Ben is 43!
Birthday Morning!
We met Ben at JCW’s for lunch and then that evening his parents and Savannah stopped by!
And we ate cake and ice cream. And the 43 candles was pretty intense!!
Month: May 2018
Hope of America
Packer was in Hope of America this year with hundreds of other 5th graders! It’s pretty neat for them to be a part of this. We brought the whole family and had a great time supporting Packer.
The Story of a Picture
So here’s a pretty cute picture of all of the kids enjoying a Kong Kone on family night! and here is how the picture came to be…
Family Pictures – March 2018
More Soccer Saturdays!
Rays team plays 4 on the field, 4 eight minute quarters, and no goalies.
Packer has decided that this will be his last year playing soccer. Ben has been his coach every year!
Benji loves soccer. He is still one of the littlest ones out there but he enjoys it. They play on a big field with all 11 players.
Rose finally got a goal this season! She plays so hard. At the end of each game she is exhausted. We are trying to teach her to trust her teammates and wait for the pass. She is a great defender. They play with a goalie and 5 field players.
Cali played on the United08 AA team. They played 7 on the field including the goalie. Her coach usually played her as his right defender. She got pretty good at that position. Her season is over.
Babies
sometimes i just want another baby. I love babies. I will always love babies. But I did get to watch Erica and Becca’s kids for 2 days and chasing those 1 year olds around did help me see the beauty of being done having babies. My littles are getting pretty big! and the messes are not as frequent.And they are pretty easy to keep track of!
some of us were tired by the end of the day:
3rd grade Field Trip
Cali begged and I complied… I went on the 3rd grade Historical Pleasant Grove Field Trip!
We rode the BUS!
And I was the chaperone for these 5 girls:
We went to the PG school house and cabins and then we hiked to Battle Creek Falls!
After the hike we ate lunch at Discovery park and then came back to the school! A bunch of the kids on the bus were singing and clapping and having fun. We finally found Mia at the end.
It was fun to spend the time with Cali and meet some of her friends. I would actually enjoy going on more fieldtrips but its hard to swap 3 kids to spend time with one. Cali is super fun and happy and easy to hang with.
Packers Party
Packer decided to have his very first Friends Party! Well, Luca, Micah, (Sam couldn’t come), Zay, Cooper and Tanner. Then lots of siblings and MIa and we were babysitting Ashlyn, Anna, and Ellie. It was a MOVIE MAKING party so… they made annoying 10 hr repeat videos. Then I divided them into 3 teams and sent them on a video scavenger hunt. Then they each got a box of dress up stuff and had to see who could make the best movie trailer. At the end we did gifts and cake and ice cream and watched all of the videos from the night and then they ran around and got their crazy out. PACKER LOVED IT!
10 Hour Clips:
Video Scavenger Hunt:
GIFTS: The guys all wrapped the gifts crazy and Pack loved it. Luca made him a Shroom! How many times can you wrap the same gift and how many secret messages?!?
and then there was CAKE:
THE END
Quick Getaway to Ogden
Ben had plans to take the older kids to watch Alessandro in the school play. And I planned to stay home with the Millie and Tiago. Then I heard taht Tracie and baby Everly would be in Ogden for the night so…
My babies and I jumped in the car for a road trip!! Don’t worry – we did get stuck in traffic and Millie did talk the netire drive!
First STop – DOWN TOWN – and we parked right by the temple so:
We met Tracie, Shannon, Tommi, and Kelsey at Fat Cats! and we played arcades and air hockey and grabbed some fries:
Then we tried the Cookie Dough place for a treat… it wasn’t that good.
Then to Shannons house for games. I was dying to play Lost Cities – so we did and we got a little giddy and laughed a lot.
Bedtime for my babies:
I got to snuggle that baby a tiny bit and then some more in the morning before everyone else woke up. And we had to leave at 9am to get back for soccer games.
The road trip was so fun. I love my sisters.and don’t worry – Millie and Tiago talked the whole way home again 🙂
Ash, Anna, Ellie
Wednesday Night thru Monday morning we got to have Ellie, Anna and Ashlyn spend the night and hang with us. It was mostly school, sports, and dance but we had some fun and enjoyed having them around the house while their parents were in Japan!
AND THAT WEEKEND Kris and Savannah went on a walk and ended up at the hosital. Mom fell and had a fractured foot and shattered wrist and chipped teeth! So sad to see her down and out.
