Jumping at Airborne

When the kids are off track, I try to plan one fun activity a week for us to do and get out of the house. The kids really look forward to getting out of the house and enjoy having something to look forward to. The kids both love going to Airborne(a trampoline jumping place) in Draper, Utah and had been begging me to go. I surprised them at the first of the week and promised them we could go if they helped around the house, did their chores and did their reading and some school work. It didn't take much to convince them to help out so they could go. 

Kaleb ended up inviting his neighborhood gal pal, Adilynne Hagen. He sure loves having Adilynne as a friend and they have been very good little friends since Kindergarten. Karmindy also wanted to invite a friend so we ended up meeting her friend Jake Simmonds their. Jake and Karmindy were in Preschool together at Small Wonders Preschool, and I have gotten to know Jake's mom Kerrie, pretty well. She is such a sweet friend and it is always fun to be able to go and let the kids play and talk and visit with another mom.

We all had fun at Airborne. We let the kids jump for about an hour and then headed to McDonalds for ice cream sundaes afterwords. The kids had a blast and I enjoyed visiting and catching up with Kerrie.

We sure love our fun times while being off track!

The picture above is of Kaleb with Adilynne Hagen and Karmindy with Jake and Stella Simmonds.

Chick-fil-A Track Breakfast & Movie!

Kaleb went off track just after Easter for a few weeks. It was a welcomed break for both the kids and myself. It is always nice to sleep in and not have much of a schedule. Karmindy still had preschool on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the mornings but it was still nice to have some low key days.

We didn't end up doing a whole lot while Kaleb was off track, which I felt kind of bad we didn't do more. Recovering from my Gallbladder surgery has been pretty difficult for me and I haven't had much energy or felt very well. Food doesn't sound great and it's hard to stay motivated and get much accomplished when you don't feel well.

On top of having the Kaleb home for a few weeks, I was trying to prepare for Teacher Appreciation weeks since I agreed to help out with that this year. I also found out that I would be having a Primary Auxiliary training meeting fall right smack dab at the end of the two weeks of Teacher Appreciation. So most of the kids off track time I spent getting ready for these two commitments. It was very stressful!

I did try and do a few things with the kids while they were off track and one was take them to the Chick-Fil-A off track Breakfast that they have for each track that goes off. We had never been to the off track breakfast before, and I though it sounded like something fun for the kids and I to do one morning.The kids ended up having a ton of fun; especially since they go to make a free craft and got to get 3 free mini chicken nugget breakfast sandwiches. The kids also made owl book marks and colored owl pictures. They also had fun playing on the play place equipment! It was a fun morning spent just the three of us. The only thing that would have been better is if Mark could have come with us!

That afternoon, we also went and saw the new Movie, "The Croods." The kids really enjoyed the movie and so did I. It was cute! I am so grateful for my two kids and I truly look forward to when my kids are off track so we can spend quality time with each other.