I love Saturday. I know, everyone loves Saturday except people who work on Saturday. But I love Saturday because every Saturday I go to my Grandma's house. I cook breakfast with her and we eat. Just my Grandma, my husband, the kids and I. I am almost always late to Grandmas. I shoot for 8 am and get there at 10. I thought about shooting for 10 but I might end up there for lunch if I do. I am always late. I like to say it is because I have kids but I think I have been late most of my life. I especially remember being late for school a lot in high school. I am rarely late to work though. The consequences are too high to not be on time.
Anyways, I always eat the best foods at my Grandma's house. She is an amazing cook and she even makes me quiche. Quiche is by far my favorite dish in the whole world. It is fairly easy to make but for some reason I never make it. I tend to stick to frozen waffles, bagels, cheerios, etc. Anything that can quickly be made for 10 people :) It is a well known fact that Grandma's can cook better than anyone else. I swear I can make the same omelet with the same ingredients and they will like my Grandma's omelet better! I don't mind though, it is nice to have family that enjoys being around my kids. My world revolves around them and anyone who loves them tends to be on the top of my list of people I like.
I also like Saturdays because I get to be creative and plan outings and activities for my family. For three years Chase worked every single Saturday as a mechanic. I never had a chance to plan anything interesting at all. Now that he is home going to school I have a tendency to over plan the weekend. Lately I have been trying to spend one of the weekend days getting chores/errands done and the other just spending time with the family. I also try to fit in all of those birthdays. Chase's family is huge. Between them, my family and daycare kids seems like there is always at least one birthday going on each week.
I love to spend time with my husband and kids. They never get boring to me. Kaylee is such a ham when we are out. I can't go anywhere without people coming up to us to talk about our kids. With blond hair and blue eyes they always catch peoples attention. Add to that the fact that they make little faces and smile at everyone, and they can have an entire restaurant wrapped around their fingers. Last night we took the kids on a just us outing. We went to Denny's for hot chocolate : ) Not my best idea seeing as it was right before bed time, but we enjoyed it anyways. While we were there Kaylee had an entire table of Hispanic women smiling at her and speaking Spanish to her. Much to her delight of course. Every time they would say something she would respond with her own little gibberish! lol She was quite a ham. Then Tyson was telling the server all about being "a little bit cowboy" a recent development in his persona. He was a cowboy for several months but now has decided he is only a little bit of a cowboy, not completely a cowboy anymore. He was so cute. All the while he is speaking his version of Spanish to the women that are cooing at Kaylee. This consists of him saying "Busco Siete Busco Siete" which thankfully the women thought was adorable too. I don't know where he gets that from, but it cracks me up anyways.
After saying goodbye to the ladies in some broken communication, we headed over to the counter to pay. At the counter there was a guy who looked to be about 70. He too was smitten with the kids and their little smiles. Right before he left he looked at Kaylee and said, "You are what the world is all about" It was such a great feeling to have everyone so friendly to our family.
Today, we went to Grandma's as usual but it will be a chores and errands day. I have a lot to get done today. Santa bought our family bikes and one of those little carriages for the kids, so tomorrow morning we will be going on our first ever family bike ride. Then a nice lunch then church. Kinda bummed that our ward starts at 1pm this year. That is nap time for the kids so I am going to have to convince them to nap at 1130. I doubt it is going to work, but we will figure it out. My sister's ward is at 9am and if I have to I will visit with her for a while :) Happy Saturday everyone!
What kind of things do you do with your Saturdays?
Do you have any ideas for fun outings?
What kinds of weekend traditions do you have with your family?
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