APRIL FOOLS
I made spaghetti pancakes for breakfast- just pancakes in the shape of noodles, it looked really cool with the ferrero rocher as meatballs! I was pretty pleased with that. Everyone did a prank or two. There was yarn all over bedrooms. Lots of tricks and fun things to remember it was April Fools. 4-1-23
SPRING BREAK
We had a pretty fun little Stay-cation-y Spring break this year. Monday we went to Grannie Annie's bright and early for some scones. Everyone was so well-behaved, I think this is the first time we've had such a pleasant time there. Helped that there was almost nobody there. We went swimming at the rec center that night. That was a lot of fun too. Everyone seemed to be having a great time! I was thankful that Nate took care of Sadie most of the time- she liked jumping in to his arms. I spent a lot of time in the lazy river with Molly and then the hot tub with Erika. Fun stuff. We missed Luke, Charity and Kelly. 4-3-23
Tuesday we played a lot of games and spent time at home and then in the evening we took the older kids- Bradley, Luke, Noah and Erika out on our "big kid date". We went to dinner at Sushi Monster and then to Boondocks for some bowling. This ended up being a major highlight for me. I loved having this time with these kids together. We had a lot of fun trying new sushi we hadn't tried before- the Vegas Roll! We all loved bowling, I think Brad won. So much fun! We decided we were more fun than the family next to us who we never saw say two words to each other- it was a little strange. But so fun with the big kids! I'm so glad they will do these things with us. We were bummed that the weather was crummy so Charity and Kelly weren't able to come down, but we had a great time. 4-4-23
Wednesday we babysat Porter and Alyssa and since we had been dumped on with snow over the night, we ended up bagging our plans and had a snow day!! Brad had so much ambition that day- he was the ring leader. He and Jack started a snowman, we all kind of contributed, but it ended up taking a couple ladders and so many hands to get the head on top and all of the accessories. It was about 10 feet tall! It was SO AMAZING!! People driving by were stopping to take pictures of it! So cool! Then Brad ran over to the field with a bunch of the kids and then eventually his friends and made a giant igloo! Took them all day! So fun though! I was so happy we finally got to play in the snow- we've had so much this year!! Actually more than Utah has seen in over 40 years! Pretty cool! Fun memories. 4-5-23
Thursday was our "little kid date". We took the little three to McDonalds's and then to Classic Fun Center for some fun. This was a fun date as well. Funny how different it is to take these three out verses the older three at their ages-ish. We got to hear all about the girl who things God put her in the wrong body and identifies as a boy while we were eating- super lame- I'm shocked because we were in Kaysville of all places, but the kids never get to eat at McDonald's so they were thrilled either way :). Classic was a lot of fun. They did the bounce houses for quite a while and then we moved on to the arcade- that was pretty cute. Fun to see what they chose to do with their tokens/cards. They all picked out prizes and we were done, but it was so much fun spending that time with them. We need to do this more often. 4-6-23
Friday was our Mario Movie day! Kelly came down! We went and picked up Uncle Steve and we all went to see Mario Movie together. Popcorn, treats from home, it was the perfect event! Everyone loved the movie! I was so glad! Then we went over to Costa Vida for lunch. I loved it! Such a fun day! Afterwards Charity and Josh showed up and we had our game night. That was a lot of fun. We all stayed up way too late, but so fun! 4-7-23
EASTER SATURDAY
After the first talk of conference being about making Easter more about Christ's Resurrection, we decided to do our Easter bunny stuff on Saturday. I think it went pretty well and it was fun to have two days to call Easter. Saturday morning we got up bright and early to look for baskets! This was a lot of fun. Everyone was really cute as they found theirs. I love how excited everyone gets even though it's usually just something simple. We tried to go a little out this year, just for fun. Sadie was loving it all, kind of like it was her first Easter again. Very excited by all the eggs in the backyard- that was cute. So after baskets, we gathered eggs in the back. The kids got spoiled rotten by the Easter bunny in candy form, holy moly! There was plenty for sure! I see cavities in our near future. After the eggs we colored our hard boiled eggs. I know I say this every year, but I just love our