Pears

It is that time of year again....bottling time! There is a woman in Enterprise who has a connection to pears. Every year she has a bunch shipped in for those who want them. Last year we bought 2 boxes that were 40 pounds each and shares part of a box with my parents. This year we had some left so we only bought 1 box. Bryan and I stayed up last night and bottled.  We ended up with 11 quarts and 3 pints. Not bad. And they all sealed!!!

Courtney's Birthday Date

When the kids turn 8, we like to take them to dinner and then let them pick their scriptures. It has been crazy so we didn't get to take Courtney to dinner until Saturday night. 

She chose to go to Iggy's for dinner. She let me tell them it was her birthday so a huge group of servers sang her happy birthday. She doesn't like their ice cream dessert so Bryan and I ate it for her. ;)

Then we went to Deseret Book to get her scriptures. She wanted to be just like her big brother and get a blue set but they don't make blue anymore. So she chose burgundy. We had them engraved and she chose a soccer ball scripture bag. She was one happy girl!!

Starlight Express

In Tuesday afternoon I received an email from the publicity director at Tuacahn asking if members in our ward would like free tickets to that evenings performance of "Starlight Express." I told him I was sure some would so I sent out a relief society email. I got a lot of responses. 

Tuesday was a crazy night. Courtney had dance until 7:00, Bryan and I had back to school night from 6:30 to 8:30, and the play began at 8:45. Luckily we had family who could help.

Kathy and Don picked up Courtney from dance and brought her to our house. I went up to Tuacahn at 6:15 to get our tickets (we got 3 extras for Don, Heather and Brooklyn). Bryan biked to the Intermediate school at 6:15 to find us seats. And then I ran and joined him.

When we were finished, Bryan rode his bike home and got the kids ready. I drove home, picked them up and we all ran up to Tuacahn. We made it in plenty of time.

But it was worth it. That play was my favorite!!! It was about a little boy whose train set comes to life. The trains race to see who is best: diesel, steam or oil. It was great and they did it all on roller skates. The kids loved it and Ethan said it was his favorite.

I love getting free tickets!!

They Love School

Ethan and Courtney have really enjoyed their classes. We had back to school night for Ethan on Tuesday and got to meet his teachers. I was very impressed with them. They all seemed very nice and would be great for him. 

Ethan hasn't had homework, much to Bryan's disappointment. But Courtney has had a little.

Baptism Interview

Courtney had her baptism interview last night. It was the first one for our new bishop and he did a great job. 

Before it started the second counselor came up to me and said, "She's a spit fire, isn't she?" I told him, "You have no idea." Haha

But Courtney did awesome and answered all the questions well. She was thrilled to have "passed!" It was cute. 

Her baptism is August 31st at 10:00 am. She is the only one in our ward being baptized that day. She is so excited and we are so proud of her!!

Here she is after her interview.

Moms Birthday

It was my mom's birthday yesterday. We all went out to dinner and then came back to our house for cake and ice cream. The birthday week is now complete and we can throw away all the extra cake!

Happy birthday to everyone!!

Clean Rooms

I love the first day of school because I can "gut" their bedrooms!!! After the summer, Courtney has a ton of junk in her room and I am ready to get rid of it. But she never let's me throw things away if she is home. So I wait, patiently, until she is gone and I go to town.

It took 3 hours and 4 garbage bags but her room is now clean!!

She seriously saves everything!!

Ethan's room wasn't so bad. It only took about 45 minutes and one garbage bag.

Now we have a bin to motivate them to keep their rooms clean. I saw this on Facebook.