Rendla Ramblings

Tuesday, December 10, 2019

Mom and Dad's Visit- Springs Preserve

Mom, Dad, and I took the kids to Springs Preserve to go the the butterfly habitat and to see the garden. They were very impressed.

The Butterfly Habitat is so awesome. There are many types of butterflies there.

Sabrina and Dad hung out while the rest of us walked around looking at the many different kinds of roses.

Marie-Anne

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Mom and Dad's Visit- Board Games

My Mom bought me a Racko game. It is a game that we both really enjoyed playing. We played it multiple times every day they were here.

Sabrina introduced them to Uno. I am certain they have played Uno before, but it's been years.

Alex introduced us to Spoons, but he moved much too fast for the rest of us to keep up.

Sabrina and Grumps also enjoyed playing Scatch, which is a game I loved as a kid.

Marie-Anne

Friday, December 6, 2019

Wayne's Visit- Good bye at the airport

Marie-Anne

Alex's Birthday

He's 15!!! We got him a new phone; the one he had was my old one and it wasn't holding a charge anymore. He also got money and gift cards from relatives.

Marie-Anne

Wayne's Visit- Game Time

We own a lot of board games. Several were played during Wayne and Audrey's visit.

Marie-Anne

Wayne's Visit- Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve

We walked the trails at the Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve. At one point I had the kids put their heads through the blind for a photo op, but I had no idea there was a wasp nest on the other side. Thankfully, no one got stung. The lookout also had a much larger nest.

Marie-Anne

Wayne's Visit- Calico Basin

Audrey wanted to go to Red Rock Canyon, but it was a holiday and the line was out of the park and down the road. So we went to Calico Basin, which is a free area right outside of Red Rock Canyon. We walked the boardwalk round the meadow first.

After the boardwalk, we hiked the trail to let the kids do some rock scrambling and so that Audrey could see the red rocks up close. She had us go farther than we normally go, but it was a great day for a hike!

Marie-Anne

Alex and Sabrina's Joint Birthday Party- Nerf

Alex and Sabrina chose to have a Capture the Flag Nerf theme for this year's joint birthday party. I ordered safety goggles and a whole bunch- over 1,000 knockoff Nerf darts that had good reviews. The kids brought their own Nerf guns and we brought extras.

By the end of the game Nerf darts littered the ground. So much in fact, that the little guy on the scooter, who we don't know, kept picking them up and giving them to me until I explained that we would pick them up after the game. When my kids went to the Capture the Flag event at the library, they gave out a prize for whoever picked up the most darts. I bought a very small Nerf gun as our prize, but none of the kids knew what the prize was. They did such a good job cleaning up that I only found four darts when I double checked.

Michael's little brother joined the party while we were getting ready for the pinata. He looked at all of the Nerf darts on the ground and sadly asked if he missed the Nerf battle. He was relieved when I told him we were just taking a break for the pinata and he could go first.