Friday

I only have a few minutes, but wanted to write something while I was online. Today is payday, so I had to get online and balance the checking account before I pay bills.

Wednesday we went to Independence Center, a very big mall about 20 minutes from Liberty. We spent several hours there, and had a really good time. My sister went with us, and all of the kids were fairly well behaved....except for Amaya. Now that we have Noah behaving most of the time, she is at the age where it's difficult to take her anywhere! She didn't want to sit in the stroller, but she refused to wear shoes so I couldn't let her just walk around! So I ended up pushing the stroller with one hand, and carrying her in the other arm. My arm was aching after a few minutes of that....but it was better than listening to her scream! The best part of Independence Center is this huge play area for the kids, complete with a full sized 2 level carosel. We suckered Becky into riding with the kids, I can't because of my problems with vertigo. They had a great time, and we managed to get a couple of outfits for Kindra and Anna, and a backpack for Anna. I didn't even look at clothes for Noah and Amaya....I'd rather wait until I know for sure what size they'll be wearing this winter before I buy them anything. We are planning a weekend trip to the Mall of America in Minneapolis over Amaya's birthday (last weekend in September) and will be doing most of our winter clothes shopping then.

Yesterday we spent the day with my brother Chris and my niece Kierra. We made a trip to WalMart, and then just hung out at Mom and Allen's house. The kids played nicely together and Chris and I got caught up on laundry. Yesterday evening we all met up at Dad and Margaret's house for dinner. We had a good time, and the kids splashed around in their pool. The pool looked big until we stuffed 7 kids into it...

Today we are going to Chuck E Cheese with my cousin Cindy and her children. Every time we come to KC, the kids beg and beg to go to Chuck E Cheese. They have a good time, I eat lots of pizza (my favorite food).....so I don't mind going!

More later,

Rebecca