BUNK BEDS
So this is one of those funny-not funny things. When Nate was fixing the leak in the boys' room downstairs a month or so ago, we noticed that their bed was looking pretty sad. Not just the fact that they had blankets piled a mile high or that they still didn't have a fitted sheet on their mattresses
(even though I've begged them a million times to do so- gross), but the bed frame itself was looking... well... really sad! That bunk bed was one of my magical, too good to be true, finds on KSL a few years ago. Even the first time I saw it, I felt like it wasn't going to last long. The price was right, but not the quality. But I was so desperate I bought it anyway. It's metal, and it's been moved around (taken apart and put back together a few times), so it's not like it's had a real fighting chance. Not to mention how the boys were on it, and their siblings. Anyway. It was starting to lean. I knew then it was only a matter of time. Since I'm not a big fan of buying new furniture all the time, I put it off. Actually, I think I looked on KSL and didn't see anything I liked and forgot about it :). So anyway. This last weekend, Bradley said something about his bed and how it felt like it was going to fall over. Sure enough, I went down there and it looked like something out of a pop up book! Like it was going to just fold up! He was right. And it was definitely not going to last long. I told him to stop sleeping in it (who knows how that would have felt to Mr. Luke on the bottom bunk if it did, and that I would start looking for a new one. Luckily I found a killer deal on KSL, Nate was able to borrow Alan's truck (after borrowing his car- nice guy), and looked at it, bought it, and brought it home the next day! WAHOO! It never goes that smoothly. So when we went down to clean up and take apart the old one, it was being propped up by a pipe (left in there from the leaky wall project- their poor bedroom!)!!! As if that was going to keep holding it up! So sad. Kinda funny, but so sad. Their new bed is awesome though. Super sturdy, good quality, wood. And it can be two beds when they get tired of climbing up top. Glad to have that done :). 2-26-18
FHE
For Family night this week, Molly had the lesson, so she and I went through some of our old Family Night lessons from my group I was in back in Eagle Mountain, and found the cute story about the Little Red Hen. We practiced it for hours that day til she had it memorized and was able to predict which pictures to hold up next.... HA!!! Had you going there didn't I!! This is how I wanted it to go- unfortunately, I forgot to plan ahead and ran upstairs, rummaged through the old lessons, grabbed the first thing I came to, which was the Little Red Hen story and actually, this was something Nate and I had brought up with the kids a few days before, so it was perfect. I ran back down and stumbled through the story and helping Molly hold up the animals in whatever order she wanted because her screaming wasn't conducive to the story. Life. But it ended up being kind of fun. The kids got into it for Molly. And I think they learned something. So that was good. We had Nate's cheesecake for my treat and then watched the Jazz game together for our activity. Fun times. 2-26-18
HEARTLAND
Okay, I'm talking about this now. I was too embarrassed to say anything before, but I just finished season 10 of Heartland. I have searched and searched for a way to watch season 11 but it's just not going to happen, so the addiction has come to an abrupt end. I spent more hours than I care to admit watching that show, (but if you do the math, 10 seasons, times 18 episodes each, times 45 minutes per episode...) let's just say it's a good thing I had the sick excuse for the first half of that, and for the second half- you'd be surprised at how many things I can do while I watch tv on my phone. I honestly had no idea what a good multitasker I was! And all the laundry!! The kids were spoiled- I was folding their clothes to justify watching my show. So embarrassing really, but now that it's over I can come clean. I blame Emily for this. She is the one that got me started. Didn't help that Annie likes it too!! But it really was a fun show. And I can't get over how clean it was!! Minus maybe some cowboy language, but even that wasn't bad. So many good morals and values were pointed out and all the stuff they shouldn't be doing was made to look bad! I loved it! I loved how it made me feel and the importance of family I felt during it. It was just fun to watch. Cute, predictable drama that kept me clicking on the next episode button. I just love it. Can't wait to watch season 11 really :). But I'm also glad to have my life back. I told Nate it was like my vacation. Ya know how most moms get to go on trips once in a while, or out on overnight or week long trips with their friends... this whole being stuck to my phone thing was like my vacation :). I was letting myself do it without the guilt because of that. I knew it was going to end and I knew I would get back into life, so I justified it :). It was a fun vacation, I have to admit. 2-26-18
ELEMENTARY TUTORING
