Splishin' and a Splashin'

Yesterday Jenie and I spent the day with our kids out in Raymond watching Trevor, Sheldon, Tristan and Austin (Rachael's boys) while Dawn took the younger kids up to Calgary to be transported up to Edmonton for the rest of the week. She took Terina with her for a little mom-daughter time.
Dawn came home with Chinese for all the "adults"(half the time I still feel like I should be sitting at the kids' table). I'd asked Maria Wert over earlier in the afternoon - so there was Rachael, Dawn, Maria, Jenie and I all sitting around, talking, laughing ... it was really nice. I haven't done that in a while. I miss having my girl family and oldest girlfriends around. We brought Terina back to mom's house for the remainder of the week so she could spend some quality time with the girl cousins.
This morning at FIVE Terina woke myself and all the girls up making a sound she swore sounded just like a rabbit. High pitched "E" sound, apparently. Who knew rabbits made any noises audible to human ears. Maybe she was thinking of a rabbit getting run over or something ...
With all the girls moods (including my own) edging on homicidal my mom decided it'd be best to get us all out of the house and into the pool. Over to Nicholas Sheran indoor pool we went. What a great idea! Jenie and I were both kind of doubtful about it all, one because I was tired, two because there was EIGHT kids to keep an eye on, three because I wasn't too enthusiastic about swimming INSIDE. But it all turned out fantastic. The kids all played well, loved the slide, the swinging ball, the kids pool, the hot tub ...