12th August, 2018
Brandon's POV
Even though I did love it so much, I was glad the tour was over. We had done a few extra odd shows here and there and for different festivals in various states and countries, but other than that there was nothing more to do. It was nice to know there was a long break ahead and I was looking forward to it, especially spending much needed more time with Tana and the kids. She was happy I'd be home for a substantial amount of time.
Summer was here, meaning there was a lot of the kids' time that needed to be occupied. We had just come home from church. It was nice to be back to a normal routine especially since we'd all been so busy over the past year on tour, travelling excessively, so it was pretty nice to do nothing for a change. On Sunday's it was normal for us to just stay in the house all day after we had been to church, so that is exactly what we were going to do. Sunday's were always our lazy days and we really did try our best to make that happen.
After we all changed into our lounge clothes, Tana and I went to the kitchen and made a few sandwiches so that we could all share. I grabbed a big bag of chips from the bottom cupboard and a few bottles of water for everyone. All the kids were sat in the living room, either on the floor or the couch. Gunnar was sprawled out on this big bean bag that we had only recently bought, and right away he had claimed it as his own. Tana placed the plate of sandwiches on the coffee table and we all dug in. Cartoons were on the TV as per usual and we all laid back, relaxing. It was nice knowing there were no plans for a while. No-where to go, meaning I could stay at home with my wife and kids and hang out with them which is something I had been waiting to do for months - to have months off. Even though the five of them had often come on this recent tour with me, it was still hectic to make time to be with them. Even though I did always try my best, now I knew they had my whole undivided attention.
We didn't leave the house all day. It was definitely one of those well needed lazy days. At around 6:30pm we ordered food from Domino's, which consisted of three large pizzas and a couple different sides that we could all share between the six of us. It was all gone within the hour, the kids putting away a couple of slices between them all of either a meatlovers or just a plain cheese one as Tana and I had some of both. It was all pretty delicious.
After dinner, it was beginning to get late so I headed upstairs to run the bath after telling the kids to follow me up in 10 minutes. Ammon and Gunnar had reached that age where they weren't willing to have a bath together anymore, and it was those little things that kept reminding me they were no longer babies, and how they were growing up. I really wanted them to stay as my little babies forever. One-by-one they had their baths, then were in bed in their pyjamas by 8pm, which was their set bedtime.
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I curled up next to Tana in our bed. And by curling up it meant me clinging onto her as I was awarded a little corner of the bed as she had the rest.
"Are you gonna move over at all or is this all you're gonna give me?"
She let out a little chuckle. "What do you think?"
I looked up at her as her eyes were glued to the tv that was on the adjacent wall. "Yeah, you're not moving." I let out a giggle which made her smile right away.
We stayed where we were for only a few minutes before I rolled us over our bed until I finally had more room and I climbed off her. She laughed a little. "What are you doing?"
"Had to do it myself." I watched her as she got comfier, pulling the duvet up to her shoulders and sinking her head into the pillow. I giggled again, "you look so cosy."
"That's because I am." Her hand crept up to find mine, so I held on as I scooted closer to her, turning the tv off as I did so. My arms wrapped around her small waist, pulling her as tight to my body as was humanly possible. My left hand then traced up her back then into her hair, slowly massaging since I knew it was something she loved to help her doze off so I did so until she was fast asleep in my arms.
Before I could close my eyes, the bedroom door opened, and Henry walked in dragging along his favourite teddy bear and climbing onto the bed behind me. I turned my head to face him, before whispering, "you okay?"
He simply nodded then laid down, cuddling his teddy. He often wondered into our bedroom to sleep since it was something he liked to do and neither of us minded.
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As my eyes opened, all that I could feel was a light weight on my left arm. When I turned my head to see what it was, it finally clicked in my head that Henry had slept in here with us last night after wondering for a second when he had come in here.
"Hey babe, look at this." I couldn't stop staring at him. He was just so darn cute. When I had no response from Tana, who I assumed was also laying next to me, I then realised she wasn't there. I chuckled a little to myself as it was taking myself a little longer than usual to wake up this morning.
Henry began to stir a few minutes later, showing that he was slowly waking up. I waited as he adjusted to the day before he turned to snuggle into my side more.
"Daddy, I'm hungry.."
"Who knew that food would be the first thing on your mind?" He let out the cutest little giggle before we both got up and I followed him down the stairs. As soon as he reached the last step, he ran off to the kitchen where everyone else was.
All of the kids were in the adjoining mini living room that was attached to the kitchen. The tv was on, and as usual, the sound of Spongebob filled the two rooms up. This was the regular occurrence as food was being cooked, the kids would be laying around on the big cream couch that filled the room. It was big enough that we didn't need to buy another for that space.
Tana was stood by the waffled maker. I pulled down the oven door, which right away started to rattle. It had been this way since we had moved to Park City last year and I believed it was because the fan kept hitting the back wall but when we had someone to come have a look at it, even he couldn't figure out what was wrong with it which was quite frustrating. Even a professional didn't know. On the top shelf was a tray full of slices of bacon. We always cooked bacon this way simply because it was easier since the amount that was being cooked had to be enough for 6 people. We loved a shortcut to do things.
My arms wrapped tightly around her waist as she held down the lid of the waffle maker as the other held my hands that were knotted at her stomach. I pecked her neck. "How long have you been up?"
"About 30 minutes. Only got out of bed because I could hear the kids walking around." Her shoulders shook with a little laugh. "Didn't realise how hungry I was."
I took my chance, "you hungry for anything else?" I latched my lips back onto her skin, gently grazing my teeth along her shoulder and began sucking. My hips were pressed against her backside, identifying exactly what was going on. She bent over, pushing me away by her backside. I stood staring at her and pouted at her as she turned to face me, holding my hands and intertwining our fingers.
"Maybe later. I want my waffles and bacon first." She stood on her tip-toes and placed a kiss on my lips. My hands instantly reached down to grab onto her backside which she let me do for a couple seconds before getting the waffles out before they began to burn.
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