I've officially gone crazy

No, this is not another one of those "Wo is me because my husband is gone" posts (believe it or not Jared), I really think I've gone crazy. This is my concrete evidence- I completely spaced bringing my camera with me to Bountiful!!!!!!!!! (well that was dumb, get Jared's attention and then mention Bountiful- yep, I'm asking for it :)) I planned a little visit to my dad's to spend the night Monday night- and I FORGOT MY CAMERA!!! We ended up staying till today (Wednesday), and the only pictures I have are the ones my dad took and emailed me!! It's really sad. I'm really disgusted with myself. 2 1/2 days of fun stuff to take pictures of and NO PICTURES!!
Anyway- so we went up to my dad's Monday night, played around like crazy- and I mean CRAZY- my kids seriously go nuts at Grandpa's house. I'm not sure what it is, (probably the sugar :)) but they love it. This time they went for rides on the 4-wheeler with Grandpa. Taking turns over and over until about 9:00 at night (Charity informed me that they were going to sit and watch the sun set, but then they thought it would take too long and Mommy would get worried- YEAH!!). So that was a blast. Then Tuesday the kids all went over to Grandpa Mottishaw and Grandma Hatch's and picked up rotten apples, Bradley was in charge (even ask Sherry- this is something he likes to do, not slave labor), then they watched a couple of movies all while I was at Brent and Sarah's (they get to bring their baby home by the way!! WAY sooner than they had EVER expected!!!), then when I got back we had sandwiches and really just vegged in front of the tv, did I love that? YES!! So then that night we went to dinner with Grandpa Hatch and Nana and we talked Grandpa into letting us stay one more night :) (it takes some convincing when there are 5 little monkeys involved). So then we had ANOTHER movie night with Grandpa, ate more of his fruit snacks, drank more of his yogurt smoothie drinks, rode the 4-wheeler some more, watched Willy Wonka a couple more times, played some more games on the computer, and made an even huger mess of his house. Then on Wednesday to top off the "little vaca" we went on a small "hike" (not sure why I'm still calling it that) to the "B" on the mountain!!! Everytime we go to Grandpa's house Bradley sees his "big B" on the mountain and we always say that we are going to go climb on it and get his picture, well this was the day!! We finally did it. I must say it was a strange little activity, while small and somewhat insignificant, I was not prepared for how big of an ordeal it would be....and not for me...but for my dad :) Charity couldn't find her flip flops, so she was barefoot (yeah, duh.), so my dad had her on his shoulders. Then because I had kind of spaced even looking at my kids before heading up the hill with Luke's hand, I missed that Kelly had brought her huge stuffed tiger and Charity had 2 bottles (one with water, one with yogurt smoothie) in her hands. Sounds like nothing right? well.....they were trying to climb up the steep mountain with these things in their hands, on Grandpa's shoulders. So they all started up, Charity was on Grandpa's shoulders, they made it all the way, but halfway up for Bradley and Kelly they got scared and came sliding back down, and Luke only made it a few steps before whining and coming back down. Then Grandpa set Charity down on the B, and came back to get Kelly. He carried Kelly up on his shoulders (with his camera around his neck which got a huge scratch on it, probably around this point in time :( such a devastation- his camera is SO nice), set Kelly down on the B. At this time Charity informed us all that although she had been perfectly calm and relaxed about the whole thing she was now scared out of her mind and was going to cry all the way down the mountain. Grandpa brought her down on his shoulders. So now it was time for Bradley to not be scared anymore and ask to ride on Grandpa's shoulders. (2 little side notes, if you've been around my kids you know they LOVE shoulder rides and will ask practically anyone for a ride- if you give in once, you can never say no again! And in case you were wondering where I am while my dad is making trips up and down the mountain- I was standing, below the B, watching him sweat :) jk. No, I was carrying Noah on my back- we luckily had the backpack in the car- because I had to keep rescuing Luke from the scary motorcyclists who couldn't slow down to less than 40 miles an hour while they blew past my toddlers!!!! Can ya tell I was bugged!! So much for the "start seeing motorcycles" bumper stickers- they need to SLOW DOWN IF THEY WANT TO BE "SEEN"!!! They were seriously ticking me off but I digress!) Where was I- Oh, so Bradley talked Grandpa into going back up on his shoulders, and Grandpa set him on the B. At this point Kelly and Bradley were the only ones ON the B. They were fine. Grandpa ran down off the B, and then ran down even more past the car so that he could get some good pictures of them on "Brad's B". What a cool Grandpa we have!!! Seriously I think he made like 10 trips (if you actually added them all up you know that's an exaggeration, but I felt bad he was doing all the work)- he's in WAY good shape for a 53 year old (oops gave away your age, Dad, sorry)- if I may say so. And we did have a lot of fun regardless of all of the silliness. Lukey was throwing rocks "two a time" (two at a time- apparently I need to be translating my childrens' languages)- that was pretty fun. And Noah kept pulling my hair- he got a kick out of that. After our hike up to the B we dropped Grandpa off at his house and said our sad farewells. My kids BAWLED. Then we started on the long journey back to Eagle Mountain- I only say that because I ended up stopping at a few places and eventhough we left my dad's around 12:30, we didn't get home until about 6:00. We went and got the oil changed (never a fun thing, but especially with 5 tired, sugared up kids), got some "Book of Mormon"s at the Distribution Center (my kids are so happy to not have to borrow the library's anymore :) and I must say they were very reverent through the store- not embarrassing like the last time I went there- I think that's why I've put it off so long), and then got some lunch since we were STARVING (according to Charity). Then we went to the DI and (hopefully) got a good deal on some new sunday shoes for everyone, and a bike for Bradley (we'll see if the tire has a hole in it or not- that happened last time). So anyway. It was a VERY fun 3 days. (I didn't have my camera......UGH!!!) But what a fun and relaxing time I had!! For everyone that keeps telling me that I need to take a break (or was it give you a break? can't remember), this was it!! And thanks again Dad!! I hope we didn't overstay our welcome- we'll be sure to give you a nice long break before the next time we invade :)