Family Bonding

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

A couple of weekends ago, our family had a mini-vacation. We decided to stay close to home in Logan and we made sure we had everything planned out. (I made itineraries but they just made fun of me). It started on Friday night with a bar-b-que in the park. We all brought food to contribute to the meal and made sure there was a fun jungle gym close by for the kids to play on. We enjoyed chatting with each other and eating good food. After dinner, we indulged in a little Aggie ice cream. Yummy! That night we stayed at my sister, Angela's, house and played a few games before retiring to bed.
The next morning was breakfast on my mom and dad's deck. My brother-in-law, Eric, made us some dutch oven breakfast burritos. He definitely has some cooking skills. Golf was up next for the boys and the girls went shopping at the mall (naturally). Then time for naps for all the kids. We had thought about taking the kids to the fun center but we ran out of time so instead, we all got babysitters and the adults went to a nice restaurant for dinner. That was really nice to talk to each other without little kids yammering in our ears. We all enjoyed each other's company and we announced to my family that Scott and I are expecting (yep, that's right. We're 9 weeks pregnant). Then off to mom and dad's house for some football on TV.
The next morning we decided to congregate at my parent's ward for sacrament meeting. It's fun to go to church as a family and we were able to hear my dad bear his testimony on the importance of family. What a gift that was for me to hear. After church, we met out at my sister's school where she's an elementary teacher. It had been my mom's birthday earlier that week so of course we wanted to celebrate it. My brother-in law, Trent, had put together a little game of jeopardy. It was called the Armstrong Family Fun Day game. That was a lot of fun although pretty hard. Everyone was able to participate with the Disney category designed for the kids. We were lucky to have my mom on our team. She is trivia champion. What a great weekend that allowed our family a chance to create wonderful memories and build our relationships.