I don't know if I've mentioned this, but Charity has been tutoring at the Elementary school Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays for the past couple weeks. She overheard me talking about the Community Council meeting where all the teachers were wishing they could have more aides in their classes and more help. She heard me talking about my idea to solicit help from the High School and Jr. High and have them offer TA jobs as a class. I had done that when I was in High School and thought it was pretty cool. Nobody seemed to go for that saying that they just aren't as reliable as someone who is getting paid. So anyway- Charity took it upon herself to email Mr. Denhalter and ask if she could come help at the school. He forwarded her email to the teachers and she was tutoring the next day! Mrs. McKenzie has taken full advantage of her offer as well as Mrs. Bradford. She's been having a lot of fun with it. I'm glad to see her doing something like that with her time. I just hope it doesn't get to be too much with her schedule or with looking for a job. Who knows though, I'm mostly just proud of her. She's a good girl and makes me look good in the process. 2-27-18
CHORALIER AUDITION
Cute Bradley decided at possibly the last minute, that he was going to tryout for Choraliers. He was calling Bridger the night before asking him what they required of them at the audition so that he could get a song ready if he needed too! Funny boy. But luckily he didn't have to bring anything, they taught them a song there, and then had them sing it in groups. He felt really good about it and seemed optimistic. I was just so proud of him even sticking his neck out there and trying out! Makes me so happy to see my kids and their bravery! I wish I could go back and have half the courage they do. They are amazing. Bradley included! Cool kid. 2-27-18
BLUE AND GOLD- CAMPING STYLE
So this Blue and Gold Banquet has been much anticipated. Mostly just to get it over with because I was getting really impatient with Bro. Gines' texts, but once the day finally came, it was actually a really fun night. Bro. Gines went all out on the decor. Had half of the gym set up like scene from a campout. Tent, trees, sleeping bag, fire pit. It was pretty cool I have to admit. He had this awesome backdrop of Delicate Arch too. So that was super cool. The Primary Presidency was in charge of the food, so I of course asked Nate to make the Pulled Pork. I bought the coleslaw, rolls, chips, carrots, and made the S'mores dessert and Natalie and Barbara both made two pans of corn bread. It turned out really nice even with the Pulverized Pulled Pork dilemma, and was super easy being that it was a camping theme- I just set everything out in their containers. The evening went really smoothly. I was so glad. I am still not sure what was up with the Knot movie, but it was hilarious, so I think it worked. The best part of the night was when Bro. Gines sat down and played his guitar leading the Cubs in the Bear song. SO cool! I loved that part. They finished it off with a really quick cake walk which Noah was bummed when nobody got his and Nate's cheesecake. They had had an extra one in case someone forgot to bring one, and then put a number on it instead of leaving it out. So nobody got Noah's number. Nate was pretty bummed too, and started dishing it up so that people could sample it :). He's so cute with his food. Kind of an off night for him with the food though, too, so that was a bummer. (He stopped on his way home from the mid the next morning with a pork shoulder to do a redemption batch of that- he's so funny- but it really was night and day difference! Those darn instructions that told him to cook the meat for 60 hours rather than 20) I wish I'd been able to relax a little more that night- I feel like I was sort of MIA for Noah, but I think he still had fun and enjoyed the night enough. This is probably his last Blue and Gold! Kinda weird. Guess we'll be back at the beginning in a few years here though, with Jack. 2-27-18
LUKE REGISTRATION
Met up with Luke at the school for his registration. I was a few minutes late (again, but this time it wasn't my fault! I was bathing Molly and we'd gotten so into doing bubbles in the tub, I got distracted, so clearly it was Molly's fault :)), but we were with Mr. Peterson the Vice Principal (I think Brad had him too). I'm still not sure if this is just for them to get a feel for the parents and possible home life or not, because it seems silly to have to bring in the registration stuff in person to turn it in. You really don't do much with them. I guess I did ask him about Honors Science and who is teaching it. And basically told him we don't like Bridges and how can we keep Luke from getting him... yeah, awesome first (or second if he remembered) impression. I think he was right though, with that Accelerated Math class, he might be better off not doing Honors Science. Plus, Bridges is the only one who teaches it and I don't really want another year of him. He killed science for Brad. So anyway- another step toward the big Jr. High move!! I really can't believe he's old enough for all this!! Luke is one of my babies. He's always too young for what he's doing next. I wonder if we'll ever feel differently. I hope he's getting a little excited though. Even if he says he hates school, he's gotta be a little excited right? 2-28-18
CHORALIERS!!
