I started a new job nannying four little rascals last Monday. I look after a 2 month old baby girl, a year and a half year old boy, a three and a half year old boy, and a six and a half year old boy from 7 AM to 3 PM. (I don't know about some people, but 6:30 AM is real early for me.) The oldest one is at school most of the day I'm there so it's just me and the three little ones. And it's a zoo. But they are all adorable so it makes it worth it.
We fed the Sister missionaries on Tuesday night. It was a crazy day. We did laundry and fed the missionaries all in one night! I love having the missionaries in our home! It's such wonderful thing. They brought such a sweet spirit into our home it was lovely. For that whole hour I forgot about the trillion things I had to do that week.
On top of going out of town Friday morning, I had to plan some music things for stake conference, Nathan was busy with school, homework, tests, his wife, work, and everything else, AND we had cleaning checks Saturday on our kitchens and bathrooms so we had to deep clean before we left.
Wednesday was spent cleaning the kitchen and attempting to catch up on sleep. I know me. I could already feel a cold coming on. My body was so exhausted but I didn't have a choice but to keep on pushing through. I could die on the plane, or in California, that's closer to Utah than here in Hawaii!
Thursday I didn't have any energy left. I was sick and tired of being sick and tired. So I did a little cleaning and slept! I didn't even bother to pack. haha. Thank goodness for my rock star husband. I woke up so sick Friday morning I could hardly move and had no desire to finish my cleaning or pack my stuff. So my wonderful husband cleaned and did about 10 million other things while I slept, showered, and packed.
We hopped a plane Friday morning and headed out ready to embrace our quick trip to California! We landed around 10:00 PM, tired and hungry but safe. After some insane traffic circumstances we finally got to the place we were staying for the weekend around 1:00 AM. Even though I had a raging fever, the cold medicine and In N Out in my stomach made for a solid night of sleep.
Saturday I woke up still sicker than a dog. I was grateful the wedding wasn't until 3 PM and how gracious everyone else was with letting me sleep and relax a bit. I took that cold medicine and cough drops like my life depended on it. Mostly because it did.
But 3 PM rolled around and we were all ready to go! It was a beautiful wedding! It was a country chic themed wedding in a barn! It was so cool. Everything looked amazing. Nate's sister, Carissa, looked so beautiful. A bunch of family and friends were there and it made for a wonderful day! We played games, we danced, we just enjoyed ourselves! I almost forgot I was sick, until about 9:30 rolled around and I was ready to hit the hay. (This is the part where you laugh. Barn...hay...haha)
And just like that, in a blink of an eye, we were back on a plane headed home to Hawaii. We were exhausted, but just happy to be together. And so happy to have had the opportunity to even come and be a part of the wedding and be with family and friends. It was a bittersweet goodbye, as always. We made up for it on the plane though. We just started playing with Photo Booth on the plane. I'm sure everyone around us thought we were insane, but we had a good time! Here are some pictures for a good laugh.
These show just how crazy we really felt after our whirlwind trip!
Even after we got home, we were so crazy, we couldn't help but take a few more.
This is the look on our faces when we actually saw ourselves. ;)
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