Fri June 16

We had a busy past couple of days.  We got all the kids (minus Sarah) distributed the grandparents' houses Wednesday & then got up early yesterday morning & took Sarah to Six Flags.  She had a BLAST!  Larry & I had a lot of fun, too.  And no one came out of the park dehydrated & feeling yucky.

One funny thing--- when we went a few years ago w/ Savannah & then again last year w/ Samuel, parking was a NIGHTMARE.  We had to park (seriously) a mile away with each of them & walk all that distance just to get into the gates.  And then when we left & were soooo tired, we still had a mile's walk back to the car.  Both times the trolly that runs in the parking lot was broken down or just not running at the time, so both times we had to walk a great distance in 100+ degree heat, feeling miserable & just nasty!  It was torture!  So......this time, we decided it would be worth the extra $5 to pay for valet parking!  When we pulled up & gave them the keys, we felt pretty proud of ourselves & went off to enjoy the day.  All day long, we commented on how empty the park was---we hardly had to wait in line AT ALL all day long.  The weather was really nice.  Hot, but not so hot that you feel miserable all day....and a nice breeze blew pretty often, so it was a great time to go!  Anyway....we left the park about 5:00, walked out to the parking lot & commented on this van that looked a lot like ours...ha ha...wouldn't it be funny if THAT is our van?  We got to the valet booth, handed them our ticket & watched a guy walk to our van.....the same one we'd laughed about.....it was RIGHT THERE.  He drove all of about 4 or 5 seconds to get from the parking space to us.  LOL!  I'm sure he thought we were sooo lazy.  Anyway, that was our really FUNNY moment of the day.  :)

Sarah loved having her own big bed (queen sized) all to herself.  :)  I guess I was pretty tired when we got back for the night.  By 9pm, I was asleep!  That is a weird thing for me b/c I'm usually a nightowl!  Unfortunately Larry & I didn't sleep too well.  The bed was just not home...ya know?  Oh well, it was worth it!  All in all, Sarah had a ball & loved getting us all to herself for 24 hours.

I wrote this a couple of days ago & thought I'd share it here:

Yesterday the UPS truck arrived w/ a box for me.  It was from A&K's Aunt Debbie.  We talked a couple of months ago about the kids' baby books, etc & she had finally located them.  She sent a big box w/ the 2 baby books, pictures & letters that Kelly had written to the kids.  I sat there & cried looking through it all....knowing how much Kelly loved her children & how much those letters will mean to them in the future.

There was one letter for each of the kids detailing the day of their birth.  Then she had written a couple of other letters to Andrew.  One was written when he was 5, so it's a couple years old & missing the past couple of years...but it was interesting to see how she chronicled all of years of his life...all the places they've lived & people they've lived with...on & on.  It's almost a little sad reading the letters b/c Kelly was not the best speller, but you can see a Mama's love shining through all that.

 

Anyway, all in all, it was very neat to get this stuff.  I feel so neat to have some memories for the kids!  I have a rolling 3-drawer storage thing for my (bio) kids' baby books & early life memories/pics, etc.  I'm going to go back & get another one (2 drawer type this time) & create memory boxes for Andrew & Kourtney now.  :)

 

Ahhh....now I feel like their real mommy!