Our "staycation" week was supposed to start on Friday - Independence Day - with a barbecue in the backyard and fireworks at the park. Well, it started with me in the hospital with a gallbladder attack that left me barely able to think. They put me on morphine and anti-biotics and kept me until the pain went away. They didn't want to do surgery because laprascopic is impossible during pregnancy and conventional surgery too dangerous unless absolutely necessary.
We had decided last week that we needed to get together with Kjeri and her fiancee and his parents to plan their wedding (she's pregnant as well, so we're planning a "shotgun" wedding) on Friday so they all came to the hospital and we had our planning session there. I was released that afternoon with no more pain and some prescriptions for meds. We were able to see the fireworks from our backyard so it was all good.
On Saturday, Kjeri, Emmy and I went dress shopping with Erin and his parents and found the perfect wedding dress, as well as flower girl dresses for all five of the bride and groom's little sisters. Then we went home and had the barbecue that had had to be postponed the previous day.
On Sunday, we had planned a short, one-night camping trip but I failed to buy supplies on Saturday and we didn't want to dig out all of the gear so we drove up into the mountains and cooked hot dogs and s'mores over an open fire. The kids got filthy and then played in the creek while Rock messed around with the fire and I read my book.
On Monday, we got a membership to the local swimming pool and spent the afternoon picnicking and swimming.
On Tuesday, we drove out to the Salt Flats and learned a bit about the ancient history of the area and how the salt flats got there. We also stopped by the Great Salt Lake and got eaten alive by the gnats. I don't know how anyone can swim in such a stinky place - in fact, I've never actually seen anyone swim in that water in person - only in pictures. When we got back to Ogden, we took the kids to dinner at the Golden Corral.
On Wednesday, we took a break from all of the running around and got some much-needed housework done. I was amazed at how messy things could get when we were home so little.
On Thursday, we went to the Aerospace Museum at Hill Air Force Base and spent several hours wandering around looking at all of the airplanes and talking about World Wars I and II, as well as a little bit about Vietnam.
On Friday, we got a membership to the Hogle Zoo. For our huge family, the membership was only $4 more than a one-day admission, so we went with that. We also rented a wheelchair because I couldn't walk that much and the kids had fun pushing me around. It was a fun day. The next time, we go back, though, I plan on choosing one type of animal and learning more about them before we go so we can make a unit study out of it for school.
On Saturday, we made no plans so that Dad could rest up from all of the fun we had the rest of the week and get to bed early so he could work early this morning.
I'm hoping we'll be able to have school (at least the basics) this week and next in spite of all of the wedding-planning frenzy. The wedding is in 13 days and then, hopefully, things can get back to "normal," whatever that is.
What did you learn this week?
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