This is what I learned in Newport....
1. Putting people's names on plastic glasses saves money on plastic glasses.
2. Tracie and Lindsay are the "on time" people in our family.
3. Punctuality is a virtue.
4. Bill, MK, and Jenn are the "late" people in our family.
5. Patience is a virtue.
6. Liz is on time or late depending on who she is traveling with.
7. Whenever I am meeting Lindsay, and I am late, I don't pick up my phone.
8. Whenever I am meeting Lindsay, I am late!
9. Cupcakes from Costco can make you fatter, even if you just look at them.
10. Liz wanted six kids when she went to Newport.
11. Now she wants only three, and many years in between.
12. Liz was so traumatized by all of the children that when she came home, she dreamt that Bill and I had a baby, and she didn't talk to me all day.
13. Jenn really does pack a lot.
14. Jenn has EVERYTHING that everybody needs.
15. Jenn can't find what you need, because she has so much stuff.
16. Tracie and Aaron practiced sleeping on the sofa bed without the air mattress to see if they wanted to offer the air mattress to Liz.
17. Tracie and Aaron STILL offered the air mattress to Liz.
18. Liz slept ON the floor, UNDER the pool table, BY the open glass door, on two couch cushions that didn't stay together, and the only thing she complained about was the cold.
19. Lindsay and Jenn slept in beds.
20. Lindsay and Jenn think that Liz is the princess.
21. I have never in my life ever seen Bill play volleyball, until we went on this trip.
22. HMMMMMM......Is Bill becoming a sports' activist?
23. I won the battle with Lindsay in the war over my phone.
24. I gained the most weight.
25. Aaron, Morgan, and Codye are good sports to put up with all of us.
26. Does anyone really think that I would take a chance on saying something about one of them??
26. I STILL REALLY love the ocean.
27. I don't think I will go back to Newport on the 4th, but I won't say NEVER!
28. I would have thought staying on the beach for a week would have been the most relaxing trip I ever took.
29. Staying on the beach for one week with nine grand kids was not relaxing, but it was totally wonderful. I think it will be a highlight memory for all of us.
30. I know it will be for me!
8 comments:
Ohh you're clever mom! I laughed more than once.
I totally don't pack everything! Ok, I do. But I'm super prepared! And I'm proud to say I didn't eat ONE cupcake! Not even any icing.
P.S. Liz made one sacrifice- big deal. Lindsay had to sleep on the floor in Kanab. In the cold...
She wasn't cold. She had all of the bedding. I was cold because you had the cooler turned up so high, and no one dared ask if they could turn it down!!!
I WAS 5 months pregnant...and both kids and dog had peed on the floor. I'm surprised mom didn't make Bill sleep on the floor so Liz could sleep with her in her bed....;)
I tried, but Bill said, "No".
I resent that. I was cold, too. Didn't help that Kate was kicking me all night and I was worried sick about poor John boy at the bottom of the bed. (Which, isn't it amazing that the little guy slept through it all? So proud! He and Max- rockstars.)
what about spence!!! he slept through all the noise in the living room with the tv on and people constantly walking around..not to mention the partay upstairs. my kid ROCKS way more than your kids!! jk. all the kids were little troopers and the parents even more so for putting up with all of them!
your list rocked mom! i only ate 1/2 of the cupcakes and it was worth it! so yummy! very wise not to say anything about the son's-in-law. better "safe" than sorry! and the only reason i'm on time is because my husband is on time and it drives him crazy when everyone else is late..hmmm who does that sound like??? i loved that jenn packed EVERYTHING because then we got to play with all her toys. and bill only played v-ball because naked girls were playing..as did the rest of our husbands..hmmmm lesson here??
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