If anyone is interested, here are our May activities:
May 4 at 5:30 p.m. baseball game
May 6 at 7:30 p.m. baseball game
May 7 at 6:30 p.m. orchestra concert
May 9 at 7 p.m. Pizazz end of the year review
May 11 at 7 p.m. baseball game
May 13 at 7:30 p.m. baseball game (last one of the season)
May 20 at 7 p.m. piano recital at Vista
May 21 Last Day of School
May 22-25 Andersen reunion
Monday, May 4, 2015
Fathers and Sons
There is never any photographic evidence of Fathers and Sons. Well, except that time a guy decided to play a prank on his very protective wife...but that's another story.
I digress. There isn't any photographic proof and over the next few weeks little things will come out about what happened. Here are some stories I have heard so far.
A boy in the ward woke up at 6:30 a.m. and was very happy that he was the first one up. So he proceeded to "cock-a-doodle-doo" all around the camp to wake everyone up. (As a side note, Bryan was up but was having such a good laugh that he didn't stop the kid.)
There was also a little boy who threw up all over after Ethan pushed him on the merry-go-round. Ethan swears he kept asking if anyone didn't feel well and they kept saying they were fine. But one kid just couldn't handle it.
They had batting practice on Saturday after breakfast of cereal, donuts and muffins. A bunch of the "old guys" in the ward had their chairs set up in the field and the kids kept aiming at them. After a while the old guys just turned their chairs around and became the outfield.
I'm glad they are able to go to Fathers and Sons. The stories are pretty hilarious!
I digress. There isn't any photographic proof and over the next few weeks little things will come out about what happened. Here are some stories I have heard so far.
A boy in the ward woke up at 6:30 a.m. and was very happy that he was the first one up. So he proceeded to "cock-a-doodle-doo" all around the camp to wake everyone up. (As a side note, Bryan was up but was having such a good laugh that he didn't stop the kid.)
There was also a little boy who threw up all over after Ethan pushed him on the merry-go-round. Ethan swears he kept asking if anyone didn't feel well and they kept saying they were fine. But one kid just couldn't handle it.
They had batting practice on Saturday after breakfast of cereal, donuts and muffins. A bunch of the "old guys" in the ward had their chairs set up in the field and the kids kept aiming at them. After a while the old guys just turned their chairs around and became the outfield.
I'm glad they are able to go to Fathers and Sons. The stories are pretty hilarious!
Iron Kids 2015
The boys went up to Fathers and Sons at Pinto and so Courtney and I went to the Iron Kids fun run. She does this every year and was pretty excited to run this year. She had soccer practice from 4:30-5:30 and then the run began at 6:30 so there was plenty of time to relax and enjoy everything.
We parked at Town Square and walked over to pick up her shirt and her number. I was a bit peeved when they asked her to put her name on her bib because it's just a kidnapping waiting to happen. I know that the Ironman competitors all have their names on their bibs but it is dangerous to have kids names on there. But she wanted to so I reluctantly let her.
Then we sat around watching everyone while we waited for the race to begin.
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When it was time to begin they took the kids running the 400 to their starting line and had the kids running the mile wait by the fence to watch. They have the short run go first.
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When the little kids were done they had all the 1 mile kids line up and get ready to go. Never once have I seen Courtney run by at the start. It's so frustrating and each year I promise myself that I will spray paint her hair orange so I can see her but I never do. ;) So I missed her start but I went down to the gates on the side of the chute towards the finish line to watch her. It was so fun to watch all the kids come in and hear the announcer tell them "You are an Iron Kid!" They are all so happy!
Courtney rounded the corner and she looked like she was holding her side. When she saw me she kicked it into gear, dodged around some kids and finished strong. And I heard the announcer say "Courtney, you are an Iron Kid!"
Here is the video:
Then she got her medal and her popsicle and we went home. It was fun!
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We parked at Town Square and walked over to pick up her shirt and her number. I was a bit peeved when they asked her to put her name on her bib because it's just a kidnapping waiting to happen. I know that the Ironman competitors all have their names on their bibs but it is dangerous to have kids names on there. But she wanted to so I reluctantly let her.
