Karenza Going Down the Slide

This is a video of Karenza going down the slide (all by her self!). She wasn't so sure at first. Randy held her hand a couple times so she got used to it, and then before we knew it she was doing it all by herself. Saturday night the boys' sisters took Karenza in the swimming pool and they all gave her a lot of attention which she loved! The boys gave her attention too. She is not afraid to tell them what she thinks.

It was sure nice to just get away and to be together and spend some family time together. Karenza of course had us laughing a lot of the time. She was so good, and used the potty well. She cried yesterday when we were packing up because she didn't want to go. We had a pool view room so she could see the kids swimming so I could never tell her the pool was "closed!". But, I told her we were going to another hotel this weekend. Randy has another tournament in Dickinson.

As for some funny stories from this weekend:

When Randy's boys got to play at the Sioux Center (where UND plays their basketball games) we had to park a ways away and when we were walking to the doors she told Randy and me "When are we going to be there? We've been walking for hours!!" I just had to laugh because we had not even been walking for a minute!

Another funny moment was we were sitting watching a game before Randy's boys played and all the boys were sitting behind us, and Karenza was turned around in her seat and was telling all the boys to make sure they find their guy when they play basketball and to play tough! She was pointing her finger at them, and they all thought it was funny. But she was as serious as could be.

And one more story - Randy had to sign his team in on Saturday morning and they gave him a packet with wrist bands for all the boys. So when we got back to the hotel all the boys were in one room and Randy, Karenza and I took them their wrist bands. When we were walking back to our room Karenza said to Randy "Daddy, those boys are so cute!" He told her he didn't want to hear her talk like that. I didn't press it much, as I thought it was a little funny. I'll worry about it in 10 years or so (hopefully not sooner).

Watching Cartoons

Catching some cartoons quick before we head out again. Isn't she the cutest thing ever??

Karenza Sleeping (Again)

Karenza sleeping in a bed all by herself on Saturday morning. Randy and I were up and ready to go. We both had showered, the TV was on and she was still sleeping. Swimming must have really worn her out!

Karenza Sleeping (Only for a little bit)

This is Karenza on the way to Grand Forks. She did have her cap on, which she took off and explains her messy hair. She fell asleep almost immediately. Randy got tired (as he had played a basketball game before we left) and so he pulled over to let me drive. She then woke up, and never did go back to sleep. Randy was able to catch a snooze by tuning her out. The drive was long, and she was getting restless the closer we got to Grand Forks. She did ask my when I was driving "Mommy, are you sleeping too?" I laughed and told her I was wide awake! She told me good job! :o)

Basketball Games

The boys got to play one game on the same court that UND (they are Division I) plays their basketball games at so they were really excited. It was a super nice gym. I had never been in there before. Here are some pics of the gym/boys/Randy.

Big Fancy Drink

Karenza's big fancy drink at Paradiso's. It turned her lips/teeth/tongue/fingers all blue. She loved it!

The Upcoming Weekend

Well, we finally got our web cam working. After I found my laptops USB ports. There was a panel in the back of the laptop that I didn't notice before that opened up. I could have saved multiple runs this past weekend to Staples and Office Depot looking for what I thought I needed. Probably a good thing my job isn't in the IT Dept. Anyway, I wanted to see if it was working so I called Mom and Dad (who have had one for probably a month or more and love it!) to try calling me over the computer to test it out. Well it took a while for it to work. First we could hear each other but not see each other. Karenza was sitting beside me at the island in the kitchen and she could hear my Mom from the my laptop and she put her face close up to the screen and said "Grandma?" and Mom talked back to her. She had the weirdest look on her face. Then we finally got the video to work. And there we were sitting on our bar stools in our kitchen and Mom and Dad were in their office and we were making silly faces to each other. I told Mom good thing you spent all this money for us to be able to make funny faces at each other. It is really cool though. I wish I would have had it when I lived in Seattle. After we were done last night I just unhooked the web cam and left it sitting on the counter island and put my laptop on the living room floor. This morning I was making peanut butter and jelly for Karenza before daycare, and she saw that web cam sitting there on the counter and she picked it up and yelled in it "Grandma?" It was so funny!!

Well this weekend we are headed to Grand Forks for Randy's basketball tournament for his 6th grade boys. Looks like a big tournament there are teams from Canada, Minnesota, and South Dakota. I haven't been to Grand Forks for probably 15 years and Randy has never been there. We borrowed Mom and Dad's GPS system so we know how to get around. Karenza is so excited to be staying in a hotel and going swimming again. She has her bag packed. It is about a 4 hour drive and Randy & I are only working a 1/2 day tomorrow so that will be nice. Just a couple things to wrap up for the week and before I start month end when I come back on Monday. It will be nice to get there before dark and check out the town for a while.

Have a Great Weekend! I will post pictures from our weekend when I return.

Miranda