system for doing eggs. Its so satisfying! Always goes so well. Everyone seemed to have fun. Kelly had to leave before she finished, but she got into it and made her friends on her eggs :). Bradley did as he always does and made very bright bold colors. I loved his space looking one. Luke takes this very seriously as well. He had fun and made some cool eggs. Noah was quiet during this, but I think he was entertained. I don't think this is his favorite thing, but he humors me. Erika got into it, made some really fun eggs. Same with Jack! He was very artistic. Molly looked like a mini Kelly drawing details on all of hers. She had some very creative ones with a sunrise and sunset... lots of cute creativity. It was fun to see her get so into it. I don't think she finished either. And Sadie did her eggs with some help this year. I think she had a lot of fun. She doesn't have the longest attention span, but she managed to trade away all her cracked ones :). I think this was success this year. I loved it! After we cleaned up the egg mess, way later than finishing cuz we were waiting for stragglers to finish theirs- I started on Porter's cake! Heidi wanted a shark cake that she had toppers for so I just did a really simple cake. I wish I'd paid more attention to the toppers, I may have done it differently. But I was SO happy with how smooth it turned out! Even with three layers! That doesn't usually happen. My research paid off. Everyone kind of parted ways at this point in the evening, there were parties and dates, but Erika, Jack, Molly, Sadie and I went over to Heidi's to celebrate Porter's birthday. Grandpa Hatch and Jo were there, we had a lot of fun playing pin the fin on the shark and eating cake and ice cream. Fun night! 4-8-23
EASTER SUNDAY
We had a really nice peaceful Easter Sunday this year. I actually really loved that we didn't have to cram so much stuff in before church like we usually do. We were able to have Nate home and ate Creamed Eggs on Toast for breakfast. Then kind of a mad dash to get dressed and to church. But we made it :). I sang with the Choir and we sang a really beautiful song by Sally DeFord called Because He Lives. I loved it! This was Janeel's last song with us. I still feel like we failed her. We only had the one hour for church, so we got to come home and spend the rest of the evening together. We were able to focus on the Savior's Resurrection, we went around the room and talked about what the Resurrection means to us. I wish I'd gotten the egg thing together, but we watched Don't Miss This which was awesome and had a good time together. Charity and Kelly and their friends Kora, Josh and now I can't remember the other girl's name all came down for a nice dinner. We had pot roast and potatoes. It was actually a really nice day so we sat out front to eat. So nice! I loved it! Nate and I stayed up all hours of the night talking with Charity and Josh :). That was fun too. 4-9-23
ABC DINNER
This has become a really fun way to do dinner over the years. I love that the kids still like it. We were supposed to do it as part of Spring Break but we missed it for some reason, so we did it Monday. The teams were: Luke and Molly on Appetizer. They had M and did mozzarella sticks. Brad, Noah and Sadie had the main dish and the letter E so they did Egg sandwiches (after I vetoed their 80 minute cook time Enchiladas). Jack and I had the side and the letter R so we did a Raspberry yogurt salad, super yummy! Nate and Erika had dessert and the letter M and they did Mango sorbet-ish type stuff. It was a very delicious dinner! Everyone was pretty happy with it I think :). Fun times. 4-10-23
MOLLY'S BROKEN WRIST
Bea was letting Molly have turns on her scooter and on one of Molly's turns she came back and didn't stop right when Bea asked her to, so she shoved her off of it. Poor Molly fell on her hand and came in the house crying. She seemed pretty hurt and it wasn't the dramatic crying that she sometimes does, so I was a little worried, but didn't want to jump to conclusions. We got some ice on it, gave her some motrin and sent her to bed. I had hoped a little sleep would make it feel better, but sure enough, the first thing she said when she woke up was that her arm hurt. Rats. I decided to monitor it all morning and watched her getting dressed. She was able to do so many things with her wrist and seemed mostly fine, but as soon as she tried to pull up her skirt and couldn't and started to cry, I knew. I knew it needed to be x-rayed :). I wasn't going to stop worrying about it until we did. We went right over to the instacare as soon as we dropped off Jack at school. It was pretty funny because by the time the doctor was looking at it and having her move it in certain ways, ways she seemed perfectly comfortable moving it, I was pretty sure it was totally fine. Feeling really dumb that I had brought her in there, but then! The doc came in just as surprised as me and announced that she actually did have a buckle fracture in her radius. Shocker! Poor tough little Molly! So they got her suited up with a brace, told us she could play soccer, and sent us on our way :). HAHA! Here's to hoping she heals enough for soccer. 4-10-23
