Marisa asked David Kaiser (in another ward) to Homecoming. He couldn’t make the big teen hangout we had here, so she got everyone to help participate to make pictures that spell out homecoming. Then she printed the photos and put cardstock on the back. She put them in a shoe box and dropped it off to his house when he was gone to a fireside. He called the minute she walked back in the door to say yes! She was so excited! Anyway, here are the pics…..
“Life is like a game of tennis; the player who serves well seldom loses”
Tyler made the Team 1 tennis team for doubles! He and his partner won their 1st match on Thursday. Tyler is thinking tennis is pretty dang cool. He also starts jazz band at the end of this month.
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. ~Author Unknown
One day Marisa decided to do yoga to one of my old tapes. Tyler said he would just sit there and watch her. She said “No way! You are doing this WITH me!” I snuck downstairs and this is what I saw…
When he saw that I took the picture, his response was, “Mom! You stink!”
"You have to forget your last marathon before you try another. Your mind can't know what's coming." - Frank Shorter
We went to the track yesterday as a family to practice for the 5k coming up. I shaved almost 7 minutes off my time since the last time we went to the track. I thought that was pretty impressive. Bob spends most of his time running backwards, but whatever works, right? The one we are running as a family is 1 month away and I doing another one the week before that. My goal is to not come in last!
Dancing and kick the can
It was our turn to host the teen hangout night. So, we set up the stereo and they danced for a while, played kick ball, and had fun out back. When it got dark, they played kick-the-can for about 2 hours or so. Then they came inside, had s’mores and played games downstairs until midnight. I think/hope everyone had a great time. I, for one, know I must be getting old since staying up that late is getting more and more difficult!
Misc. Stuff
I’m the proud new sponsor of the school monopoly club. I had a student approach me and ask if I would sponsor it. Maybe it’s because I’m so cool?
We had TONS of apples, so we made homemade applesauce and apple crisp with Corey on Monday. It all turned out amazingly good! We have more apples coming- I smell an apple pie on the way….(I forgot to take pictures!)
Kayla made Alayna a pillow for her birthday!
Tyler and Bob were supposed to go on the Father/Son Campout, but it rained, and they were chickens, so they stayed home. Tyler was trying to help out to make the foil dinners (which we decided obviously to cook here instead) Anyway, I came to check on things and this is what I found. I wonder if Tyler should go on one of those chef shows??
Book Reviews:
My favorite new books are National Geographic photobiographies. I would say they are “fascinating” but then Marisa would make fun of me for using that word (she says I use it too much). Anyway, I have read Triumph on Everest: a photobiography of Sir Edmund Hillary and Dragon Bones and Dinosaur Eggs: a photobiography of explorer Roy Chapman Andrews. Both easy reads, but very super cool! If you love forensic anthropology like I do, then you would really like this award winner called Written in Bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland. If you are looking for a fiction book, I just finished another book by Jordan Sonnenblick called Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, which was excellent as usual. Such a gifted writer!
*Special Note: Tune in next week to see why I am dying my hair pink…
I put the writing on the cake and Alayna did the flower and heart!
Then we watched “Diary of a wimpy kid” while the other adults watched the BYU game in the upstairs LR.
Baptisms, Birthdays, and Bunches of fun
We have had a wonderful few days full of so much fun! Hal and Corey came up from Illinois and Nina and family came up all the way from Tennessee!! We celebrated Alayna’s 8th birthday and her special baptism yesterday. We have lots of fun pictures to share so this is more of a picture essay.
Everyone arrived Friday evening. Saturday morning we went for a walk up to the elementary school so the kids could play on the playground.
Played Tennis. Nina’s kids have never played before so we went to play for fun.
The Baptism
