Monday, May 30, 2011

Memorial Day Weekend

My dad got to visit this weekend, and it's been so fun having him around. Alden just loves playing with 할아버지 (grandpa). His flight came in at 4pm on Friday, so Joe got off work early so we could all go up together. I had a doctor's appoint at noon for a regular check up, so we dropped by at the hospital before driving up to Bountiful. We got there around 2pm and found out that Sophie was at the park, so we went to the park so Alden could play with Sophie at the playground. After that, we went up to grandma's house. We told Al that we had to leave the park to go to grandma's house, and he said, "Sophie, too." And when we told Sophie that we had to leave, she said, "I'm coming, too." (after which Laura said, "I guess we could come.")

Sophie and Alden played really well taking turns with the toys and the little rocking chair. And Grandma even game them popsicles!

When we got to the airport, and my dad got in the car, Al said, "할아버지!" This made my dad so happy and he was surprised that Alden remembered him. :) We've been telling my dad about how good fishing has been up at Vivian Park since we've discovered the trick of fishing there, and so after a quick dinner, we went up to Vivian Park to catch up fish. We caught 6 fish in 20 minutes, and was back home within an hour!

We came home and grilled the fish right away, and they tasted so good. :) My dad was so excited that he wanted to go back the next day. So we decided to go to Walmart to buy fishing licenses for him and my brother. Since my dad was here, we let Alden stay up later (we got to Walmart at 10pm). We had fun looking around and both kids fell asleep on the way home (as in as soon as we left the store).

After relaxing and playing in the morning (star, heart, and moon shaped pancakes for breakfast), we had a quick lunch and were off to go fishing again at Vivian Park. We were only there for an hour and a half, and everyone caught 2 each. We came back home and grilled the fish again and got ready for dinner. Jonathan's parents came over for dinner, so we ate the freshly caught fish and pork ribs for dinner. Jonathan's parents are such fun people to talk to, and his dad gave us a lot of tips on how to better take care of our garden.

On Sunday, Alden got to go to nursery with my mom and dad. He had so much fun and had so much to tell us about after church. We figured out what was wrong with the bubble machine I bought from the DI long time ago (turns out it just needed new batteries after we took it apart several times), and enjoyed some bubbles in the rain. After putting the kids to sleep earlier, Joe and I watched Secretariat with Yeagi and Jonathan.

Joe had to go to work on Memorial Day, but for some reason, I was so tired in the morning and could not get up to play with Alden (he woke up at like 6 and was begging me to go upstairs with him by 7). So Joe took over and took him upstairs. I got up just before 9 so Joe could go to work, and just crashed on the couch upstairs and turned the tv for Al. Fortunately, my parents got up soon and were able to watch the kids until 11 when I was finally able to get up. My parents were planning to go visit their friends who have a frozen yogurt shop in Park City, so I decided to go with them. Dohyup and Jisil came too. Alden wanted to ride in their car, so he played Angry Birds on their iphone on the way up. After enjoying lunch and some frozen yogurt, Dohyup and Jisil were going to go shopping. I left Ellie with my parents, but Alden wanted to go shopping, too.

We went to the outlet mall, and I found some good deals. I bought a lot of clothes for Ellie, a shirt for Joe, and a shirt for me. (Sorry, Al) On the way home from Park City, we dropped by Vivian Park again to go fishing. Dohyup drove home to drop off Jisil and picked up Joe and the fishing equipment. It was a little cold, so mom stayed in the car with the kids while dad, Dohyup, Joe and I fished. 10 minutes before we were going to leave, Al came running from the car and wanted to join us. He helped catch 2 fish. We caught a lot of big ones (way more bigger ones than last couple times) and came home and had fish for dinner again. Alden ate a lot of fish and made me happy. :)

Too bad my dad has to leave again tomorrow, but he'll be back in July to have more fun with us! :D

My dad loves his grandkids!

On the way back from Park City.


Alden's big catch!

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