BASEBALL DRAFT FOR JACK
We missed the Kaysville Rec deadline for baseball so I went searching for a nearby city to go through. Roy was the closest. I was hesitant, but he wanted to play baseball so bad I gave in. He's really excited :). He had his draft on Tuesday and according to Nate did really well and connected with the ball quite a few times. I'm excited to see him play- it's going to be so fun :). 4-11-23
MINISTERS
Our ministers Greg Richardson and Bryan Radik came by Tuesday evening and we had fun talking to them about what we like to eat and then the creek/possible flooding. We have really awesome ministers. But we found out in a text a little later that Greg has lymphoma. He was telling us so that we would know why he's not doing as much, but makes us want to do something for him. Hopefully prayer helps for now. 4-11-23
KJH TRACK MEET
This was much anticipated! Noah and Erika were so excited! Noah signed up for the 110 hurdles and the 1600. He did great on his hurdles. Then knocked the mile out of the park! I think he got his PR time, so he was wishing for a better time, but did so awesome! Erika signed up to run the 100 hurdles, 1600, and 800. She did amazing in her hurdles! We were so impressed! She'd been put in a faster heat and got 2nd place! 7th overall- scoring points for the team! So awesome! Then she ran the mile and we could tell things weren't quite right. She started out just fine, but slowed down quite a bit before the end. She did great, just not what she had expected. Then a little later she ran the 800 and there was definitely something wrong. She came through the finish line and her foot was just in excruciating pain! They of course didn't have any ice and she was trying to play it cool for sure, but was in a lot of pain. Come to find out she had hurt it during the mile! So she ran most of a mile and 800 M with a very hurt foot- tough girl!! All because the coaches told the kids they are not allowed to talk about pain to them. I had to set the record straight with Erika and that she should listen to her body, but ugh. We're hoping it can heal over the weekend for her track meet Monday, as long as she stays off it. Fingers crossed. But it was a fun track meet overall! 4-12-23
WEDNESDAY
We had four kids at three track meets with adventure days and activity days in between it all for two other kids!! Such a juggling act!! I went up to Syracuse High to watch Erika and Noah while Nate went to Davis to watch Lukey and he took Jack to Adventure days. Then Nate went down to Woods Cross to watch Brad and then because they were so behind schedule, I was able to get down to Woods Cross for Brad's second race while Nate took Molly to activity days! Kinda nuts, but we pulled it off! Everyone had cheerers at all their events and everyone was where they needed to be! Crazy fun! 4-12-23
LUNCH WITH MOM
My mom and I went to lunch this week. We went to this new place by Cabellas called Aubergine's? It was really yummy! It had a total health food vibe so I want to take Nate and Kelly there. I got the coconut curry- super good! It would have been better if Sadie had eaten her food and hadn't spilled her drink and if the toilet was flushing in the bathroom, but other than that- a nice little break from the day. 4-13-23
PHOENIX INVITE
Brad did so well at this meet! We were so proud of him! I was sure his pulled hamstring would keep him from running his 4X4, but nope! He pulled out an amazing run! Still trying to qualify for state, but they're close!! 4-14-23
DATE NIGHT
For our date night we watched Brad run at Farmington High. He had a few races so we were able to watch a couple, sneak off for some Sushi Monster, and then back for his last race. He did so good and it was so fun to watch him! We saw Brandon's parents also and got to talk to them for a little while, that was fun. It was a really nice night though, just hanging out together. 4-14-23
NO SOCCER THIS WEEK
Since the older kids don't start til next week and with Molly having a broken wrist we opted out of her first game this season and didn't have any games this week. We will see if she's able to play her next one, she's pretty anxious to play, but we'll see. The doctor at the instacare said it was fine, but Uncle Brent said, "Absolutely not!" so we'll see :). 4-15-23
