I had mentioned to Grandpa Hatch that we should go to Incredibles with HIM since we loved watching the first one with him so much. So we couldn't even wait, we went on Monday for Family Night. I purposely sat by Jack and he did NOT disappoint! Laughed at ALL the funny stuff with his cute husky laugh. My favorite part was when Jack Jack gets big and is sitting on top of one of the super heroes and I look over at Jack and he is folded in half with his jaw down to the ground, just struggling to get his next breath, but with a huge smile on. It was SO FUNNY!! The kids liked the movie, but some of them were too scared. And I was a little disappointed with the language and adult theme of some of it. But hopefully it wasn't too much for them. I LOVED it overall. The kids loved it. Although, Jack said, "That was a funny movie, but I never want to see it again, it was too scary!" So there you have it. Molly started out on the same chair with Erika (cuz I couldn't get another seat) and then ended up in my lap, but the cool thing is- she lasted the ENTIRE movie! Didn't have to go out once! Pretty awesome. I loved that Grandpa kept poking his head out and looking over to see the kids' reactions more than watching the movie :). He's so fun. I miss hanging out with him more often. 6-18-18
MINISTERING INTERVIEW
Kelly and I finally had our ministering interview with Shelly Smedley. That was awesome. I think we're going to be a great companionship. I loved some of the things Shelly pointed out. 6-19-18
FLAMING GORGE FOR THE BOYS- PLAY PLAY PLAY FOR THE GIRLS
Nate took all the boys up to Flaming Gorge to try out Randy Browning's Charter company. It was tough to find a day they could go with Nate's schedule and our camps and such, so he settled on a Wednesday even though that meant working the mid and leaving at 4:00 to pick up the boys and head up there at 4:30!! Kinda nuts! It was a little weird for me since Charity, Kelly and I had stayed up late that same night watching movies, I only got about an hour of sleep before I started hearing the boys hustling and bustling around downstairs. They are so funny! Got up WAY early to sit around and wait for Nate :). Everyone had been packed the night before. So they could have gotten up at 4:25. But it was cute. I got up with them and saw them off. Then went back to bed for a few more hours. Nate promised he'd pull over if he got too tired. We managed to eat some breakfast, then get to Playgroup down at West Bountiful Park a little late. After the park we went and grabbed some lunch at Carls Jr. to eat at home since Molly had konked out in the car. I was so proud of myself for eating the hamburger (which was REALLY yummy by the way) without the bun! Go me! Have I mentioned I started the KETO diet on Monday? Anyway. We ate lunch, kinda bummed around while Charity went to lunch with a guy who works at Cafe Rio, I think his name is Dean? Free food is a good incentive apparently. Even free Cafe Rio. She hates Cafe Rio. Then out of nowhere our awesome friends the Blackburns just stopped by!! From Lehi! What a fun surprise that was!! We got to talk with Bliss for a good hour. I love her. And she looked awesome. After that we headed down to Station Park for some (mostly) window shopping. Erika and Molly picked having some candy at It's Sugar, Charity and Kelly picked some yummy stuff at Bath and Body Works. They all had some pretzel bites too :). So lots of fun there. We got to throw our pennies in the fountain, and browsed Claires til Molly screeched. Lots of fun! It was really fun to just be the girls- that hasn't happened in a while. Even if we are such a spread out range of ages these days :). I still wish I'd gotten the four cute little key chains-- that would have made the perfect souvenir. We debated about where to eat dinner and then just decided Molly was too grumpy for a restaurant and got some food at Smith's. We were getting pretty late into the evening, but still wanted to go on our bike ride to get snow cones, so at 8:00 pm we were headed down the driveway on our bikes to get some snow cones. Kinda crazy and looking back, not the most well prepared for activity. We needed to bring the head lamps. But whatever. We got down there safely, even with Charity riding on a flat tire, and had our snow cones. Before departure, we were sure to say a prayer that our bikes could handle the bike trail since riding on the street in the dark was just way too dangerous. Thankfully, we were blessed with a little miracle and all was well. I loved hearing Erika cheer as she went down the big hill. And since I'd figured out how to pump up Charity's tire, it was smooth sailing for her too until going up the big hill. But it ended up being a fun little bike ride. When we got home we watched Return to Me and then crashed. Our plans for morning were Kneaders, Seagull Book and then swimming with the Maughans for Rachel's birthday. We got to Kneaders with only 10 minutes for Charity to spare. She gobbled up her French Toast and headed over to work. We ate- I had a yummy greek omelet that was actually really yummy and I didn't even miss the french toast. Well, maybe a little, but I felt really good about it all :). We went over to Seagull to visit Charity and try on some cute clothes! I found the cutest dress and Kelly's reaction to it, when I stepped out of the dressing room had me sold. She's so sweet to me :). I bought it. I felt bad we were so hard to ring up when Joan was doing it. Then we said goodbye and ran home to get swim suits on and go swimming. We had so much fun at the Jones' pool with the Maughans. Definitely a highlight of the day. We all got sunburnt. Molly was so brave and had so much fun! Only a few little screeches here and there. Still working on that. I'm not sure how, but I forgot towels?!!! Weird. Good times though. When we pulled into the driveway we saw that the boys had also gotten home! It was fun to hear all about their trip. I will have to have one of them write about it. All the salmon and the two really big trout. Sounded like a lot of fun. Minus Jack crashing into the pole at the KOA. The girls got to go to Stake Youth Conference that night. They loved it! Basically they did a carnival for the Special Needs Mutual. Cool stuff. 6-20-18 and 6-21-18
