Yeah it's a long weekend!

It has been pretty good week. We ended the week by going waterskiing (surprise surprise). I got up on two skis than I got up on one ski. I was so proud of myself but I am paying for it today. We took Nathan and Sarah with us. Sarah decided to escape from the reality of being stuck in a life jacket by having a two hour nap on the boat. It sure was relaxing for me. After I skied I bathed in the sun on the back of the boat. I almost took a nap it felt so good.
This next week is the last week of school for the girls. Catie is very sad because she loves school. She is a very good student and she loves her teacher. They are already signed up for swimming lessons for June. They are on the boat all summer but they don't swim much. They don't have the luxury of a private dock and beach like we did growing up.
Tomorrow we are having dinner at Mark and Anne Marie's. We are excited to go. It should be fun. We don't do enough together considering we are the only family here. On Monday we are hosting a Ritchie BBQ. Hopefully all will go well. The weather isn't very good right now. We dropped from 88 yesterday to 55 today. It is supposed to improve but we will see. Well that's all for now. I am looking for pictures from Lara still. Hopefully we will see some soon.

Just another week

We had a great weekend. We bought a trampoline for the kids. I guess this is the year for the trampoline. We are still working on our yard and garden. We have almost all of it planted now. It seems like it has taken forever this year. We are always excited about the veggies we grow. It's funny the little things that you get excited about. We have such exciting lives.
We only have two weeks left of school. It's hard to beleive that we are almost done another year. We are trying to decide what to do for our family vacation. We decided to go to either fish lake or Bear Lake. I am voting for Bear Lake. We will also make the trek to Calgary once again. We are still not sure when. We are looking forward to Mimi and Papa's visit in June. I think this will be the first time they will have come to visit this time of year. They are coming to see the girls perform in the Hansel and Gretel ballet. Well that's all for now. I have to get the kids to bed.

Brad Skiing

Brad went skiing on Tuesday and one of his coworkers took some pictures. I thought you would like to see them. He is at Utah Lake which actually looks quite pretty. Utah Lake isn't the prettiest lake to look at usually. Nathan is his boating buddy. You can see him here pulling the rope in from the water. I thought these pictures were really cool.

The boat is out!

I wish that my camera was working because there were some great photo moments this morning on the first boat trip of the season. For anyone that doesn't know Brad is a boating maniac. It was barely 75 outside and he jumped in the water for a ski. All the rest of us were in our long pants and jacket. It was great fun though. It was Sarah's first experience she did not like the life jacket. She did fall asleep in it though and it kept her head from bobbing. We only spent a couple of hours on the lake but we had a great time. We came home to the Saturday grind. We got six tomatoes plants in the ground and a whole lot of flowers. Brad bought me a potted flower arrangement for mothers day to put on my front door step. We have had a very busy Saturday.

We are having a crowd for mothers day tomorrow. I sometimes wonder why I want to have people over because it is so much work. But I love it. I love having people come to visit us. Well back to work. Happy Mothers Day to all you mother and Udda Mudda's (you know who you are).

It's Tuesday

What a busy day. I got up exercised, went to the dentist, took Sarah to the Dr., picked up her perscription, picked up the girls from school, took Catie to Soccer practice, came home, made dinner, fed Sarah, ate dinner, cleaned the kitchen and now I have a moment to sit. I had a sensative tooth so I had to go to the dentist to have it fixed. I have anxiety over the dentist, so he gave me some laughing gas and let me watch Seinfeld. That help a lot. He had to dig out some fractures in my teeth. Luckily they weren't big or else I would have had to have a crown. Anyway I hope the problem is solved. Sure wish Sean was here. We found out today that Sarah has some acid reflux. She has a horse voice without a cold or cough. The doctor put her on prevacid I hope that solves the problem. There is so much guess work to having a baby. She got her first set of shots today and she was not happy at all. I hate the shots for little babies. Well I've got to put the kids to bed now and get ready to go have my hair cut. I hope it turns out. My sisters will laugh if I hate it because I always hate my hair cuts. Oh well it grows. Bye for now.

Great Weekend

The weekend is comming to a close. We have had a productive fun weekend. Brad and I had two date nights. We went out with his parents Friday for Brad's b-day dinner. They took us to a Thia place call Thiafoon at the gateway in Salt Lake. The food was so good but you didn't get enought for the money. So we each had a big bowl of icecream when we got home. We spent most of Saturday getting ready to plant our garden which we love doing. I have become a real canning expert. Last year I learned how to can our apples from our apple tree. I made apple pie filling and bottled it. We had fresh apple crisp all winter long. It was yummy. Brad wanted to fire up the boat today but never got to it. Hopefully Monday night. We went out to dinner with Brad's brother Dan and his wife Richele. We had a great time with them. Dan ran a marathon today. I think he is crazy. Brad wants to join the craziness just to do it once. Today Brad took Nathan with him to Home Depot to buy some sprinkler heads. They had a kids class there to make a Mother's day present. He made me a little chair out of wood that had a hole in the middle for a plant to go in. It was so cute. They gave him a little apron for participating. He said he got to use a screw driver and a hammer. He was so proud of himself. I will have to put a picture of it on when I can get Brad to bring his work camera home since mine is broken. Tomorrow is the day of rest and I am looking forward to resting. See you later.

Just another day!

Well today has been busy as usual. We went grocery shopping and to ballet. I got to visit with Anne Marie today. We are excited about the Corbett family Blog. It is fun to read the entries. Tomorrow Brad, Nathan, Sarah and I are going to the Zoo for Annie's field trip. Brad is a volunteer chaperone and I am going just to tag along. Nathan is pretty excited about it. I am too because I won't have a bored little Nathan on my hands. We finally got Sarah in her crib. She has been sleeping on a double bed in her room surrounded by pillows. I hope she likes it. I don't want to be up all night with her because she hates her bed. There is no rest for the weary. I get two date nights this weekend and I am so excited. I have a baby sitter for tomorrow and Saturday. I haven't seen my hubby in a while because he was in China so I figured we could go out twice. I am really looking forward to the break. Well time for bed. Until next time.

I'm here!

I finally am able to log on to blogger.com from my home computer. Yeah! Brad fixed it for me so I can join in the fun.

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After a long and exhausting time for both Amy and Brad the Ritchie family is complete again. Welcome Home Brad!

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