Hanging Out With Family

Our plan for Saturday, before Ethan was invited to Carter's party, was to hang out in the morning, go to Courtney's soccer game, and then go to Veyo Pool to swim and catch crawdads.  Then we were going to have a BBQ at our house that night and play games.  But we had to alter the plan.

Ethan didn't want to leave Carter's birthday party and it was going to be too late to go to Veyo Pool and get home in time for the BBQ and have time for Grandma and Grandpa Pack to take him to buy his birthday present.  So we had to improvise and we let Ethan decide what he wanted to do.  So we loaded up and went down to the splash pad at Ancestor's Square to play around too.  Ethan was pretty tired and so he only played for a while but we all had fun.  Courtney had a little melt down because she was really looking forward to Veyo Pool but we will have to go another time.

After playing in the water, chatting, playing baseball, playing frisbee, and just being together, Grandpa Pack bought us ice cream and then we went home for the BBQ.

Courtney even got to play some duets with Jenny:



We played games and talked until everyone was tired and ready to go to bed.

Bryan, Courtney and I decorated for Ethan's big day and then went to bed.

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!