This weekend was Scion-filled family fun time! Saturday we stayed out in the cold pouring rain for the first Cedar Rapids Scion Show. Everyone got a t-shirt, stretchy wristband, backpack, hanging dice, and other miscellaneous items of frivolity. For the raffle drawing, Roy brought home a 12" subwoofer & amp! It was cold and wet, but we all had a great time, especially afterwards at Granite City.
When we got home, the kids had their sweatband/wristbands on, and Lily's boyfriend Austin was all concerned and asked her, "Lily, what did you do to your arm?!" He thought she had a cast on, because it covered her whole forearm. Lily & Austin are so cute, they have no idea what boyfriend/girlfriend is, but their older siblings seem to think it's funny, so they say keep it up. Austin is 5, and Lily is 4 1/2. At Vacation Bible School, I picked Austin up to wipe his face, and Lily came up to me a little while later and asked, 'Why did you have your hand on my boyfriend?" SASSYPANTS!
Anyway, back to this weekend.......We had planned to have some Scion buddies staying with us, so the house was moderately clean. Then no one stayed with us, and we had a clean house, so we had a bunch of the Scionoids over on Saturday night. Being the old married couple w/kids, we stayed at home when they left to go to a bar at 11 p.m. When they all got back for their cars at 4 a.m., we were very glad we stayed home in bed like normal people. They assured us they'd been at Perkins for a couple hours, and were sober enough to drive. Hope so!
Aaron had a great time with G&G Brandt in Garnavillo. He and his cousin Mitchell got to stay Thursday-Saturday. They went to the Clayton County Fair both Thursday and Friday nights, which Roy said was totally unfair- he never got to go for two nights when they were kids!
Aaron also came home with a new pair of Crocs (yess!) and a CD from the Coupe Devilles, who were playing at the fair I assume. Aaron is less than forthcoming with all the fun details, as he is an 8 year old almost 3rd grader with a mini-attitude. Grandma Myriam also washed all his clothes - bonus!!!! Aaron was back for roughly 20 minutes when he and Lily starting picking on each other as usual.
Lily leaves for G&G's on Wednesday, but she's convinced she's leaving tomorrow. She's already packing! She gets to go to G&G's with her two cousins, Laurelle (5) and Adriana (a young 4). Usually Laurelle and Lily are little mommies to Adriana, so they should be fine. We made sure her flashlight is working, as nighttime on the farm is pretty dark - I'm still not used to it up there, although the morning sun seems to stream in without much difficulty.
Anyway, back to this weekend........on Sunday, we went to the Quad City area for a Scinergy meet/picnic. I went to HyVee with another wife and we decided a cake would be a great idea. There isn't an official Scinergy chapter there yet, but I dubbed their club, "ScinergyQC", which we had them write on the cake. It was cool.
While we were at the park in Milan (hello Uncle Keith & Aunt Michele!), one of the guys who happens to be an electrician and Best Buy employee installed Roy's new subwoofer & amp (see above). The ride home was thumpin'!
As we got close to home, my sister (pregnant w/twins and on bedrest) called and said Brett was extremely bored, so we stopped by. Stopping by ended up being supper and a couple of baby-prep chores. Roy and Brett installed the bases for the carseats, and Lily and I helped pick out the babies' outfits for coming home from the hospital. Sarah keeps getting the runaround about when the babies will arrive, but it should be soon - she's 36 weeks already, with high blood pressure/pre-eclampsia. We can't wait to see David & Zoe in person!!
When we were leaving, Roy and Aaron went out the car and set the music thumpin'. Lily and I came out and started dancing in the headlights, until Roy busted up laughing. We didn't know that Brett had stuck his head out the garage door to see us bustin' loose! oops!
On the way home we discovered the radio was set on "Neutral", so we bumped it up to "Hear". WOW, big big thumps now!! We're obnoxious and we now it, clap our hands.....
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