Part III...continuing Sunday...

So after church, me & the kids ran home to change and get ready for a BBQ @ Ty & Nancy's. We were supposed to follow Rochelle & Darrin, so we headed over to their house first. I was sooooo tired! The lack of sleep was finally catching up with me.
(Nathan's been in Utah, since Thursday, so of course what do I do after the kids go to bed? I stay up late. But then Tyler's been sick all week with a cold, and for the past 2 nights has woken up almost every couple of hours tossing restlessly & crying in his sleep. So once I do go to bed, I've been woken up several times a night. Then never fail, my kids are up bright & early the next morning. I so, would love for them to sleep in....at least once. That'd be so nice!!!)
Anyway, Roch & Morgan drove with us, while Josh & Darrin headed over to Frank & Gloria's. (Darrin's parents). Then on the way there, I totally forgot to pay a bill, that was due that day. Nice!!! So as bad as this sounds, I dropped off Rochelle & the kids, & ran to the store to pay my bill. I know, I know, that's so awful!!!
Anyway so I finally get back to Ty's house & the gate code wouldn't work. I kept pushing the right code, but it wouldn't open. I guess I wasn't pushing it all the way in. So after more than 5 minutes of pushing buttons & looking like an idiot, I finally called my sister's cell phone. Which she didn't answer, of course. So I called Ty's house and finally got Courtney to get the gate code from her dad, Ty. Finally I was able to get in! Sorry Frank & Gloria, for having to wait behind me! :).
Let's just say, that by this time, I was totally starving. I had only eaten breakfast that day, and nothing else, & it was already past 5:30 p.m. So I walk in and the entire island & kitchen table are covered in all of this delicious food. Holy cow!!! I don't think I've ever eaten more food in one sitting. I was so stuffed when I was done. Hot dogs, Hamburgers, chips & dip, deviled eggs, veggies & dip, bbq beans (thanks Nancy...delicious!), an awesome guacamole dip (Corey I still want your recipe...stop keeping the secret), desserts galore!, and many, many, many, many more. You name it. Delicious!!!! They almost had to roll me out of there! Which in turn made me even more tired.
So after making sure Tyler didn't fall down their very steep stairs! I went and hung out in one of their daughter's bedrooms with my sister & chilled, since she was getting a huge headache.
Sorry Ty & Nancy if I seamed anti-social. I was just soooo tired, I could barely carry on a conversation even with Roch. :)
Anyway, so after things wound down, we went to Roch's to get Morgan's things so she could sleep over again. But when we got there, they hadn't gotten home yet. I did have a key about 3 days prior, but it turned out to be Tyra's key & she needed it back. So we waited for them to show up. They, in the meantime, were trying to return a movie at the Red box, before they were charged again. But this wonderful lady and all of her kids, instead of being polite & letting my sister quickly return hers, which would take...oh... not even a minute.... said that they were almost done, after scrolling through several movies and asking the children's opinion on each one. Needless to say, my sister was 5 minutes late returning her 1 movie. Such a nice lady!
So by the time we got to my house I could literally barely keep my eyes open. I had the girls get ready for bed, while I got the boys ready, and when I went to put them down, I nodded off for I don't know how long. Then I heard the girls giggling, so I woke up & went to turn off Mikayla's light to finally get them to go to sleep, & went & got ready for bed myself. The whole time hearing the girls talking & giggling. Then all of the sudden it was eerily quiet. So just to be on the safe side I decided to go & make sure the girls had gone to bed. So I quietly walk back to the kids rooms & peek in, & lo & behold...no Morgan....no Mikayla. So thinking they went downstairs to play the computer or Nintendo. I walk downstairs, only to be met with more silence. I called their names several times, starting to feel slightly nervous, and then went back upstairs thinking, that maybe they had hidden, so they wouldn't get in trouble. But still....no girls! Finally I went to check our empty bedroom (which is always kept shut w/ the vent off, since it's not being used right now.) And who should I find? Morgan pressed up against the wall as far as she can go...sound asleep. And Mikayla as far to the other side of the bed as she could go, almost hanging off the edge, also sound asleep. They had both wanted to sleep in the same bed, but since they are both 'kickers & movers' in their sleep, it was really funny to find them in that position. I'm surprised the room didn't bother them, it was a little toasty. So after opening up the vent & leaving the door open, I quietly exited & proceeded to the master bedroom, where I immediately passed out myself! Only to be awakened by my cute boys early the next morning :). WHY WON'T YOU LET ME SLEEP IN? WHY???? (I still love you, though :).