Feeling hot, hot, hot

It's been a scorcher weekend so we decided to cool off a bit by installing ceiling fans in the bedrooms! The kids and I went to Home Depot on Friday and scoured their ceiling fan department. We've put in a fan before and I had the same question question then: WHY do they all look so ornate and gooey? I just want something simple, plain, and with silver chrome. No shiny gooooooold. After much searching through the Home Depot shelves, we found a winner. I think this is as plain as they come (though there's still room for improvement):Casey installed one fan Friday night and the other Saturday morning. And it's been GREAT! I've slept pretty good the past two nights, despite the heat and open windows, with the pleasant breeze overhead.
We spent the rest of our Saturday running errands, eating at Chipotle, and at one point Lucy said to us "home?". Um, okay. She never really wants to go home. But she must have been tired because she fell asleep on the drive and slept for an hour when we got there. Our friends were watching the kids for us that night so I got her up early from her nap. I feared she'd be awake till 10:30 at their house if her nap was too long. When we got her up and she was completely exhausted. She felt warm, she sat on my lap for a hour, and then she spent the rest of the afternoon doing this:
She was totally lethargic. I think it may have been heat exhaustion and a little dehydration. I tried to get her to drink, but she didn't want a single thing. The only thing that got her to perk up was when I said, "do you want to go to Chloe's house?" She sat up and got a big smile on her face. So we still went on our date night and dropped the kids off with Sarah. (HUGE thank you Sarah). And we spent a few hours at The Americana in Glendale. It was SO crowded, but we had a great time. There's a big lake in the middle with dancing waters, shops around the perimeter, and condos/apartments on the top floors:
There's even a Rite Aid :). We ran of time for ice cream though:
We wandered the shops, looking for new Casey jeans. We found him a hat at H&M and eventually wandered over to Old Navy on Brand. We were successful! A pair of jeans and a pair of pants for his work wardrobe. Then we ate Wetzel's Pretzels and hurried back to the theater for Iron Man. Okay, I'm not an action film girl (which is funny, since I spent 3 years working for Bruckheimer Films in Post Production/VFX). But....this film was GREAT. I love Robert Downey Jr. (and feel the need to put a search on our tivo for any RDJ vehichles. A little Back To School might do the trick. ) Acting was great, FX were fun, good music, good writing. And they didn't exploit the Tony Spark/Pepper Potts thing. Keep the sexual tension alive. Really fun film. After the movie we came out to a lit-up Americana. It's just as pretty at night too:
Fun times at The Americana.

Sunday morning, Lucy woke up and was still totally hot with a fever of 103. We gave her some Tylenol, a cold shower, and then Casey and I played tag-team church. He went first and taught YM, then I headed over for Sacrament Meeting. The best part about missing the first hour of church: there's a Methodist church across the street from us that plays the most gorgeous hymns from their bell tour. But it only happens at 9:30am. So we usually miss it (unless you're playing hookey)
By the afternoon, Lucy seemed back to her normal self. She wandered around, played with her people, and put them all to bed. Here she is giving kisses for everyone. They all got more than their share:

I'm not complaining about the heat because I'd rather have it warm than cold. But I'm certainly ready for the extreme temperatures to taper off. At least we have our ceiling fans to cool us off!