Back to Crazy

The kids had Monday off - and so did Dan, but we mostly took it easy - grocery shopping and laundry and such.  It was nice to have an easy day and do some napping after the holiday weekend.  We had a pizza night for dinner and watched a very silly movie about soccer players and Weird Al and mutant monsters....  But we had fun! 

Tuesday it was back to school.  There was lots of rainy weather this week - but still some nice afternoons for playing after school.  We stayed a bit too long on one day and I'd forgotten umbrellas, so we got soaked on the way home and I finally caved and asked Dan to pick us up when it started pouring.  Of course with crazy Oregon weather, by the time he got to us, the rain had slowed back down to a drizzle again.  

On Wednesday James had his Activity Days activity.  It went really well and the kids all had a lot of fun!  David loves it when I stay and help because he can then stay and play too and he loves getting to go to the activities!  Wednesday was also youth activities and Evelyn had Honor Band rehearsal.  Plus for the rest of the high school swim season, Masters is on Tuesday/Wednesday, so I had masters that night too.  

Thursday is not open for Masters right now because it's being used for high school swim meets.  So I had a fun time watching Anna swim in her meet and had fun chatting with parents and recruiting for water polo and talking with friends and others there.  Anna swam well - she was pushed to the Varsity 100 Breast Stroke when her other event was cancelled, and got the top Mountainside time.  Then she had to turn around and swim the JV 50 breast right after.  

David is so funny - he LOVES the watch we got him for Christmas.  It was a fairly cheap one, but he loves to wear it and tell the time from it.  He's gotten better at recognizing his higher numbers because of it and he loves to keep track of the time and when things are supposed to happen.  He also wants to make sure the battery gets charged like mommy and Anna's watches.  So he either clips it into Anna's watch charger or puts it on top of my watch charger like below.  He told me earlier today that some times he watch needs to charge for a whole day so that he can keep wearing it after.  He's so funny!  

Evelyn had Honor Band rehearsals all day on Friday, and Anna had a friends birthday party to attend.  Note that the "Ate All The Cake" sign is probably accurate....  :)   

This weekend was rather nuts.  Evelyn had Honor band practice in the morning, then her concert at 3.  She did an amazing job and she had a great time!  

I participated in my first tournament in over 20 years.  I signed up to play on a masters team at the THPRD new years tournament.  We were kinda the B-string team, so we didn't win any games, but I had a blast and had a couple good blocks including a 5-meter shot block and blocking a 1-on nobody shot from a friend on another team.  It was two days with 4 games and tons of fun!  Somehow it all managed to fit.  I was able to play the games and still be at Evelyn's concert, church, and choir practice. Dan took a bit of video from one of my games and this is a still from one of them.   

Church today was wonderful.  The testimonies borne were so sweet!  Primary was a bit crazy, but we survived and the kids learned and had fun.  

We had some friends over in the evening to play games and now after a very long week, I'm very ready for bed....  :)