Courtney has a couple of friends over and they are playing "princess" and are all dolled up in crowns and things. I wasn't really paying attention when all of a sudden I heard Ethan yell "no way Courtney!" and go running to his room followed by three little girls yelling "But Ethan, we have to have a prince." I finally convinced the girls that Ethan wasn't really prince material today and that they should just use a pretend prince. They were a bit disappointed but now they are happily playing again in Courtney's room. Poor boy, but someday he will appreciate a younger sister with cute little friends.
....Um...I have to amend this post because now Ethan is hiding, jumping out at the girls and begging them to chase him. Maybe he doesn't have to be older to appreciate his sister's cute friends. ;) He seems to really be enjoying himself.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
I'll do walls!
Bryan and I wanted to do sealings this Saturday when we went to the temple but I wasn't sure if they did sealings all day long or if we needed an appointment. Courtney walked into the room while I was on the phone talking to the sister at the temple asking about sealings. When I finished, Courtney asked if she could come along. I told her that only adults could go into the temple and she said, "Come on Mom, I'll do the walls!" Cute girl!
Friday, August 7, 2009
Magic Words
I think we may have been living in the world of Harry Potter too long in our house. Courtney and I had the following conversation in the van yesterday.
Courtney: Mom, why is "please" called a magic word?
Me: Because when you use it, people are more likely to give you things and be nice to you.
Courtney: Well, I don't think it should be called a "magic word."
Me: Why not?
Courtney: Because it can't be a magic word if you don't have a wand and I haven't seen anyone use that word with a wand.
How can you argue with that?!
Courtney: Mom, why is "please" called a magic word?
Me: Because when you use it, people are more likely to give you things and be nice to you.
Courtney: Well, I don't think it should be called a "magic word."
Me: Why not?
Courtney: Because it can't be a magic word if you don't have a wand and I haven't seen anyone use that word with a wand.
How can you argue with that?!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
He rode a bull!!
We went to Tuacahn last night to see "Footloose" with the Priests and Laurels. Our Bishop is the CEO of Tuacahn so we had some connections. It was a great play and we had a lot of fun, but before it began they had a mechanical bull in the plaza area that you could ride. The Bishop arranged for one of the young men and then Bryan and his advisor to go on it. I tried to video it with the phone and I thought I was, but it ended up that I didn't push the right button. But he stayed up quite a while and I was really impressed. I did video his second ride, but it was really short because he was so worn out from the first ride. It was a fun night!!
Here's the video of his short ride (he was too tired after the first ride to stay on too long) but you'll have to turn your head to the side because I video taped it sideways:
Here's the video of his short ride (he was too tired after the first ride to stay on too long) but you'll have to turn your head to the side because I video taped it sideways:
Courtney's Parent's Night
They had Parent's Night at Courtney's dance studio and it was really fun! They did their tap warmups, a couple of tap songs, their ballet warm ups, a couple of ballet dances and then did their new parade routine with pompoms. It was fun to watch her because she really got a lot of the moves that she didn't understand last recital. She is so girly too that she made me do her hair "all cute" for the night and she loves her new costume...it doesn't itch!
Here are some photos and videos from last night:
This is their tap dance called "You know what?" Watch her when they say "don't be late." She only has one volume...LOUD!
Here is "Me and My Teddy Bear" which is their ballet routine.
Here is their parade routine that they do with pompoms. This one is Courtney's favorite because she loves to shake the pompoms. At one point, I think she hit herself with it. Watch her cute little poses.
Here are some photos and videos from last night:
This is their tap dance called "You know what?" Watch her when they say "don't be late." She only has one volume...LOUD!
Here is "Me and My Teddy Bear" which is their ballet routine.
Here is their parade routine that they do with pompoms. This one is Courtney's favorite because she loves to shake the pompoms. At one point, I think she hit herself with it. Watch her cute little poses.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Courtney's Party
Although it seems like she has been 3 years old forever, it has only been a year...next week. She wanted a "simple" party so we decided that we are going to take 7 little girls to a local splash pad and park to play. It should be fun. Courtney helped me design the invitation and I'm having them printed at Costco. She is so excited for her birthday! August 12th watch out!!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Bear Lake Family Reunion
This past weekend was the Fred Pack family reunion at Bear Lake. There were 15 of us and it was a ton of fun.
On the way up on Thursday, we stopped at the Open House of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple in West Jordan. It was a beautiful temple and we really want to go up and go through a session when it's dedicated. On August 23rd they will do the dedication that we will be able to attend in our own stake center, so I'm excited. Ethan loved it but was disappointed that it wasn't more reverent. There were a lot of people there and it was noisy, but I think both of the kids loved it!
