The Past 2 Weeks...

Although the Harrington household is usually a place of "not much happening" (some have used the term boring, but I contend) the last couple of weeks have been unusually active (we're going by the Harrington standard of activity here). So I'm gonna tackle it all in one post. That's right, it's long. But here goes...

Midweek Getaway

My mom and I planned a little retreat last week. We met up in Rexburg where my sister, Destinee, is going to college and had a little girl time. It was so fun! I loved every minute of it!

We did a lot of swimming (you know, pretend it's summer even though it's below freezing outside)...

Me and my babe...

Isn't she so cute in that little floaty?...

And Brecken (I promise she isn't drowning). Those of you who know her mortal fear of getting water in her face would be quite impressed...

The hotel we stayed at had theme rooms (very fun) so we took a tour. This was the Chivalrous Knight room. Cool, but I'm not sure how I'd feel if I woke up with that guy staring at me...

I know, I'm a dork...

All of is in the Knight room (I was wondering why Brecken was so excited to see this picture after we took it, silly girl)...

Destinee swiped my camera snapped a pic of herself (I love it)...

While we were there we went to a piano concert. We asked one of the performers to come back to the hotel with us and he agreed. Ok, so it was just my cousin, Mark, and his roommate that performed for us and Destinee's roommates. But if you could hear this guy play, trust me, you would have paid to go. It was awesome! (I didn't have my camera at our little 'concert' so this is Mark back at the hotel)...

And then there was more swimming (which for the Allens really just means sitting in the hot tub :) )...

Good times...

Thanks, Mom!!

At the Fair

I was originally going to call this Fun at the Fair... but that would be misleading. The most recent daddy daughter date was the Boise Kids Fair. Brecken had been excited for weeks. Literally. This was her excited little face right before they took off...

And here is a pathetic little clip while she was there. Apparently the Kids Fair wasn't exactly what she had expected. The animals, as she called them, (think Mickey Mouse at Disneyland, only monkeys and frogs) apparently terrified her...

(hahahaha)

But she did manage to squeeze in a little fun between meltdowns. Not sure if she was just rubbing her eyes or if she's wiping tears here...

She loved the pony. I guess it wasn't all bad :)...

And Yes It Happened!!!....

I drove past the bank, and on their digital thermometer... (drum roll please)... 70 degrees!!!!! Can you believe it? So of course it had to be a park day...

Going down the slide (Ok, more like posing on the slide)...



Here's me and Breck. No coats. I almost gave up hope that life existed without them...

But then of course the next day was back to thirty degree weather (I know, I know, some have it worse) Winter Coats didn't quite make it to storage yet. You can't see it in the picture but it's hailing. You might see some on the grass...

And then the next day it snowed and now it's freezing again. Sigh... Oh well. Life is good. Can't complain. Well, shouldn't complain. I still do. But we have had a good two weeks. Heck! We've had a good life... so far :)