We had ADT come out a couple months after we bought our house because Ryan felt better about having an alarm system when he traveled. It isn't my favorite and I didn't feel it was necessary, but we found out last night how well it works!
We have a remote control that turns it on and off, as well as having a panic button that dials 911 immediately. We keep one of the remotes in our room, so we can turn it on late at night and off early in the morning. Last night Ryan hit the wrong button and the alarm system was blaring. I fall asleep in about 30 seconds, so woke up really confused. He tried to turn it off, but was also a little out of it (he fell asleep and then realized he didn't turn it on, so that is when he hit the button). He ended up going to the kitchen to try to get it off and when he got back to bed, he told me that he saw a police car with its lights on rounding our corner. He thought that was pretty strange. About 2 minutes later we had big, bright flashlights shining in our bedroom window. Then we heard him over his radio say he saw two individuals in the window (which was us), so I asked him if he needed something and he asked someone to come to the door. Ryan explained he hit the wrong button and away they went. I guess ADT called his cell phone before they dispatched the police, but it was on vibrate, so we didn't hear it. Pretty amazing that they were outside of our house in the time it took Ryan to get to the kitchen and turn off the alarm!!!
It took awhile for me to fall back asleep and I couldn't stop laughing at Ryan not realizing he was the reason the police were driving by. An interesting evening to say the least!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Gymnastics update and grandma/grandpa visit
Ainsley's last meet was our only home meet and the parent group puts it all together, so Ryan and I were there for several hours setting up and the next day working stations and then putting everything back the way it was supposed to go. We really found out how dirty the gym was :o(. Things went very well and Ainsley continues to improve each time she competes, but the judges were scoring very, very low. That isn't good for qualifying for state, but somehow she managed to squeak it out and was very excited for that. She placed 2nd on beam and floor, 4th on vault, 3rd on bars and 3rd all-around! We did trophies for the all-around, so she got her first one. She told me the other day how much she loves the meets! When Ainsley's session was over, she wanted to go back to watch the older girls and she was in heaven. I wasn't supposed to stay and clean up, but I couldn't get her to leave. She was having so much fun and I remember those times, so I let her stay for awhile :o).
Thank goodness for Kierra's mom...she takes beautiful pictures of the girls. I have tried, but mine never turn out, so I have been downloading hers!
Bar routine:
The timing was great because my parents were in town and could see her in action. Their visit went really quick this year, probably because we were running around all the time to get the kids where they needed to be! The kids had conference week, so they had a couple days off and it was nice that they got to spend a little extra time with grandma and grandpa. They arrived the afternoon of Sophia's birthday party, so we started out partying right away!! We also had the babysitter Sunday afternoon, so we went out to dinner and saw the race car movie which was surprisingly good :o). Downtown Livermore is a really lively place!
Little odds and ends were done in the Casita during their week and a half visit and the finishing touches are all wrapped up. The biggest challenge was getting the heater installed and messing around with changing it from propane to natural gas and getting the gas hooked up. I have to say, I am very impressed with Ryan's gas skills, but sadly the furnace kicked on, but the blower seems to be broken and probably isn't worth it to fix since they didn't have the heat on the entire visit! The weather was very nice and warm :o). I found one of those infrared heaters at the thrift store for $12, so we are going to give that a try!
The kids went out to visit grandma and grandpa every morning and they really loved having them here. We went and saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and grandma got sucked into helping Reggie with his Minion costume. He is very persistent! They did a stained glass art project which ended up decorating the Casita door very nicely. I'm not sure what all they did out there, but I know they had cinnamon rolls, baked cookies, ate candy, played board games and had all kinds of fun! I took some pictures, but they are on mom's camera, so I realized when I looked to post some that I don't have any! I have been really bad lately with remembering to take pictures :o(. Mom, maybe I can walk you through how to upload to the blog?? We'll give it a try soon, so check back for more pictures.
Thank goodness for Kierra's mom...she takes beautiful pictures of the girls. I have tried, but mine never turn out, so I have been downloading hers!
Floor routine:
The timing was great because my parents were in town and could see her in action. Their visit went really quick this year, probably because we were running around all the time to get the kids where they needed to be! The kids had conference week, so they had a couple days off and it was nice that they got to spend a little extra time with grandma and grandpa. They arrived the afternoon of Sophia's birthday party, so we started out partying right away!! We also had the babysitter Sunday afternoon, so we went out to dinner and saw the race car movie which was surprisingly good :o). Downtown Livermore is a really lively place!
Little odds and ends were done in the Casita during their week and a half visit and the finishing touches are all wrapped up. The biggest challenge was getting the heater installed and messing around with changing it from propane to natural gas and getting the gas hooked up. I have to say, I am very impressed with Ryan's gas skills, but sadly the furnace kicked on, but the blower seems to be broken and probably isn't worth it to fix since they didn't have the heat on the entire visit! The weather was very nice and warm :o). I found one of those infrared heaters at the thrift store for $12, so we are going to give that a try!
The kids went out to visit grandma and grandpa every morning and they really loved having them here. We went and saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and grandma got sucked into helping Reggie with his Minion costume. He is very persistent! They did a stained glass art project which ended up decorating the Casita door very nicely. I'm not sure what all they did out there, but I know they had cinnamon rolls, baked cookies, ate candy, played board games and had all kinds of fun! I took some pictures, but they are on mom's camera, so I realized when I looked to post some that I don't have any! I have been really bad lately with remembering to take pictures :o(. Mom, maybe I can walk you through how to upload to the blog?? We'll give it a try soon, so check back for more pictures.
KOA
We took our annual trip to KAO this weekend and it was a blast! There was lots of build up waiting for this weekend and we pulled the kids out a bit early from school to avoid traffic and we got there nice and early Friday afternoon. We unpacked and decorated the cabin for Halloween. Reggie and Kayla were great helpers with the decorations!
These cabins are very small, but we managed to pack 6 kids and 4 adults in and it went shockingly well (probably because we were only there for mealtime and sleeping) :o). We spent some time admiring all the decorations....the kids spent many hours on the jumpy pillow, some time riding scooters and this year the pool was heated, so swimming was really enjoyable. Reggie even decided he wanted to brave the haunted house! He held my hand tightly, but didn't freak out.
People get very creative with their costumes and it was really fun to see all the different ideas. Minions were definitely the hot pick this year and since there wasn't really a great costume to buy, it was very interesting to see how people made their costumes. Everyone was very impressed with Reggie/Ryan/Grandma's work on Reggie's and K's costumes. Trick-or-treating is always fun for the adults....jello shots/hard lemonade...you get the idea! We made some new friends that Brian works with and Ainsley loved their 12 year old daughter Morgan and Reggie slowly warmed up to their son. The football was a good thing to bring this year (Reggie's new favorite activity!!!) and even the girls were having a good time throwing and catching. Three more families joined us during the day and it was a mess of adults and kids, but somehow everyone was accounted for and fed :o). The weather was great and company lots of fun and we couldn't have asked for a better weekend!
Morgan, Ainsley and Daniella:
Video of the jumpy pillow
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