When we finally got to the KOA in Garden City, we set up camp, had dinner with the family and then sat around talking while the kids played games with Bryan's 2 cousins (Jurnee is 12 and Justin is 6). They had a lot of fun and got to bed really late.
Friday was our lake day! We had taken our bikes so Ethan, Bryan and Courtney rode to the beach while I drove the car with all our stuff in it. The bikes were a great idea because we rode them everywhere and didn't have to worry about traffic! Two wave runners were rented, we took lunch to the beach and had a great time. Ethan and Courtney got to ride the wave runners with Bryan and they loved it. Then they each got to go fishing with Grandpa Pack which was a real highlight to them! In the afternoon we all relaxed and sat around talking. That was my favorite part because we just got to be together. Then we went for raspberry milkshakes.
Saturday morning was spent at the craft fair with sack lunches on the grass. Then we went back to the campground, went swimming at the pool, had dinner and then went to the rodeo. Courtney and Ethan wanted to do Mutton Bustin' (where little kids ride a sheep) but we didn't know they had to be pre-registered. They were a bit disappointed but they had another kids activity where the kids had to chase a calf with a ribbon tied to its tail with the first one to get the ribbon off winning $10. Courtney's group was the 6 and under group and they took FOREVER to get the ribbon. But it was hilarious watching the kids run around after a calf. Ethan's group went faster and I thought Ethan did great at trying to get the ribbon. They didn't like the rodeo too much because they both felt that it was mean to the animals, but I had a good time.
Sunday morning we broke camp, went to Church, had a family devotional and then said our goodbyes and headed home. It's a 7 hour drive so we were anxious to get going so we would have time to unload the van and get things semi-organized once we got home.
Thanks everyone for a great family reunion!!! It was great food, fun and family.
Here are some videos and slide shows of the weekend.
The Temple Open House:
Day at Bear Lake:
Rodeo - Courtney is in a white sweatshirt and short blonde hair and Ethan is in a camo shirt, they are a bit hard to see in the photos:
Miscellaneous photos:
Courtney at the Rodeo:
Ethan at the Rodeo:
On the way up on Thursday, we stopped at the Open House of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple in West Jordan. It was a beautiful temple and we really want to go up and go through a session when it's dedicated. On August 23rd they will do the dedication that we will be able to attend in our own stake center, so I'm excited. Ethan loved it but was disappointed that it wasn't more reverent. There were a lot of people there and it was noisy, but I think both of the kids loved it!
When we finally got to the KOA in Garden City, we set up camp, had dinner with the family and then sat around talking while the kids played games with Bryan's 2 cousins (Jurnee is 12 and Justin is 6). They had a lot of fun and got to bed really late.
Friday was our lake day! We had taken our bikes so Ethan, Bryan and Courtney rode to the beach while I drove the car with all our stuff in it. The bikes were a great idea because we rode them everywhere and didn't have to worry about traffic! Two wave runners were rented, we took lunch to the beach and had a great time. Ethan and Courtney got to ride the wave runners with Bryan and they loved it. Then they each got to go fishing with Grandpa Pack which was a real highlight to them! In the afternoon we all relaxed and sat around talking. That was my favorite part because we just got to be together. Then we went for raspberry milkshakes.
Saturday morning was spent at the craft fair with sack lunches on the grass. Then we went back to the campground, went swimming at the pool, had dinner and then went to the rodeo. Courtney and Ethan wanted to do Mutton Bustin' (where little kids ride a sheep) but we didn't know they had to be pre-registered. They were a bit disappointed but they had another kids activity where the kids had to chase a calf with a ribbon tied to its tail with the first one to get the ribbon off winning $10. Courtney's group was the 6 and under group and they took FOREVER to get the ribbon. But it was hilarious watching the kids run around after a calf. Ethan's group went faster and I thought Ethan did great at trying to get the ribbon. They didn't like the rodeo too much because they both felt that it was mean to the animals, but I had a good time.
Sunday morning we broke camp, went to Church, had a family devotional and then said our goodbyes and headed home. It's a 7 hour drive so we were anxious to get going so we would have time to unload the van and get things semi-organized once we got home.
Thanks everyone for a great family reunion!!! It was great food, fun and family.
Here are some videos and slide shows of the weekend.
The Temple Open House:
Day at Bear Lake:
Rodeo - Courtney is in a white sweatshirt and short blonde hair and Ethan is in a camo shirt, they are a bit hard to see in the photos:
Miscellaneous photos:
Courtney at the Rodeo:
Ethan at the Rodeo:
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