SUNDAY THE 13TH
I'm calling it this because it was not my favorite Sunday. Molly was a pill. She was a lot of work for Nate during Sacrament meeting and then the second hour was all about making me work. I made the mistake of giving in to her a couple times and then it was all downhill from there. She did horrible in Primary and wouldn't go to her class... it was so annoying. I think I need to start sitting in the back so she can focus and feel like she is there on her own, being a big girl.
The rest of the day was a little crazy too. I didn't feel well and slept quite a bit. Thankfully I woke up in time for Great to be Eight and made it over to the church in time to see that Barbara had done everything on her own and then sit and visit. It was a good meeting. I felt pretty useless, but whatever. When I came home we had frozen waffles and burritos for dinner and then called it a night after reading scriptures. It wasn't our best Sunday. I want to fix that. We have some work to do I guess. BUT! We did get good seats on the comfy benches. That was nice. I hated last week when we had to sit in the back. I did better at not getting mad about it, but it is not my favorite. Erika doesn't like it either apparently :). I skipped out on the family meeting this month. Feel bad about that. 1-13-19
JACK'S SICK
Poor Jackie started feeling sick on Sunday and by Monday morning, he had reached a new low. He had a sore throat, nasty barking cough, and a fever. So he stayed home. It was a bummer to see him feeling so crappy, but I loved cuddling with him throughout the day (and getting stuff done around the house that I usually wouldn't have gotten done if I hadn't been confined to the place all day!). Molly and I missed music makers which was a bummer too, but overall, we made the most of it. Jack found his new favorite show on Netflix, DinoTrux- I think that's the name. Watched it for a good 4 or 5 hours. I probably shouldn't admit that, but he was sick! He fell asleep a few times throughout. Hopefully he's doing better tomorrow! Poor guy. 1-13-19
FUN SHOT COMPETITION
Erika and Noah had their rounds of the Fun Shot competition. This was a fun new thing for everyone. We weren't sure what to expect, but it was a really organized, quick thing that gave us a fun activity for FHE. Course Charity and Jack ended up staying home to do homework and watch tv. It was nice of Charity to stay with him so I could go. Erika was first- they did a one minute run around to different locations on the court and tried to get points based on how many places they shot from and how many they made. Erika's first round was amazing! She made most of her shots which was just so cool! Her second round wasn't as good, but she made it to all the positions at least twice which was good. She ended up with 51 points and was the champion in her age group! Her runner up only got 26 so that's how awesome she did :). Noah was after Erika and I cringed as I saw them moving the shooting positions back as far as they did! All they way to the three point line for some of them. He did great! He doesn't know what his final score was, which is a bummer, but we were all really proud of him (and Erika) for even being brave enough to try! These kids are so cool! The stuff they do! The older boys have theirs on Thursday. We'll see how that goes :). We stopped at Bowmans and Fiiz for donuts and hot chocolate for the family night treat and to celebrate our little stars. Then we came home and watched the Jazz game :). 1-13-19
LONG NIGHT
These don't happen very often, but when they do I make sure to whine about it :). Nate was working the mid, so of course, my bed then became an option. EVERYONE was needing something as I was trying to fall asleep. Poor Molly needed to sleep with me and had had a pretty late nap so I consented just because I was so tired. Then she had owies on her "hucking" fingers so every time she put them in her mouth she would cry. Felt like every five minutes all night long. In between finger crying, Jack came in crying about his legs hurting. We got him all situated with the heating pad in his room, hoping that would work, but he was back in my room a few more times throughout the night. Finally he asked if he could lay in my bed and it was close enough to five that I just gave up fight. Let him take my spot and I got up and started my day. It was awful. I really don't love those nights. Like I said, they don't happen very often, but they're so hard! 1-16-19
WEDNESDAY FAMILY NIGHT
So one of my favorite things happened this week- there was no mutual on Wednesday night! This is the greatest thing ever! Everyone is home and has nothing to do but sit around and be together- it's the best! Mutual is on Friday this week, so I will pay for it later, but there's something really magnificent about having the evening to ourselves. Makes me wish they'd switch to bi-weekly activities... but that's just me. So anyway- we decided to do a little lesson- since we didn't ever get to the lesson on Monday night- and talk about some of the things in our Come Follow Me books. It was really great- I LOVE hearing everyone's comments and the discussions we have are great! I loved this week, thinking of things we can do to "be about our father's business" and then setting some goals in the categories of mental, physical, social and spiritual. Pretty awesome. Then we watched the Jazz game of course :). 1-16-19
SECOND SEMESTER