Then we sat around watching everyone while we waited for the race to begin.
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When it was time to begin they took the kids running the 400 to their starting line and had the kids running the mile wait by the fence to watch. They have the short run go first.
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When the little kids were done they had all the 1 mile kids line up and get ready to go. Never once have I seen Courtney run by at the start. It's so frustrating and each year I promise myself that I will spray paint her hair orange so I can see her but I never do. ;) So I missed her start but I went down to the gates on the side of the chute towards the finish line to watch her. It was so fun to watch all the kids come in and hear the announcer tell them "You are an Iron Kid!" They are all so happy!
Courtney rounded the corner and she looked like she was holding her side. When she saw me she kicked it into gear, dodged around some kids and finished strong. And I heard the announcer say "Courtney, you are an Iron Kid!"
Here is the video:
Then she got her medal and her popsicle and we went home. It was fun!
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It's Thursday
It's Thursday again and guess what's for dinner! The poor girl should just learn to like stir fry and life would be much happier for her!
Tooth Fairy
Now, if you have young children you shouldn't let them read this post until you have because there are spoilers in it.
Courtney's teeth came in late so it has taken forever for her to start loosing teeth. She lost on the other day that she has been working on for at least a month. It was driving her nuts and she just wanted to the tooth out. She was hallway monitor at school and, apparently, she had nothing better to do than wiggle and tug on her loose tooth. Well, it came out! She got a tooth fairy envelope from the office and brought the tooth home. She was so excited.
Courtney put the tooth under her pillow in the tooth fairy bag. She let me know that it was under there and then mentioned how she hopes the tooth fairy comes on the first day because sometimes she is far away and doesn't get to our house for a few days. (Yes, it's true!) I figured at this point that she probably suspected that we were the tooth fairy but I wasn't positive.
The next morning we realized that we hadn't taken care of the tooth fairy. Bryan went into her room to exchange her tooth for money. He came back just laughing. He said that when we walked in Courtney sat up, mumbled something, laid back down, rolled over and went back to sleep. But he couldn't find her tooth, he only found a note. He opened the note and it said something like, "Dear tooth fairy, Instead of giving me money why don't you buy me a cell phone battery from Amazon for my cell phone? Thanks, Courtney"
We about died laughing. See, Courtney bought his $1 cell phone from a garage sale and she is bound and determined to buy a battery for it because she is sure it will work if it just has a battery. Think again sister!
So I went in her room after the tooth and to deposit the money. I went in, put my hand under her pillow and couldn't find the bag. I went back in our room and asked Bryan if he knew where she had put it. He didn't so I crept back in her room...for the 3rd time. When I got in there, with the 50 cents in my hand, she popped up and said, "HI." I jumped and she thought she had won the lottery. She told me that she knew we were the tooth fairy and wondered what we thought of her note. I held out the two quarters and said, "I need to put this under your pillow and take your tooth." She said, "Okay, but it was worth a try."
So now we know that Courtney knows we are the tooth fairy. It was a pretty funny morning! She told us that she had been awake the entire time. Sneaky girl!
Courtney's teeth came in late so it has taken forever for her to start loosing teeth. She lost on the other day that she has been working on for at least a month. It was driving her nuts and she just wanted to the tooth out. She was hallway monitor at school and, apparently, she had nothing better to do than wiggle and tug on her loose tooth. Well, it came out! She got a tooth fairy envelope from the office and brought the tooth home. She was so excited.
The next morning we realized that we hadn't taken care of the tooth fairy. Bryan went into her room to exchange her tooth for money. He came back just laughing. He said that when we walked in Courtney sat up, mumbled something, laid back down, rolled over and went back to sleep. But he couldn't find her tooth, he only found a note. He opened the note and it said something like, "Dear tooth fairy, Instead of giving me money why don't you buy me a cell phone battery from Amazon for my cell phone? Thanks, Courtney"
We about died laughing. See, Courtney bought his $1 cell phone from a garage sale and she is bound and determined to buy a battery for it because she is sure it will work if it just has a battery. Think again sister!
