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More Saturday...and a little Sunday...

After the kids got up early from their naps, we went to a kids birthday party (for Maya) at a local gymnastics center (kind of like Adrienna's birthday). It had the typical gym apparatus - rings, parallel bars, horses, trampoline, springy, running thingy, etc. It also had a climbing structure and a pit filled with foam that kids could jump into or swing on a rope into. The kids had a blast. They ran non-stop, had some pizza, ran non-stop some more, had some cake (they had an interesting idea of bunching cupcakes together and covering them with frosting...what a mess to get apart though), and they ran non-stop some more. When the party was over, the kids got party gifts - Aly got a purse and a ring, Mitchell got a bug kit with a magnifying glass. They fought all night over the magnifying glass. The kids were exhausted. Mitchell was complaining of being tired by 6:30.

Not the way to get a-"head" in life...
When it was time for the cake, the teenagers running the gym went out to round up the kids. I went by the rope swing to get Aly. Aly walked in front of the platform ushered by me when...BAM!! Some kid decided to take one last swing on the rope. His knee hit me hard in the temple (i was at the bottom of the swing where he had the most momentum). I tried to maintain my balance but fell into the pit. Lisa was laughing hysterically... The teen running the gym freaked out and kept asking if I was OK. Yes....and embarrassed too.... So we go over to have some cake and the teen brings me an ice bag - like I'm going to walk around with an ice bag on my head so everyone can ask what happened.....sure....
My head is still sore....

Sunday, the kids were still a little tired from running around all day Saturday. And tired kids are cranky kids. I got a short break in the morning when I went to the gym. When I returned, Lisa went. When she came back, we loaded up the kids and headed to RAM Restaurant and Brewery. It was pretty good food and they catered to the kids - and the kids ate free! I had a sandwich made of Copper River Salmon. The locals make a big deal out of Copper River Salmon and it fetches up to $26/lb. at local markets. My sandwich was good...but probably not the best way to experience the salmon. Plus, I got it well done instead of medium to medium-rare.

Having decided that we didn't pig out enough, we barbequed some steaks Sunday evening. It was sunny when I put the steaks on the grill but we got hit with a flash storm mid-way through that lasted about 10-minutes. Luckily, we stuck with it and the steaks came out great! Of course, the sun came back out while we were eating...

posted by Sam @ 2:56 PM