Anywhoo--Luke had gotten me gift cards galore for Christmas to Nordstrom's so not only was a visit with my family in order, but a shopping spree. Yeah baby.
Friday was great. A bad day shopping in Roseville is still better than a great day doing most anything else! :)My mom, Petunia and I headed to Nordstrom's Rack first to see what damage could be done. Then we headed over to the Galleria mall across the street. I do have to throw in that it was CHILL-EEEEEEEE! Burrrrrr baby. Its not the weather I had envisioned for the break, but with shopping to do I had to endure!!
Here is Jiggs modeling a 2-piece for me. Heee-larious.
A pair of shoes that normally costs $67 and we proudly picked them up for $15. My mom said they were all the rage with young girls, but I had never heard of them. CUTE!
Petunia with the Minnie Mouse Grandma bought her from the Disney Store.
Meanwhile, while the girls shopped, Luke and my dad took Bubba, Tubbs, my youngest brother Bert and Cousin Cooper to Sutter's Fort. Luke is all about history stuff, but it also counted towards something in Bubba's Boy Scout manual. Two birds with one stone. Woo!
Friday night my dad made his infamous breakfast dinner...which always rocks.
Next--coloring Easter Eggs! Of course.
Luke made a "Humpty Dumpty" Egg.
The front:
The back:
(Nice "crack" daddy)
My niece can touch her tongue to her elbow. (Someting I have never seen done before and am sure can get her on some talent show one day!)
Saturday... more family time. Grandma and Grandma had a craft for the grand kids. Grandma was in charge of generating the idea, but Grandpa had to execute the idea.
The idea: Handprints of the kids!
Only the two oldest grandkids were missing that day. So, grandpa mixed up "goo" for eight kids! I think they turned out pretty darn good...especially for the two who are still suckling on bottles! :) Holden and Petunia were able to fit both hands in their tray!
Aunt Jen and Uncle JP made the drive over from Petaluma to join us for the egg hunt and dinner!
This picture is a favorite to many right now...
Petunia was not a fan of Aunt Jen's for a while. But Uncle JP was apparently no problemo. Very funny.
Maybe his bald head put her at ease!
The kids hunted the eggs they colored the night before...as well as a few plastic eggs Grandpa stuffed with treats. A good time was had as the kids hoarded their treats as well as took turns being the Easter bunny and re-hiding the dyed eggs.
Next on the docket: Dinner
Mom and dad made a ham and roasted turkey...with all the delicious trimmings.
Soon into the meal, my little man Tubbs, tells me isn't feeling well. He leans over his container of dyed eggs/treats...and hurls. Oh yes....and my sweet husband was there to hold his recepticle full of eggs and vomit and he continued to fill it. He was nice enough to take him to the back porch as he heaved. Luke pointed out a "whole" Reese's Peanut Butter Cup that came up. Thanks honey for sharing. Tubbs went on upstairs, showered and laid down.
An hour or so later, Luke uses the bathroom....and hurls.
Two victims down...three Hogue's to go. Actually a whole house full of potential victims. This could get scary.
They both continue to hurl.
Easter dinner convenes. Everyone eventually heads back to their homes.
The hurling continues...as I try to play nurse...as well as attempt sleep.
The hurling continues into the night.
Sunday---Easter morning!
I make turkey sausage bread for my family, at my brother's request! It was delicious...and they keep getting bigger every time I make them!
We head out around 9:30 with mama at the wheel. Didn't want to take a chance of Luke vomiting behind the wheel as we cruised down the 99 at 80 miles per hour.
Everything was going swell...until this retarded mini van cuts me off. He actually didn't JUST cut me off, he could have killed us. He zooms up on the right and with not even a car length between me and the car in front, he swerves in. I bet his tailgate was a foot away frommy bumper.
Mama not happy. All that Easter love I was feeling...
gone.
i wanted this driver dead.
Is that so wrong?
I might have said something about just wanting to "nudge" his rear bumper so that he would roll and die.
My husband MIGHT have appeared nervous at that point and wishing he was behind the wheel and not his "sweet" wife.
So--I continue to make him "pay" for the remainder of our little stroll on the 99. I veen had Luke take video footage of the driver and his van FULL of people he almost killed...just to taunt him.
It was bad...
But we made it home....alive. Much to my husbands delight. I almost hated to exit the freeway in Bakes and say goodbye to the silver van I cruised with for the past 2 hours. ALMOST.
And the Easter Bunny miraculously left treats at our house...which the boys found as soon as they walked in the house. When we pulled up to the house, Luke dropped me off with my Target bags while he went to get the mail. I filled the baskets and looked surprised as the boys located the goods. The Easter bunny came through after all! Of course Jiggs got some babyfood that was on sale at Wal Mart...and when she tasted it later that night she wasn't a fan!
Well--another family trip down...and a blessed holiday to share with ones we love. Thankful for the time we got to spend in Roseville...but thankful to be off the road! :)
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Post Trip Update: 12 hours after returning home Petunia gets to hurl a few times...and 48 hours after that mama goes down. Bubba seems to be unscathed by this bug---so far. Cousin Cooper was hurling 24 hours after we left town as well.
Another successful family gathering!
2 comments:
Wow!! In a way I'm kind of glad our Easter wasn't as eventful as yours. And please let Scout know we think bald is beautiful too!
It's not an official vacation unless someone gets sick, so it looks like you did good. I really wish you made a video of you and the car. My Luke misses his movie buddy. He has now gone to see two movies with our 60 year old neighber.
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