BABYSITTING PORTER AND ALYSSA
Heidi was going on a hot date really late so we got to have Alyssa and Porter sleep over! It went really well! I loved that Porter and Jack conspired and had him get all his stuff in Jack's room instead of where I had planned for him to sleep next to Alyssa, but they were right- that was better. They slept all night as far as I know :). All was well until Heidi left her phone at the guy's house and didn't have her alarm to wake up. Luckily Kelly was fine with staying here with them til Heidi could get here. Kelly was planning on going to a different ward up in Logan and then that idea got scratched, so she came and joined us for Sunday School. It's always fun to have her around, but I felt bad she missed the sacrament. She's always so helpful and sacrificing. 4-15-23--4-16-23
SUNDAY
We did cool water color looking canvases with quotes on them for our craft- I'm excited to hang them up in the hallway. Then we were going to have brownie chex mix, but my Walmart order never came so we had something I can't remember right now for dessert. My brain is not recalling things very well. It was a nice Sunday though. Charity and Josh took Jack, Molly and Sadie off to the park for some fun while I took a nap :). Then we had spaghetti for dinner and played out on the front lawn. It was really nice. 4-16-23
ERIKA SPRAINED FOOT
So Erika's pain had just gotten too unbearable and even though I didn't think she could break any bones running, I had to take her in. To get a boot if nothing else, but I really did want the x-ray. Fortunately they couldn't see any broken bones (although they always add the caveat that there could still be broken bones that they just can see because of the many angles you would need to see all the bones in the foot, so we should take her back in in a few weeks for another x-ray to know for sure if there were any fractures- not sure we'll do that, but good to know), so they put her in a boot (I was going to request one if they didn't offer it, luckily they did) and told her to use crutches as well. Hopefully she will be able to heal now! She had to miss her track meet that day, but did so good at keeping a positive attitude. Here's to healing before her track meet on the 26th! 4-17-23
RANDY ANDERSON VIEWING/FUNERAL
I was so sad to hear about Andrea's dad this week. I know how much she loved him and how close they were, it was hard to imagine what she must be feeling like. She's been really tough though and keeps saying how she's glad he's not in pain. She's right. I guess he hasn't really been himself for a while. That would be so hard though. I was able to go to the viewing and funeral Monday. Thanks to Nate taking Sadie home it was actually really nice to be able to talk with Andrea for a minute and then sit and hear the whole funeral. He was a really cool dad. You could tell that family was a priority to him. I was wondering what my kids would say about me at my funeral and it made me want to be a little more intentional about how I parent and the way I treat my kids. I get rushed I think and less in the moment. I need to work on that. But it was so good to see Andrea. And I got to see Eric too! That was cool! He was really nice to talk to as well, just for a few minutes. I was surprised there weren't more people from the 54th ward there! 4-17-23
TRACK MEET
Noah did an awesome job at his track meet on Monday! He did great on the hurdles and then got a PR on his mile! 5:48!! Good job Noah! 4-17-23
FHE
Noah taught our lesson, we watched the Good Samaritan video- the one set in today's world. Very cool. We had a nice discussion about it all and then played King Pig. I was holding a sleeping Sadie so I just watched, but it was really fun. We used signs that go with things you can do to be close to Heavenly Father and the Savior. Jack's treat was ice cream! 4-17-23
ORTHODONTIST SPRINGS
Noah and Erika both committed the awful crime of not wearing their elastics enough and were fitted with springs on Tuesday. This was not a happy thing for them. Both of them have been in a lot of pain and can't eat anything solid. Erika was especially bugged by how she looks. So this is fun. Hopefully it's not too long that they have to wear them! 4-18-23
ROMANIAN LADY AND HER DAUGHTER