THE DRYER
Our dryer is out of commission. Somehow the very tippy tip of a towel got jammed into the grate over the vent thingy, and just tore a chunk of the plastic grate off! Kinda weird that the towel was stronger than that plastic grate. So there are sharp edges and I worried about them tearing clothes so I started looking on KSL for a new dryer. Nate intelligently started calling repair guys. While we were deliberating I decided to finally take care of the lint in there, and vacuum it out. Found LOTS of fun surprises in there. Money was a big one. Had to have Kelly and Erika help me fish it all out. But I guess in the process of CLEANING it, we knocked some lint where it shouldn't be and when we turned the thing back on to see how well it worked it put off a really horrible burnt smell. So yeah, we needed to fix the thing or replace. Luckily, Nate found someone who could come Monday. We will find out then what the damages are and if it's worth fixing. In the meantime we can't wash clothes here. Kind of a bummer... kinda not. 6-21-18
THE AIRSHOW
We had THE BEST TIME at the Air Show this year! We picked the PEFECT time to go- parked at Northridge High and shuttled up to the base- SO MUCH EASIER THAN LAST TIME!! Only took us about a half hour to get to the entrance gate and then only 10 or so minutes to get past security. Pretty miraculous after last time's experience. We walked around and saw some of the planes and booths. Then we parked ourselves up front to watch the F-35's- brand new this year! And SO AMAZING!!! They were SO POWERFUL! And my dad says they can take off vertical like a helicopter- too bad we missed that. During the 30 minute intermission, we headed over to the Go Army tent to show off our pull-up and push-up skills! Erika, Noah, Jack, Brad, Luke, and Nate all did the pull-ups and got cool water bottles for that. Then ALL of us (minus Molly) did the push-ups. And we ALL beat the goal that they guy gave us. I was so impressed with Charity's 20 and Kelly's 30!! And my OWN 21!! Pretty cool. I got a free shirt. Everyone else got a drawstring bag with a phone fan in them. Nate got everything because he broke the record for the day getting 86 push-ups. "You just broke the record, sir", mumbled under his breath, almost irritated that he was taking so long. HA!! Nate's the coolest. I was pretty proud of us. Then we spun a spinner got a few small beach balls and some key lights and slap bracelet (we're way into the free crap), and then settled in our spot for the day as close to the tarmac as we could get. Which wasn't really close. But we were kinda close to the water which was handy. And closer than usual to the bathrooms. But lots of fun!! I especially loved playing with Molly with the water- she had the little lid from my water bottle in her hands and we were filling it up so she could go toss it on people or with her cute little hands, pull the back of their shirt open and pour it down. The best was when she pulled Jack's hat off to get his hair wet!! She was having the time of her life and everyone was helping to make it that way- gotta love those moments. Even if there are bouts of little arguments going on between the older kids. This might sound bad, but I'm looking forward to my week of not having to listen to the big kids argue. Just to clarify- I AM GOING TO MISS THEM, I AM JUST NOT GOING TO MISS THEIR FIGHTING that has become pretty consistent these last few weeks.... that's all I'm going to say. The air show was great- we loved the stunt planes and covered up Molly's ears with her B for the loud jets. We were bummed there wasn't a jet truck race- not sure how that got skipped. And I was of course bummed that there wasn't a B2 bomber. Even though they haven't had that in the show for probably a decade. But still! I love that thing! We said goodbye to Nate, Charity, Kelly, Jack and Molly at 3:00 when they had to get home for work, work, babysitting, and to get out of my hair. The rest of us got to watch the Thunderbirds!! I LOVE the Thunderbirds, so I was so happy that Nate made it possible for me to watch them uninterrupted or distracted. Although, Jack would have loved them! Brad, Luke, Noah and Erika humored me as I got all excited with each stunt. They were cute too, I loved Luke's nervousness when they would get so close and almost hit. Erika too got all wiggly and then relieved when they barely missed. Fun stuff. It was a short walk back to the shuttle drop off and then a REALLY LONG WAIT to get on the bus. If it had been up to Brad and Noah, we would have just walked all the way back to Northridge High, but according to my maps app, we saved about three minutes NOT walking but waiting for the shuttle. HA! Yeah, not sure which would have been better. But actually, I kind of liked waiting in line- we played chopsticks and 21 and actually entertained ourselves pretty well. When we got home we crashed! Everyone wanted to rest. Big day and lots of sunburns. Although, not as many as their would have been had I not doused them in sunblock before we left. Not sure how some did and some didn't... Good times. After dinner and resting the kids all played night games til about 10:00 with about 10 of the neighbor kids- love that about summer! 6-23-18
GRANDPA RUSS
Saturday marked one year from when Grandpa Russ died. Can't believe it's already been a year. It was neat to think about him during the Air Show though. Felt like a great way to celebrate his life. As well as Nate and the boys' trip to Flaming Gorge.
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