Courtney's Last Soccer Game

We tried a new league for soccer this year and we aren't going to play with them EVER AGAIN.  But Courtney had a great last game, for the time they were able to play.  Andrew challenged her to make 5 goals and she made 5 goals.

There was a bit of controversy with the coach of the opposing team and the coach of the team scheduled to play after us, but that's another story.  So they only played part of the game before the opposing coach pulled his girls off the field.  But Courtney still had fun playing the game.

But I am really glad we aren't going to be associated with that league again.

Carter's Birthday Party

Ethan and Carter have the same birthday so it is sometimes tricky scheduling their birthday parties.  But this year it worked out great because we didn't want Ethan's party on Saturday when we had family in town, so we took Friday night and Carter had his party on Saturday.

We all went to Courtney's final soccer game while Ethan stayed home so he could get to the party on time.  They first went to the Hugunin's house for a waffle breakfast.  Jane makes great waffles!  They then loaded up and went to Snow Canyon State Park to hike in the lava tubes.  I haven't ever been there but Ethan said that we have to go because it is really cool!  Maybe that is a hike we can do one summer morning.

After they were all sweaty and tired, they went to Ancestor's Square to play in the water, eat lunch and have cake/ice cream.

We were going to pick Ethan up early so Grandma and Grandpa Pack could take him to the store and buy his birthday present, but when Bryan showed up to grab him, Ethan was having too much fun and didn't want to leave.  So he stayed there for an extra hour or so before he was tired and ready to go home.

I think Carter had a fun birthday party too!

Ethan's Friend Party

Ethan didn't want a huge party for his friends, so he decided just to take a few to the movies.

We bought tickets for "Mr. Peabody & Sherman" and then sent out invitations.  He only had 2 friends that could make it to the movie and the third one showed up afterward for pizza and cake/ice cream.  When we got to the theater, we bought a huge popcorn (that was refillable) and some drinks.  I had brought some bags so we could divide up the popcorn and it was such a great idea.  The boys went through an entire tub of popcorn before the movie even began!

Ethan and one of his friends liked the movie, but the other friend didn't like it.  But that was okay.  They had fun being together.  Bryan grabbed pizza while I took the boys home.  After they had eaten dinner, we had cake and ice cream.

Then it was time to open presents.

Then we had to take pictures:

I got a good one!

Water Games

The last few weeks of school are just for parties, field trips and water games.  Courtney's teacher asked for help and I was only available during one of the days so I got to help with the water games.  Each of the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teachers was in charge of a different game.  Then the kids rotated, by classes, around the games for about 2 hours.  Courtney's teacher had a water balloon toss.  Another mom and I helped her run the game.  It was pretty fun!

Here is Courtney doing the game with her friend, Sammy.

 She had a lot of fun and it was fun to be there to see her!

Windy Windy

The weather in St. George has been CRAZY!  One week it is really hot and the next week it is cold, rainy and windy.  Saturday night it was really windy and rainy.  Bryan didn't sleep well because he kept waiting for a tree to fall on our house.  Luckily, none of our trees did but we had neighbors and people in the Ward who had trees fall over.  Crazy!

During Sunday School, all the young men were outside picking up branches from the Church's lawn.  Then after Church, a group of men went over to a couple houses and helped them with their trees.  Yes, it was Mother's Day and I think it could have waited a day, but there was one older man in the Ward who was very insistent that someone help him with his tree that day.  So they did.  It wasn't hurting anything but I think he just had a bee in his bonnet.

Mother's Day

I had a great Mother's Day.  I got breakfast in bed delivered by a cute Courtney.  Then she sent me on a scavenger hunt for my presents.  The Bishop cancelled Ward Council so I didn't have early morning meetings.  We combined all the women for Relief Society and it all went smoothly.  The Bishopric gave us all Mother's Day CDs with beautiful songs on them.  I took a nap!  Bryan made me dinner of grilled chicken, wild rice, and corn.  My parents and Don and Kathy came over for cake and ice cream.  It was a great day!

Pizazz End of the Year Review

Courtney was so excited for her end of the year review.  The main reason was because of her dress.  About 3 years ago, a family in the neighborhood gave Courtney a formal dress as a hand-me-down.  They had gotten it from another family in the neighborhood.  So it didn't cost us anything but was a gorgeous dress!  It was also a size 14 so it didn't fit Courtney at all.  She convinced me to let her try it on and see if I could adjust it to fit her.  Well, it was supposed to be a tea length gown but went to the floor.  I found, however, that it was really easy to modify so it would fit her.  She was ecstatic!

After Ethan's recital, Courtney and I got her ready for her big day.  She was so excited to be all dolled up.  She had a rose to carry and Bryan wore his suit.  They made a great looking couple!

 Courtney absolutely loved twirling in her dress:

At 6:45, the girls lined with with their escorts to begin the Review.  They each had their name announced and the names of their parents announced.

 Then it was time for the daddy-daughter dance.  Courtney loves this part because Bryan twirls her and they have a lot of fun.  She adores her dad!

 And he likes to tease his daughter!

Here's their dance:

After the dance, I went to the dressing room to help Courtney get out of her formal and into her lyrical costume.  I didn't have to help at all after this, which was really nice!  We had all her things laid out in the dressing room and she took care of herself.

They did their lyrical dance first.  Here are some photos:

Here is the video of her lyrical dance:

They then did their jazz dance which is the same one they have been doing for basketball halftime games all year so I didn't record it.  But here are is a photo:

It was then time for her hip hop dance, which I think is her favorite.  They had so much fun with this one and Courtney got to show off with her coffee grinder!  You have to watch that one!

Here's the video.  Her coffee grinder is at 1:48.



After the final dances were finished, they had the awards.  Courtney didn't get anything but next year she will get a medal for being in Pizazz for 5 years.

Bryan bought Courtney flowers and gave them to Ethan to give to Courtney.  (She actually reminded Bryan that he needed to buy her flowers, hahaha.)  He was a very proud brother.

Now Pizazz is finished until August and then we start all over again.  Courtney is having withdrawals but she is still dancing all over the house, so that's good.