I was taking Jack to the store to get a gift for Will and this cute little Romanian lady and her daughter stopped us in the parking lot. She was saying that they needed coats because it was so cold outside, and it really was, but they did have jackets on. I wasn't sure how to help her with no cash, so I offered to go in and buy her something and she was so happy, she wanted to come with us, so she followed us in and then we wandered through the clothing for quite a while looking for coats. Since it's April there weren't any coats, but she did find some leggings and her daughter found some shoes she wanted. It took a minute but I was so grateful for an opportunity to use what we had just learned in family night the night before. I wanted to help her with more but she didn't seem to want anything else, like food or anything. She started telling me, in her broken English, that she wanted a place to stay because they are living in their car, and asked for $50, but I just can't hand out that kind of cash for some reason. I tried to buy her more stuff and she didn't want anything else, but I did get $20 cash back to give her after we checked out. She was so cute, kept hugging and kissing me and telling me that my Jesus loves me. She was really sweet. We said goodbye to them and went and bought Jack's gift for Will and then headed back out to the car. By then I had realized that it would be really easy to go home and get some blankets and coats for them and bring them back, so I drove around the parking lot to find them to offer that to them and when we found them they were headed back into the store with a man, and they had turned toward the McDonald's so I was really happy that they were getting some more help. We just came home. I might put some extra blankets and coats in the car though, just to have for these occasions (assuming it's going to stay winter forever). It was nice to help her but I still wonder if I should have done more. 4-18-23
LUKE'S LAST BIG MEET
Luke ran his 110 hurdles and 300 hurdles at Syracuse High on Wednesday in what was probably his last big meet of the year. He did so good! Broke 21 on his 110, a PR and got 50. something on his 300!! Also a PR. So proud of him!! This was a beautiful day, but so cold, we felt bad we didn't dress the littles warmer to sit and watch, but we were lucky enough to see both races! 4-19-23
DATE NIGHT
We went on our date Thursday instead of Friday this week because of Brad's track meet Friday, but we ended up havin got squeeze it in after Jack's baseball practice up in Roy. It was okay though, worked out just fine. And it was super nice of Christie to do the Young Women Dodgeball so I didn't have to. We went to Sushi Monster and it was delicious! 4-21-23
BRAD AT THE WOODS CROSS INVITE
It was pouring rain ALL afternoon but the track meet went on! Nate, Erika on her crutches and I were able to head down to Woods Cross to see Brad run the 300 hurdles. We got there with about 15 minutes to spare, which was funny. It was really cold as we stood there with our umbrellas. He did such a great job!! Especially since it was freezing cold raining the entire time and then as he came around the turn a kid tripped and fell, falling right in his path, so he had to step around him after his hurdle. It was pretty remarkable (unfortunately, after the race I learned that that moment was not caught on video because of a pole! UGH!!). His form had been looking perfect up to that point, his steps were right on, but then after that little trip up he studdered a little before the last few hurdles. Still looked amazing and we are so proud of him! I just felt bad for him that that had happened right then. He didn't quite PR, but like he said, it was wet, cold, and there is room for improvement. I was really proud of him!! Oh and he got 2nd place overall :). Shows how hard he is on himself. Great run though!! So proud!! 4-21-23
GAME NIGHT
We had a game night last night, so much fun!! It was really only Erika, Molly and I since Nate was making cheesecake for PROM, Brad was hot tubbing, Luke was off on his day date to Clark Planetarium, Noah was at his friend's house, Jack was feeling nauseous on the couch downstairs, and Sadie was sleeping! PHEW! But we had SO MUCH FUN!! We played my game choice first (we drew names to decide who got to pick the game) I picked Bananagrams! Then Molly picked the new Princess Bingo game (not sure what it's called) we played that a million times. It was really fun to finally play it with the tokens- Sadie and I hadn't gotten to that point yet. Super fun though. Then we learned how and played about three games of Sushi Go that Erika got in her Easter basket! SO much fun!!! I really like that game. It's like a different game every time you play it. You almost can't use the same strategy twice. We watched a movie after- called Ohana something- after trying a different movie and witnessing a guy to guy kiss (gross by the way- why is that still PG?), this one was okay. Had a weird reference to "mormon missionaries" and the acting was sub par, but the kids seemed to like the treasure hunting aspect. It's supposedly inspired by Goonies, thankfully there wasn't as much vulgar language. Good times though. Late late night, I think we went to bed at midnight! So much for my new bedtime. 4-21-23