So I went in her room after the tooth and to deposit the money. I went in, put my hand under her pillow and couldn't find the bag. I went back in our room and asked Bryan if he knew where she had put it. He didn't so I crept back in her room...for the 3rd time. When I got in there, with the 50 cents in my hand, she popped up and said, "HI." I jumped and she thought she had won the lottery. She told me that she knew we were the tooth fairy and wondered what we thought of her note. I held out the two quarters and said, "I need to put this under your pillow and take your tooth." She said, "Okay, but it was worth a try."
So now we know that Courtney knows we are the tooth fairy. It was a pretty funny morning! She told us that she had been awake the entire time. Sneaky girl!
Stir Fry
Courtney HATES stir fry! We have it each week, not as a punishment like she thinks, but to help her get over it. It doesn't seem to be working. There is always weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Poor girl. I remember looking like this when my parents tried to get me to eat cooked spinach with vinegar on it. Ugh!!
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Girls Weekend
After the crazy funeral I was looking forward to girls weekend. Friday afternoon I met Bryan and we went to lunch before he dropped me off at the airport....only to have my flight delayed. It was funny because St. George is a small airport so when the flight is delayed they just shut down security and you sit in the lobby to wait. What is funny is that there are only a few outlets and chairs so people are vying for spots to plug in their phones and sit down. It was fun to watch the strategy going on while we waited. People were polite but you could see their minds working on how to get this person to move so they could use the outlet.
The plane was delayed coming from Denver but it finally made it. I was late but Julie, Jessica and Jenny were waiting for me. We met up with Mom and then drove to Arvada. Lisa took the shuttle later when her flight got in.
We helped decorate for the Women's Conference, ate dinner, played games and talked. Saturday we woke up, went to the Women's Conference, cleaned up, went for a pedicure/manicure, ate dinner (take out from 4 or 5 different places) and then played games and talked. It was great!
Sunday we went to Church, played games, ate and talked. Do you see a pattern here?
Monday was the day we all flew out. Luckily we were able to help each other through security (we all got lucky and they fast passed us) and then we went to our separate gates.
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The hilarious part is that my gate was way out in the south 40! I had to walk forever and it kept getting smaller and smaller until it was my gate. It honestly reminded me of cattle because we were crammed in there, but what do you expect from a small plane. They loaded us all onto the plane, taxied out and then stopped. The pilot came on and said there was a computer problem they had to fix and to just hang tight. After 20-24 minute, she came back on and said they had pressed Control-Alt-Delete and it had seemed to help so we would be taking off momentarily. They didn't know what the problem was but it seemed to be fixed now. So apparently Control-Alt-Delete has many uses!
I landed just find and my parents were there to pick me up. I was a bit later than I thought and the kids had an early out Monday so they were waiting for me when we pulled up. It was a fun weekend and I am grateful I was able to go. We missed Andrea!
The plane was delayed coming from Denver but it finally made it. I was late but Julie, Jessica and Jenny were waiting for me. We met up with Mom and then drove to Arvada. Lisa took the shuttle later when her flight got in.
We helped decorate for the Women's Conference, ate dinner, played games and talked. Saturday we woke up, went to the Women's Conference, cleaned up, went for a pedicure/manicure, ate dinner (take out from 4 or 5 different places) and then played games and talked. It was great!
Monday was the day we all flew out. Luckily we were able to help each other through security (we all got lucky and they fast passed us) and then we went to our separate gates.
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The hilarious part is that my gate was way out in the south 40! I had to walk forever and it kept getting smaller and smaller until it was my gate. It honestly reminded me of cattle because we were crammed in there, but what do you expect from a small plane. They loaded us all onto the plane, taxied out and then stopped. The pilot came on and said there was a computer problem they had to fix and to just hang tight. After 20-24 minute, she came back on and said they had pressed Control-Alt-Delete and it had seemed to help so we would be taking off momentarily. They didn't know what the problem was but it seemed to be fixed now. So apparently Control-Alt-Delete has many uses!
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