Garbage Day!

We are home from our summer adventures in Utah and my girls were so excited to run out and greet the garbage man again this morning! He, of course, waved and smiled back. We had an absolutely marvelous time in Salt Lake and we were spoiled to bits by our friends and family. Thank you all for a wonderful time! (I think we should make our month in Utah a regular summer tradition.) :) Now that we are home, I've spent days re-adjusting to life as a mom and homemaker. Not loving the chores but it's all part of the package until I win a maid, a cook, and an accountant someday. I've also had an unhealthy obsession to the "Twilight" series, which after much prodding, I finally agreed to read and I am completely addicted. I ignored and neglected my family for days and my books never left my side. I've finished the first two but had to "ground" myself through the past weekend to spend time with my family and get a few other things done. I threatened to fake sick on Saturday so I could read in my room all day while Adam was here with the girls, but I'm sure that Adam would have let me be sick only on the conditions that "Twilight" was no where within my reach. I can hardly wait to get into book three! My family has become completely enthused with the Olympics and my girls have a new aspiration to be "monkeys in swimsuits" like the girls they saw on TV. Aubrey and Alexis haven't stopped jumping off the couch and somersaulting down the hall since they first put eyes on the gymnasts. Since the events take place across the world and air until midnight; I have had even less sleep than usual lately. I was SO excited to see the girls team final in gymnastics last night ...and I missed half of it. I had two bowls of ice cream trying to keep myself awake, and Adam nudged my every five minutes to try and pop my eyelids back open. I was seeing double as I fought with all my might to see the last event before the USA claimed the silver medal. I was literally holding my eyelids open with my fingers but still couldn't see straight I was so tired. Why did I do it? Because it's fun to get excited about things, fun to have something to look forward to, fun to break -up the ordinary routine of things. And after all, it only comes around every four years! Next time I'd like to just be there and then I'm sure I wouldn't have any problem keeping my eyes open for the full show! Pictures will come soon, after I take a break from my new, temporary, addictions.