PRAYER
Just when you think you've got everything under control when it comes to Sharing time- you have a week that puts you right back in your place. I was slightly disappointed with my lessons on Sunday. Mostly just the noise from the kids. Didn't feel like they were engaging and it didn't feel like anything was really sinking in. Bummer. Better luck in three months. (they did like the prayer rocks. That was the only time they were really quiet enough to hear me, so that made me happy) 6-25-17
LAGOON WITH THE MAUGHANS
We finally made it to Lagoon with the Maughans :). It was a VERY hot day, but we managed to have a pretty good time! I loved being able to sit and visit with Emily the whole time :). The kids LIVE to hang out with their friends, so they had a blast. Nate even got off work and joined us near the end. The things that set this trip apart: Emily convincing me AND CHARITY (along with Noah and Erika who didn't need a whole lot of convincing) to go on Cannibal :). SO FUN! Jack got to ride on the Sky Ride again (this was his second time, but I don't think I mentioned it last week). He LOVES that ride. I think he feels really brave and cool when he goes on it. I feel like it's the beginning of a new level of rides for him. I hope to be able to convince him to go on Rattlesnake Rapids soon :). I think I'm more scared on Sky Ride that half the rides at the place. Poor Will's forehead! I'll never get over Kelly's, "Emily, was this here when you left?" pointing at Will's bulging goose egg. Poor KATE!! I hope she was just hot and this isn't a new thing for her... that could be annoying, especially with little brothers and their wounds. She almost passed out again! I also loved watching ALL the kids on the Rattlesnake Rapids ride, going under the waterfall :). So fun. OH! And! Brad and Luke went on the Sky Scraper! Another ride that terrifies me that they were brave enough to go on alone even! I think they were a little scared too :). It was a fun day. We need to do that again. Nate treated us all to Pizza Pie Cafe after. 6-26-17
FHE
Erika taught us about baptism and repentance with the water/food coloring/bleach object lesson. The kids loved it. We counted Oreo pizza as our treat. And we played sardines for the game- Jack's choice. I was dying from my cramps so I missed out big time. 6-26-17
FAMILY WORKOUT
On Monday, Bradley and I did my workout together. Nobody else joined us. Tuesday, Bradley, Luke, Noah, Erika and I played dodge ball on the trampoline. Wednesday, Bradley, Noah, Erika and I went over to the park and played Flies Up with the frisbee. These workouts have been a lot of fun. I'm loving getting up together and making time for some physical activity. 6-27-17
WARD POOL PARTY
Nate busted his butt to get the meat all smoked this last week. This has become a bit of a tradition to have Nate cook the meat for the Pool Party. He does such a great job. I was worried because when I was tending it on Tuesday, trying to warm it up (even though that was supposed to be Bro. Jacox's job), I thought I'd burned it. Thank goodness it was okay. It got Emily's (plus a dozen others who gave such generous compliments) stamp of approval. He did great and did it while under a lot of other stress. So proud of him. We had fun swimming as well. This year it seemed colder than in past years. I don't know if it was the water temperature or what because when we got in the car it was supposedly 84 degrees still and that was almost 9:00. Poor little Molly just shivered the entire time! It was crazy. She did pretty good. She wasn't thrilled about getting in the water- even fought me a little getting her swim suit on. Course she did chuckle a little in the dressing room when she lifted up the wrong foot for the diaper cover- mood swing :). She doesn't love pools yet. We did get her to enjoy walking around by herself in the shallow end and at the end of the time she was "jumping" in to my arms, so that was fun for her. We'll have to take her swimming more often I guess. She was my little buddy the whole time though- lots of fun. Jack was a little fishy!! He just ran around like crazy the entire time! He has gotten so comfortable in the water! I wish I had gotten him in some swim lessons. Maybe we could do that when school starts. He was loving it. Showing me all his tricks, scooting down the slide, almost drowning going too deep. He had fun. Erika brought her goggles and loved looking around under the water with them. She was fun and would come hang on me once in a while. She mostly played with Kate and Lexi. Noah was busy, I didn't see him a whole lot, but I did catch glimpses of him jumping off the diving board every once in a while! Pretty brave! I'm so proud of my kids and that they have worked through some of their fears lately. Luke was busy as well, although, he stopped to play with Molly quite a bit and dodged Donald a lot of the time :). He seemed to be having a lot of fun as well. Going going going. Bradley spent the majority of his time on the diving boards. I saw him jump off the high dive once or twice, this year without any cool stunts, but then he did several cool little flips and twists off the short diving board. He's learned his lesson it looked like :). He has a lot of fun though. I loved watching him and so did Molly. It's cute to see her admiration for her older siblings in those moments. Kelly was off with friends the entire time. I think I saw her once or twice. I don't even know what she did the whole time. I know she had fun though because she ended up staying longer and riding home with Savannah. I did see Charity a few times, one time JUMPING OFF THE HIGH DIVE!! That girl overcame yet another fear this week! So cool! She had a few little issues with the other girls, but for the most part had fun. She loved playing with Molly at the end too. Nate spent a lot of time talking with his friends and keeping me and Molly company. I think this was a nice relaxing evening for all of us. One that took a day to recover from as well :). Good times. 6-27-17
CALENDAR
Jami and I met with Mr. Denhalter today. Mostly to plan the calendar for the year. It was a strange meeting. Took two hours. It was so interesting the way Jami was taking charge. She hasn't shown that much interest since we decided to do this last year. It felt like we have a lot of work to do, but that it will totally be doable. I think the hard part will just be making sure everyone does their jobs. I hope Jami and I can start to agree on things- it's going to be a long term if we have to keep compromising every step of the way. I think it's going to be fun though. I'm kind of looking forward to it all. I'm trying to come up with some fun ideas to go with our year theme. 6-28-17
FISHING
Bradley was dying to go fishing, so Nate took him, Luke and Noah fishing Thursday morning. They got up bright and early and took off for Weber canyon. According to them, it wasn't a great day of fishing- they didn't have a whole lotta luck and ended up driving around quite a bit, which was a huge let down, but I think they still had a good time together. The rest of us, at home, went out for scones at Grannie Annie's :). 6-29-17
FLOWERS
Friday we went up to Nate's Parents' house to help get things ready for the funeral. Charity, Bradley, Luke, Noah and Erika helped roll up copies of Grandpa Russ's testimony and tied twine around those. Nancy retaught me how to make boutineers and I made 10 Pall Bearers, 28 grandsons and 17 granddaughters and 5 great-grandkid ones with Kelly's help. They turned out super cute with chess pieces stuck to them. Each person who got one got to keep their chess piece to remember Grandpa by. I also tied chess pieces to roses with ribbon for the daughters and daughter-in-laws. We got to watch Nancy and Becky constructing their masterpiece flower arrangements. They did such an amazing job! I need to steal pictures from Facebook. The casket spray had his fishing hat. The one from the kids had a fishing pole, fishing basket filled with daisies, and several fishing lures all around- so cool! (almost said "cute" there- I think Grandpa Russ stopped me :) haha!) The one from the grandkids had a chess board and chess pieces throughout- again, very cool. They made another one in a giant fishing bobble. Then a few more in baskets. They worked SO HARD!! It was so impressive. Such talent! Such creativity. I need to remember to consult Nancy when planning weddings and such later on... she's the best for that stuff. The kids got to play with their cousins a little and tried to just stay out of the way of the flowers, but I think it was a good time for all of us- a constructive way to get our mind off the pain and be helpful. 6-30-17
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