SOCCER
We had some fun soccer games this week. Erika decided to go cheer on her team in her crutches, pretty cool team mate. They finally pulled out a win- stressed Erika out while they were losing ;). Molly's game was at the same time so we sent Erika with Kate. Molly did great as well! And then we hurried over to Angel Street to watch Brad play his very first soccer game! He looked like a pro! Nobody would ever know it was his first time playing on a rec team. Noah's game was later and his was also a really great game! Noah looked awesome as usual. It's fun that this season is finally underway. We're enjoying our elongated winter/actual spring, but missing out on sports wasn't fun! 4-22-23
PROM 2023 BRAD AND LUKE
Prom was a success this year!! Everything seemed to go very smoothly. Nate did the food for Luke's group, they ate at Noriega's. He also did the cheesecake desserts for Luke's group and Brad's group! So much fun for Nate :). He loves being asked to cook. No seriously! With the Forerunner out of commission, and Brad needing the van for his group- I got to drive Nate to work :). It was a mad dash getting food delivered, Noah ready for his soccer game, and then rushing Nate to work barely on time and then hurrying back to get everyone to Noah's game. Kind of crazy, but we made it! The boys seemed really happy with their dates and how the evening went for both groups. I wish I'd gotten a picture of them together, but it sounded like a really fun night! Couldn't be prouder of these boys and the way they are handling their lives. They're just so awesome. 4-22-23
KELLY'S POSITIVITY
Kelly posted her story and some feelings about the past two years. I need to share it on here too. She's so incredible and such a positive influence and example to everyone around her. So proud of her and the way she is overcoming the challenges in her life. 4-24-23
KELLY WITH JASON SMITH
We finally got Kelly back into Jason's office. It was a really good visit. We talked a lot about how far Kelly has come, how much she's improved. It was a really positive experience. The aids were all happy to see her and wanted to hear about what was going on in her life. It was really neat. I love it when Kelly gets the love and attention she shows others. It seems only fair. 4-25-23
STEM NIGHT AT COLUMBIA
While Kelly and I were at her appointment with Jason, Nate took everyone else to STEM night at the Elementary school. Sounded like it was a big hit. I'm bummed I didn't get to go in Jack and Molly's classrooms and oooh and aaah over their work. I like that part. But they all had fun. 4-25-23
TEMPLE BAPTISMS
We made an appointment a long time ago to go to the temple on Wednesday, during our late start. It ended up being the same day as Noah's track meet so he didn't really feel like getting up at 4:45 am. So we missed him and Erika is still in her boot and crutches so we talked her out of going. But Bradley, Luke and Brandon all came! It was a great time! This was Luke's first time baptizing!! My one regret is that I didn't have family names so I didn't get to be baptized. But I did get to watch them as a witness and it was so neat! Watching those boys trade places in the font and baptizing each other- very cool! The Spirit was so strong! I loved it so much I made plans for us to come back the next week! 4-26-23
ERIKA OBGYN
We finally took Erika to the OBGYN on Wednesday. This was a long awaited appointment. Unfortunately, not any real solid answers. They gave us a little glimmer of hope and then told us to go see someone else. Big surprise. That is 2 for 2 with this OBGYN Peterson-Rodriguez or something. Anyway. Kind of annoying. We'll get to the bottom of it soon though! 4-26-23
MOLLY LUNCH WITH THE MAYOR
This was a very exciting thing for Molly! She was chosen to have lunch with the Mayor on Wednesday! Molly was actually really excited and not nervous at all, which I thought was really cool. I didn't want to change that by pressuring her to wear anything particular, or making her change, so she ended up in a very mismatched outfit that day :). She was so happy though, it was fun to see her so excited for this thing that she wasn't really even sure what it would be. She went and said it was really awesome. She wished that it was something they did every day and that they could go be with the mayor on their own, without everyone else :). I love that. She seemed to love it. She failed to mention the roundabout or ask when they were going to start working on it. I can't imagine why she didn't want to talk about that :). I'm so proud of Molly though! Her little picture she brought home says it all on the back- Miss Smith wrote out this paragraph about Molly and all that she contributes to her class and what a cool girl she is. I should go get a picture of it. She really has been such a great student this year and done so much good in her class! I'm so proud of her!! It's pretty cool that we're still pumping out Maynes kdis that get this privilege :). I think most of our kids have gotten to do this. 4-26-23
