FAMILY MEETING
We made it to the family meeting this month! That was a lot of fun. Felt like it had been a really long time since we'd been. Probably has. We had a nice lesson about "Sticking to the Riesens to D.O.T.S (Depend On The Savior)" Nate's mom is adorable. She gave all the sons/son-in-laws a tie with a quote from Nate's Dad sewn on the inside. Nate's says, "Finer than frogs hair". Pretty cute. We stayed around to play with cousins and I actually got to visit with Ali for a while, which was fun. So it was a nice time! Didn't get home til 10:30, but all was well. 6-10-18
ERIKA ZOO WITH MORGAN
Erika got invited to go to the zoo with Morgan on Monday morning. She had so much fun! She bought a slinky with her souvenir money. She was such a different little girl when she got home :). Made us all smile. I think the freedom and getting out and away from everyone does that to kids. She is such a fun girl. I'm glad she got to do something different. 6-11-18
BLOOD WORK
Still haven't heard back from the doctor about my blood work. Kind of irritated that they gave me a doctor who was going out of town the day after I had my blood drawn and was gone for a week! Didn't think that one out very well I guess. I'm trying to be patient. We'll see how long it lasts. Usually no news is good news right? And what would be good news at this point?? 6-11-18
FHE
Since scribe is the "nothing" job for FHE, and because I know Charity is not going to write about it--
We had an awesome lesson from Erika about answering Gospel questions with a smile. We got to role play some non-member questions. I thought everyone did a great job of answering things! Pretty cool. For Jack's game he had 1-10 written on sheets of paper and he would hand them all out while our eyes were closed, then we each had to guess which number we'd been given. Then after a couple rounds of that he hid them throughout the house and we had to find them :). Very creative! For Molly's treat we had.... drum roll please.... BACON! HA!!! She's so funny. She picked it! And it was delicious. 6-11-18
LAZY DAY
We were tending Gabby Mavy today so we tried to just take it easy. I did about 10 loads of laundry, but other than that, we mostly sat around and did nothing... well, if you call messing up the kitchen nothing. We did run a few errands and I was reminded of how much I hate those dumb awkward car seats and hauling them around. But other than that. Uneventful. Kind of how I like my summer days! The kids all ran around and did their stuff. Baseball with the water balloons, trampoline, bikes, Erika and Brad actually went on a bike ride, lots and LOTS of Studio C, Kelly and I spent some time playing Sequence and browsing Pinterest together, that was fun, baseball at the Clemens's. Lots of fun. 6-12-18
WARD POOL PARTY
We had the beloved ward pool party on Wednesday! This is one of the highlights of the summer every year now. It's fun that the kids love it so much. Nate got to do the meat again which he loves doing, but stresses so much about it the whole time before, during and even a little after. He cares SO MUCH! But he did awesome, as usual, everyone loved it! There was quite a bit left over which is just a given when you have to plan on the whole ward being there. Charity, Kelly, and Brad spent a lot of their time together, over in the deep end and going off the diving boards, although I did see Brad over playing basketball a LOT of the night. Luke got to go off the diving board and then braved the high dive for his first time!! He was so cute about it. He loved how it felt in his tummy before he jumped off :). I was so proud of him- he went off about a million times after that. Noah was all over the place with his friends. I'm pretty sure I saw him go off the diving board a few times as well. Along with Erika. She was everywhere as well. She spent a lot of time on the slides and then the diving board followed. They were all so brave going off the diving board. Jack was a little buoy the entire time- totally bobbing all over the shallow end with Will and Liam. It was fun to see him so comfortable in the water and having such a great time. I didn't even have to stay that close to him. He was very careful, but very adventurous at the same time- pretty cute. Molly and I were total buds all evening. We stayed together the entire time. We had a lot of fun watching the kids on the diving board and running around in the super shallow area. She was super cute and got really comfortable in the water. Not like last year where it took forever to adjust. She didn't love the slide. The kids really wanted her to experience it so they put her on it, but she fell over and then tried to stand up and walk out at the end. She was not happy after that, Bob, not happy. But everything else... Her poor little lips were purple when it was time to go though. Nate had a good time I think. I hardly saw him all evening. He swam and then got in some Dave Noriega bonding time. Oh, and we can't forget his little interlude with Sis. Smith (teehee). Funny stuff. It's fun to see him more comfortable in the swimming pool these days :). Very cool. And hot at the same time :). 6-13-18
COLD STONE
We were craving something cold, so we piled all the kids in the car. I think we were missing Charity and had Enoch, Kate Maughan and Maya Mavy with us (she had randomly showed up on our doorstep and asked if she could stay til 8:00 that night- kinda strange, but whatever). It was fun to watch everyone devour their ice cream and spend their extra money on chocolates :). Then we went over to Gailey Park on the way home. Good times. 6-14-18
BECKY
Thursday and Friday mornings were both spent down in West Jordan (Nate, Brad, Molly and I) to help Becky with some errands. Thursday we were supposed to take her cat to the groomers, but Adam ended up shaving him, so we just went to Macey's for some birthday stuff for Adam. We had a good time hanging out with Becky. She seemed to be doing a lot better from her surgery. When we got back, we decided that Nate needed to do some repairs and stuff in her house, so Friday, when I was taking her to her doctor appointment, Nate, Brad and part of the time Enoch, worked on her house and yard. I thought it was so cool all that they got done. Nate put in a new spigot out back to make her swamp cooler easier to use and a bunch of other repairs around the house. I got to spend time with Becky. That was nice too. It's always good to talk with her. I'm sad for all that she's got going on in her life right now, but hopeful. Seems like things can get better soon. Thursday we had picked up Enoch for a sleepover and Friday we of course brought him home. That was fun for him and Brad. They went fishing most of the time he was here. 6-14-18, 6-15-18
BIRTHDAY DATE WITH KELLY
Kelly finally settled on Manicures and dinner out, but while we were getting manicures, we got the crazy idea to go see Incredibles 2 as well. Our manicures were great, we talked a ton and tried to get the girl doing them to talk, but didn't really succeed. Still fun :). Then headed back to the theater in Station Park for the movie. What a CUTE MOVIE!! We both LOVED it! It was so much fun! I could totally hear Jack laughing at all the funny parts and kept wishing he was with us too :). All the boys for that matter- I could see them loving it. It was adorable. So being as late as it was after the late movie, we just went to Costa Vida for dinner. Surprised it closes at 10:30. We still had a good half hour! Yummy food and then to the grocery store for some incidentals. But we had a great time! I love spending time with Kelly. She's such a cute girl and makes me feel like a friend. 6-17-18
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