Thursday: Nancy an I went on a quest that took us all over Beaverton and Hillsboro. The purpose of the quest: Find a costume (which I should have done weeks ago) for Madonna which would allow me to keep my standards. I had chosen to do Madonna from the "Lucky Star" / "Desperately Seeking Susan" era. We also need gear to turn Gary into Thomas Magnum from Magnum PI, and lastly Chester into Mr. T. Well we went from Billy Idol and school girl to MC Hammer and Jennifer and McFly before the afternoon was over and the kids had enough! Two milkshakes later we meet up at JoAnns for the final act of desperation, in which we both bought material that never ended up being used.
Friday: It started with a desperate call..."Lisa, I look like I got beat with a baseball bat, right around my eyes!" Really I did, but Lisa came over with a bag of magic and turned me into the most perfect Madonna, mole and all (THANK YOU SO MUCH!). Nancy and Chester saved the day with a last minute hit at the Goodwill (were they ran into Krista doing the same thing) and I hit Claire's for the bling. The in-laws showed up just as Gary got home. Gary took a quick shower and turned into Thomas and we were out the door. A quick drive to Sherwood and a wonderful dinner with great friend, games, and a Polaroid camera I acquired from Grandma Gingers garage a few months back.
Saturday: We tried to sleep-in from the night before, and considering the kids were awake at 10:30ish when we got home we thought we would make it to at least 7:00, but no, the 6:30 wake up call of "MOMMMMMY, MOMMMMY, MOM!" came a bit early. We got a few chores done then packed our bags for a quick trip to Corvallis to be with some of our best friends as their daughter Sariah (our first daughter that's not our daughter) got baptised. Wow, what a moment! I love that little girl and the choices she has made so far in her little life. She is so beautiful, sweet, and smart. She asked Gary to be part of her Confirmation which was very special to us. WE had a great night after that and the kids went wild till about 10:00pm again. Then Dawn, TJ, and I played games (Gary is not much the board game kinda guy, but he piped in from the blow-up mattress from time to time) till about 2:30 am. BAD IDEA! BUT A LOT OF FUN!
Sunday & Monday: Drive home, catch-up on sleep, laundry, and phone messages. These two days have kinda meshed into one day, but right now at 7:30 pm on Monday I am feeling almost back to normal and I must say a little like McFly.
That was an utterly exhausting and perfectly organized summation. Who new such fun, could cause such chaos.
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