NOAH'S TRACK MEET
Noah did so awesome at his track meet! Cut off a whole like 30 seconds off his mile time! SO IMPRESSIVE!! He decided he didn't want to do the hurdles and took off his watch for the mile- seemed to help! 5:28 Mile!! Go Noah!! 4-26-23
BRING YOUR KIDS TO WORK DAYS
Brad, Noah and Jack went on Monday. They went bright and early with Nate in the morning and then I picked them up at lunch time. We grabbed some Wendy's and got them back to school. They had a lot of fun though! Especially working out :). Erika and Molly went on Thursday and went early as well and then I picked them up at lunch. They got to eat at Nate's work though. It was a fun time for them. Molly's favorite part was drawing on the thing- whatever that was :). I love the pics of Erika on the bike in her boot, working out! Fun stuff. I'm glad they get to go to Nate's work and see what he does. They even got some busier traffic on Thursday. It's pretty cool for them. We'll see if anyone ends up doing this when they get older :). 4-27-23
LUNCH WITH PAPPY
Sadie and I got to meet up with Grandpa at Olive Garden again. Our second monthly lunch. We had a great time. It was cute that Molly was anxious for him to get there, since we got there first, and then so sad when he left while we were in the bathroom. I think I need to explain things better to her. But she was a good girl and we had a great time! 4-27-23
TEMPLE ENDOWMENTS
Nate and I got to go to the temple for our date night. We stopped at Five Guys for some overdressed dinner- have I mentioned how much I love hamburgers right now? I don't know what it is, I could eat them every day!! This was nice. We went up to the Bountiful temple. I loved it. Such a nice time together. 4-28-23
DAVIS INVITE/SOCCER GAMES/BASEBALL PRACTICE
Saturday was packed! So much happening! We got to watch Brad do his 110 hurdles in the morning. Rushed Jack and Nate off for baseball practice. Then we watched most of Molly's soccer game and then rushed off to see Brad do his 300 hurdles. That was the maddest dash ever!! I totally thought we were going to miss it, but we made it! He did awesome! PR!! We got to go home for a lot of the afternoon, then Noah's game at 3:30, then rushed off again for Brad's 4X2 and then dinner, Brad's medley, then his 4X4 which the littles came to with me and all got to see him with his medal on the podium! His 4X4 team has been great this year and will go to State together. Such a fun thing!! For all of us!! Such a full day, but we made it!! I forgot to throw in that I took 60 baked potatoes to the cafeteria for the big dinner. Kinda crazy day!! We had a great time though! 4-29-23
STAKE CONFERENCE
We had an awesome stake conference. We had to sit on the hard chairs which is always... hard. But I think we did okay. This was a special one because Brad was sustained to get ordained as an Elder!! So awesome! The people behind me stopped me after to tell me how beautiful my family is and that Brad just has this amazing glow about him. So sweet. 4-30-23
BRAD'S ORDINATION TO ELDER
We invited Grandma and Simon and Grandpa Hatch (Grandma Ruthie was invited also, but she was not able to be there), we met in the old YW rooms of the Stake center (brought back memories). Travis was our high councilor and he conducted the little meeting. Bishop, Jay and Bro. Worthen (Elder's Quorum Pres) were there as well. It was pretty special. Brad was ordained and given a beautiful blessing by Nate. I loved it! This is so cool! Just one more step in the right direction! Good job Bradley!! We love you!! Nothing afterwards, but Grandpa came by and relished in the moment with us. 4-30-23
DINNER AT MY MOM'S
We went to my Mom's on Sunday for a little dinner. That was nice. She had arranged it with Charity, so I think we were all just extras to Charity and Josh's fancy dinner. We had a great time! I'll never forget the stink that came out of our car as we were leaving though. I'm glad it wasn't a fart from Brad or Noah, although I wish I'd found the source before the next morning's carpooling. Nate's shaker bottle lid had cracked open just the slightest bit! SO RANK!! Holy moly!! Good times. 4-30-23
