The Pearson Project

 

Monday, September 22

I forgot to take a picture of the 5 cute plates of cookies before we distributed them. I wanted to say thank you to everyone that pitched in and helped us last-minute when I decided to go on Girl's Trip a day early so we baked them cookies, wrote a thank-you note, and took them around for Family Night.

 

 

Sunday, September 21

Our super fun Girl's Trip came to an end way too quickly. This is a picture of all of our shopping bags the day we went home. We were a little crammed in BJ's compact car and we were nervous about fitting it all in. It was a tight squeeze but we figured it out and got all of our stuff home.

 

 

Saturday, September 20

We spent a good part of our trip shopping. This is at the kitchen store. I had just told my mom I needed a container that could carry 24 cupcakes. Although I love my Tupperware cake-taker, it only holds 18 cupcakes. I want this one that conveniently holds 24! Christmas?? We started the day today yard saling then went out to Tuacahn for their annual "Ivins Days" (basically a community boutique). We then had a late breakfast at Denny's and went back to the house for naps and crafts. Later, we went back out shopping and ended up at Ross, Target, Rue 21 (again), Dollar Tree (souvenirs), and Tai Pan. We drove around trying to decide on dinner but, because of me, we ended up at Chick-Fil-A. We topped our awesome day off with ice cream from Cold Stone. 

 

 

Friday, September 19

We started the day off today at the pool. Sweet Ricki just had to give it a little try. We went back to the mall for more shopping fun and spent lots of time (and money) at Rue 21; a Girl's Trip favorite shop spot. We had dinner at Olive Garden then topped our night off with shakes from Arctic Circle. YUM! Back at the house, we watched movies and did fingernails until an unreasonable time of night. I think I finally closed my eyes about 2:30am. :)

 

Thursday, September 18

Happy birthday Kenny! :) Today on Girl's Trip, we started off at Kneader's for breakfast then went shopping for a few groceries. We always do a little cleaning project at the house and this year's was a biggie. We cleaned out the pantry, fridge, and freezers which were all overflowing with expired food. We ended up throwing out about 10 garbage bags full of outdated foods. It was crazy! Later, we hit the strip mall for some shopping fun. We only got about half way down when we were all hungry (well, munchie at least) so we went to dinner at Café Rio. We stopped at a cute store called Charming Charlie. We have one at The District...why haven't we been there before?!? Anyway, we went back to the house after dinner, ate candy bars, and sat at the kitchen table on our electronics. :) Pinterest is much more fun with friends!  

 

 

Wednesday, September 17

We pulled this off! On Monday at bowling, dad sent mom a text saying that The Little Mermaid at Tuacahn was sold out for the Saturday show and that was the only day it would be playing while we were there unless we went on Wednesday (instead of Thursday). We scrambled to figure out a way to go. Luckily, I have the best neighbors in the world...no, seriously, they're all amazing!!! I dropped Zack off at my neighbor, Diane Breinholt's, and we hit the road about 3:15. We stopped in Cedar for a quick dinner at Subway and rolled into the parking lot at Tuacahn at 7:30. That gave us just enough time to drop Ricki off to the Showcare (daycare during the play) and get in our seats before it started at 8:00. It was SOOO cute! I'm glad we made it in time to see it.

 

 

Tuesday, September 16

While I was at gymnastics with the girls, Simon took the boys to Pack Meeting. It was the Rain Gutter Regatta. Simon and Nick worked hard on his "U" boat and he was happy to show it off there. He ALMOST won first place! He kicked butt in all of the races but at the very end of the last race, the one to determine the first place boat, he hit the sail with his straw causing it to hit the side of the rain gutter. He was disappointed that he didn't win but proud of himself for making such an awesome boat! I was really sad I wasn't there to see it and cheer him on.

 

Monday, September 15

I just can't help but take pictures of these cutie babies. Zack loves to hold baby sister. Especially in the morning when she's in her "cuddle jammies". Before bowling, we had lunch with mom and she had a special surprise for me. That bottle says "Share a Diet Coke with Heather". So cool! My mom is so cute to go through all the Diet Cokes at the store to find this one for me!