We had a fun, fun weekend with my sister, Tawnya, this past weekend! We weren't ready to say goodbye when Monday morning rolled around. Where did the time go?
Well, since you asked: :)
Thursday night we went roller skating! Yes, roller skating! Tawnya and I took Justin to his school's skate night party. We took Tawnya's black Mustang rental car.
Justin saw the horse on the front grill and said, "Why do we want to take a country car? Wacka ding?" (Where does he get this?) I told him that it was a cool race car and he would have fun riding in the back. He didn't believe me. So, he ho-hummed until Tawnya revved the engine to race down the street. It scared him and he begged her to slow down and be quiet. We laughed and she did it again off and on until we got to the skating rink. We arrived with him begging her to never do a "power boost" ever again. She said "O.K."
We had a whole lotta crazy fun roller skating! Justin was determined not to get his picture taken, so we had to be tricky. I'm amazed that we ended up with some good pictures of the night.
It was cute to see all these little girls coming up to say "Hi Justin!" In a few years I'm sure I'll be fired because I kept answering back ("Hi!") with a big smile to those little friends when they'd say something to Justin and he'd look away mumble something in return. Tawnya and I each held one of Justin's hands and pulled him around the rink. After a while we realized we were gripping his hands so hard that they were bright red. Poor kid! By the time we were about ready to leave, he was making it around without falling or tripping one of us.
The second we got back into the Mustang, Justin asked, "What about those, you know, power boosts?" He wanted more of them. We were so surprised! After "boosting" all the way home, he yelled out as Tawnya and I were giggling as the engine revved, "This is what's cool about a Mustang!" Tawnya and I busted out laughing!
Later, when we were getting out of the car to go into the house, our next door neighbor said, "Those were some fancy moves around the rink there!" That made me laugh! Yep, we were going for "fancy" and we managed to have some fun, too!
On Friday Tawnya worked in the morning and then just played and played with the boys for the rest of the day until our movie/popcorn night. I can't even think of the movie we watched. But, oh that popcorn was tasty!
Tyler was so cute with Tawnya! He was her little shadow all weekend. He kept asking her if she wanted to cozy with him on the couch. They read lots of stories and played with lots of Mommy and baby animals. Thanks for being such a fun Aunt, Tawnya!
On Saturday morning, Travis played in a basketball game. Then he was so wonderful to have a "Boys' Day" with Justin and Tyler while Tawnya and I shopped ALL DAY! He even took them on a bike ride to the school playground. Then we came home to an amazing grilled salmon dinner. It was fabulous! Travis earned many, many brownie points this weekend!
Sunday was glorious, of course, and it was fun to sit by my sister in Relief Society. Then, one of her missionary companions came by to play games. Lots O' laughs with the Cranium game "Zigity"! Travis even came up with a new nickname for Tawnya. Tawnya Lasagna! You have to know the background, though. Tawnya is famous for making silly nicknames for her brother-in-laws. Jeff is "Jeff-a-tree", Travis is "Travel-iss" and Joe is "Josephina". Well, Travis finally came up with a fitting name for her. I can't believe we didn't ever figure out that Tawnya rhymes with Lasagna. Good one, Trav. Even Tawnya agreed!
Before I knew it, it was Monday morning and I was driving home with Tyler from dropping Tawnya off at the airport. Thanks for coming, Tawnya Lasagna! We love you and can't wait to see you again!
