We were supposed to go away for the weekend to visit Murray's parents but on Friday the weather conditions were terrible & the roads were crap too so we parked it for the night. Murray was secretly (well, not that secretly) glad about the delay as he got to play his game Friday night. (bad road conditions do not keep a good defenceman down). He said it was a good thing he showed up as there were only 4 other players crazy enough to go out in that weather for a ridiculous game at an ungodly hour. (he may have left out the part after "players" ;)) They had to borrow players from the other team but he got a goal and an assist & they won their game. (does it count if you didn't actually use your own team to do it???)
All the kids & grandkids, thank goodness for the new kitchen layout!
The boys hanging out while us girls were out on the town.
Me & my Mr. Bojangles A little after 5am Saturday, Sweetie is having trouble in her room & needs to come sleep with us. "Sleep" being a loose term for what she had in mind. She rolled & wiggled, she talked with Bunny, she got too hot, she needed a drink and on and on it went until 6:45 she decides she'd rather be in her own room. then she slept in til 9am. Talk about annoying! Keep us up for almost 2 hours in the middle of the night, then bail when her sisters are almost ready to get up & then lounge in bed til half the morning's gone. Oh Sweetie, just WAIT til you're a teenager & want to sleep in. We will get you back & we're prepared to wait a decade to carry out our revenge. Muahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!
I tried to get updated road conditions but there was nothing new online since the evening before & it didn't look too great then. Eventually I got in touch with someone on the phone who said things were good so we packed up & left. We didn't arrive there til almost 3pm so most of the day was shot. However, the roads were clear & the screaming was almost non-existent so that beats an 8 hour stormy snail's pace trip any day. It didn't leave much time to do anything else & I had to cancel a get together with my friends but I did get to go out with my female in laws for the evening as planned so all was not lost! We had a great time & Nancy even suggested we do it annually.
When the girls arrived, there were treats waiting for them. They each got their very own box of valentine's chocolates with a little teddybear on top. They thought the boxes were pretty but were really much more interested in the bears!
Karen was kind enough to take me shopping so I could get a few things I've run out of & Flowergirl joined us so I got to spend time with her too. I haven't seen her in months & talking to her on MSN just doesn't cut it! We had fun shopping & got lots accomplished. Most importantly, I got something done that Murray has been unable to do despite intensive searching on his part. We have a dual DVD system for the car that Murray's parents got us in hopes of making the travelling to visit them less painful & it has made car trips MUCH better. In the pre-DVD days there was generally at least 1-2 hours of screaming which was a little hard to ignore, even with earplugs (yes we really did use them!). With all the kicking going on in the backseat, the cables between the 2 monitors got damaged and unless the 2nd player's cable was twisted just so, it didn't work. On the trip down, I couldn't get the 2nd one to work at all. So Lovey couldn't see the 1st movie & when I switched the players for the next one, Honey couldn't see it. I decided that just wouldn't do and went to an electronics store today. I really try to avoid Sunday shopping but I was feeling a little desperate. The first store I went into didn't have the mono to mono cable I needed but suggested a set of stereo ones that he thought would work. Karen knew there was another store nearby so we checked that out too & they did have the right ones. Time invested: 25 minutes. Money spent: $18 ($9 of which is refundable once I return the stereo one) Kicking Murray's butt: PRICELESS! : ))))) Driving home with kids contentedly watching movies: INVALUABLE!!!!!!!! 
Everybody loves Flowergirl!
Flowergirl hosted a "secret meeting" with the kids & their animals.
Lovey, Honey, Flowergirl & Sweetie (Flowergirl is where Lovey got her middlename)
Grampy entertaining the girlsOur trip was short but sweet, hopefully next time Mother Nature will take it easy on us & we can enjoy a whole weekend away.
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