpses into the life of the Ventis.
After holding out for some time Conrad and I have decided to join the blogging world. I love reading other peoples blogs, but never felt that I had very blog worthy things to write about. But, with all of the new things in our life I think I could at least muster up some pictures and updates. So check back occasionally and we will do our best to give you little glimpses into the life of the Ventis.
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