So far so good! We've been in the second semester for a few days now and I think it's going okay! Charity doesn't like her classes yet, but she never does this early- I think we need to give that a week or so. Kelly hasn't said much, but she is starting drivers ed, so that's gotta be cool :). Brad is starting Musical Theater and found out they're doing Adam's Family the Musical. He's not sure if he wants to tryout for Fester or Lucas- we'll see how it goes. Luke loves having classes with a lot of his friends and even gets to sit by the really funny kid in science :). I'm glad he and Brad have their manufacturing class together- that should be interesting :). Winkler. Noah, Erika and Jack don't have a lot of new changes, although, I've heard a LOT about Erika's new seat in her classroom and how horrible it is, so that was the downside to the new semester. Hopefully it gets better for her soon. 1-17-19
FUN SHOT COMPETITION 7/8th GRADERS
Luke and Brad got to have their round of the Fun Shot Contest Thursday night. I was so sad when Luke told me he didn't really want to do it! I tried to talk him into it a little, but didn't want to force him, so I gave up. I couldn't even get him to just bring his jersey in case he changed his mind. We went to Centennial and they all started practicing from the green spots on the floor. Luke was doing really well and I kept thinking what a bummer it is that he wasn't going to even try. Right as it was about to start he sat down by me and said, "I kind of want to do it, but I kind of don't." And I just said, "What do you have to lose? It's not like you lose anything if you don't win! It's just for fun!" He quickly decided to do it and went and grabbed a paper. Brave kid. There weren't as many people there as we had expected. I think there were eight boys. It was intense. They both did really good on their first rounds, second round was harder- I think they got tired. But really- they did awesome and I thought maybe they had beat the other kids (I wasn't keeping track of the points). Neither of them made it to the next round, but it was so much fun to participate! They were good sports about it and were happy to go get Frosty's after :). 1-17-19
REC CENTER FOR HALF OF US- INDIAN IN THE CUPBOARD FOR THE REST
So Friday was the big Rec Center night for the youth. The kids had all been looking so forward to it! Even the younger kids- because they knew this meant staying up late for them :). It sounded like Nate and the boys spent most of their time in the pool and playing basketball. The girls talked and ate treats and swam. I'd have to have them describe it all, but it sounded like a good time! They were all thoroughly exhausted the next day! I let them sleep in pretty long.
The younger kids and I got to have a fun movie night. We settled on the movie (after MUCH deliberation and discovering that you can't rent Aladdin online right now- sad day) Indian in the Cupboard. I had never seen it, saw that it was from the 90's so I prepared the kids for possible bad language and the need to turn it off if things got hairy- you know how those 90's "kids" movies are! It ended up being really cute! There was SOME language and ONE SCENE, which I'm so ANGRY they had in there, but we skipped that and the rest was okay. The kids actually really loved it and I was surprised with how into they got :). So that was fun. Too bad we'll never watch it again. But I had just been talking to Erika about how my 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Hunt read that book to us in class and I LOVED IT!! I can still picture where we sat to read and her facial expressions. It really was awesome back then. I let them watch some nature show after that- it was about fish and Erika and I got a kick out of the one with buck teeth trying to break open the clam and then the weird WEIRD fish that turns from a female into a hideous looking male halfway through it's life... I think Erika is now scarred for life. So strange! The kids all fell asleep during this one, so I turned off the tv and headed to bed all by myself :). It was a fun evening. I was glad everyone had fun. 1-18-19
FUN MONEY
Aunt Jen venmo-ed us some money Friday labeled "fun money during the nasty shutdown". What a cool sister/aunt we have. I'm so grateful for all the help that we have received, all of the offers to help, and everyone who has shown concern for us during this shutdown. It really hasn't been too bad, just stressful. I wish the Government would get their act together and do something, but I'm loving all the blessings and opportunities to pray for help and to give thanks. It's been miraculous. Also, Nate put a little post out there, to sell his meat and he had a few takers- Lynn being the main one. So nice of him to help us out- and he got some yummy meat out of it :). 1-18-19
STOWELL LUNCH
My mom planned a lunch for all the "Stowell girls". Thankfully she was willing to loan me some money so that we could go. I loved visiting with Becky, as always, and hearing about her kidney stone- ulgh. And Aunt Nancy sat by me and I got to hear the plans for the Red Riding Hood bike ride- I think I might actually train and go with them next year! Sounds fun! I think I could be ready by then. I talked with Kathy a little about a game night and making aunt Danny's birthday cake, and then went and sat by the Cassler girls to hear what was knew with them. Didn't hardly get to talk to Lana or Stephanie. It was a nice time. Charity, Kelly and Erika seemed slightly bored, but I think they survived. 1-19-19
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