Bradley made it!! He made Choraliers! So exciting! Couldn't be more proud! He's getting excited for when he has to sing with his choir while wearing a basketball jersey at the games next year :). 2-28-18
NEW BEGINNINGS
New Beginnings was a lot of fun this week. They did an Olympics theme and the Mia Maids were in charge, so it was really fun to see a lot of Charity and Kelly. They did a cute opening ceremonies video with the torch passing- slow mo- it was hilarious when Charity "tripped" and then not as hilarious when the slow mo of Kelly was a close up on her face and everyone was laughing. I don't think they knew it wasn't meant to be funny. She looked adorable though, and luckily handled the laughter really well. She's a good sport most of the time. Charity was one of the emcees and they both got to talk about some of the values. Kelly mad my day saying that I was someone who had integrity that she looks up to (Charity and I both), I hope that really is the case. They both said some great things. Then we got to hear from Jared Ward! I LOVED his talk! He did such a great job! So uplifting and motivating. I wish the boys had been there to hear him talking about goals. So cool. 2-28-18
JEWELRY FINDINGS, GRIT AND SHOES
Bradley's been asking me for weeks to take him to this rock store in Ogden to get some of the jewelry findings he needs to start selling his rock jewelry. So we bit the bullet (long drive) and just went up there Thursday. It was a long drive, but fun. We had Brad, Erika and Luke. We found the dumpy little rock store and walked around for a while. They had a lot of cool stuff. None of liked the way it smelled, could have been the rotting fish tanks in the back or the smoke store next door, but it was not a good smell. But we were able to get a few things. Not really what we'd hoped to find there. They were out of grit too, which was a bummer. But we did get a few things and got Brad all excited to do some things with his latest polishings. We then stopped at Shopko to get Erika some shoes. It was fun to walk around with the three of them. They're all funny in the store. We didn't find any shoes for Erika there but we did find some Cadbury Mini Eggs :). We had to run into Payless in Layton to find Erika's shoes and while we were there, we found two more pairs of shoes for Erika (total three), a pair of Sunday shoes for Luke and some Sunday shoes for Jack as well! Talk about finding what we were looking for... and more! It was a very productive trip though. I was glad after our rock store venture. We made it home for some Pulled Pork sandwiches- redemption style! 3-1-18
MCKINLEY RECEPTION
Cute McKinley Ball got married on Friday!!! I can't believe Kim is a mother-in-law!!! She's going to be the best. Nate and I got all dressed up and went to the reception. Mostly to see Kim, but there were a couple other people who were fun to run into. And a couple who I didn't need to see for at least another couple years, HA! jk. I got to say hi to Maureen Brinkerhoff and Sis. Rust (can't remember her first name to save my life- maybe Suzanne?), she was SO complimentary!! She made me feel like a million bucks. Which then reminded me of how she had wanted me to marry her son when we were both in the singles ward together. Hilarious. Nate talked with Phil Bangerter- from work- while I got confronted by Bill Taylor... not my favorite... he was trying so hard to be nice and just put the past behind us and I was too, but talking with him and the odd look-aways from his wife are always awkward. I guess I deserve it. Kinda. But I don't love him asking me if I am "done? Is eight enough finally??" all sarcastically. I'm sure people think that's a funny thing to say, but if they knew the storm that is going on in my mind and spirit 24/7 about that subject, they might think twice before even bring it up. So that was fun (sarcasm). But then I got to see Kim!! She looked so pretty and so happy!! I love seeing her so happy! She "more than loves" Courtney, the bride, and her family loves "our McKinley" so she has every reason to be happy! Which she deserves! More than anyone I know. I'm so happy for her. And for McKinley. Such a cute couple. 3-2-18
DATE NIGHT
After the reception Nate and I went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse. It was fun to be all dressed up together and out just having fun. Different. Came home and watched the Jazz game! They're doing so good this year! I can't believe we went to the ONLY game they've lost in a long time! 3-2-18
BASKETBALL
Noah's game was pretty intense. He played like a pro! He was everywhere all at once. They lost by a lot, but totally stopped the other team in the second half. They only made two shots the second half which was pretty amazing. Our team worked so hard! There's just so many inexperienced boys on the team. Luke's game was kind of hard to watch as well. They did really good though. Luke especially. He made a few points. Grandma Hatch was there to watch and then stayed to watch Brad's as well. His game was frustrating for a lot of reasons. It's hard watching Chet's lack of strategy when it comes to putting the boys in. Also, the refs were HORRIBLE!!! It was a sad game. Brad was bummed. We were all bummed really. Better luck next week. 3-3-18
KATE'S BAPTISM
Erika got to go to Kate's baptism even though it was during Brad's game. I was glad she was okay with going alone because I really wanted her to be there for it. She loved it. 3-3-18
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