Rest? What Rest? Who needs Rest!?!?!?

Our week was full of the usual busy-ness.  Water Polo in the evenings, School for the kids, Errands for mom.  Weather was beautiful, so lots of playing after school in the afternoons.  Our usual scrimmage with the girls for water polo was on Wednesday instead of Friday this week since we had Friday off for the holiday weekend.  

Tuesday, instead of going to water polo, I went with Dan and some of his friends to watch Fast X.  We had a lot of fun together!  The movie was fun and I always like watching movies with Dan!  

Friday, since there was no scrimmage, Dan and I went out for dinner and then to the temple.  We went for Thai food which was really yummy, but a bit spicy for me!  The temple was wonderful! 

Saturday, we went to the library in the morning, the boys had a fun time picking out new books and games.  Then we got home in time for me to leave with Aaron and Anna to go play water polo at Parkrose.  We had a good time, then went to lunch with some of the others after.  

Evie's friends came over in the afternoon to hang out before going to open polo in the evening.  David loved putting the cap on and being like the big kids.  lol  Then after getting David to bed, I took Aaron and Evelyn to open polo.  The numbers were low and so we spent the whole time just shooting and messing around.  But I got to sit in the cage and take shots most of the time, which was a blast!  And I was doing pretty well blocking too!  

Today was nuts.  Wonderful, but crazy busy!  We started early to head down to John and Melissa's ward to see Caleb and hear him speak after his mission.  It was so good to see him again and so wonderful to hear his message and I loved getting  to go to Relief Society, the message was wonderful!  After, we went to John and Melissa's for lunch.  We had a great time hanging out with all the family and playing games.  Then we got back just in time for choir practice, followed by a baptism for one of the kids in the ward, then home for dinner and scriptures, then off to the temple to watch Anna perform with Encore on the temple grounds.  It was wonderful and we got to see friends there too!  Finally after a long, but wonderful day, we are home and ready to crash.  

Birthday Party Time!

It has been a crazy busy and fun week!  Full of water polo and birthday fun and friends.  James had Activity Days this week and they did a temple and family history activity that included telling family stories and building temples out of sugar cubes.  They had a good time and ate way too many sugar cubes!!  

This week has been full of water polo.  Aaron and Anna and Evelyn have had club polo and I've been in the water with the high school girls during practice on Monday and Wednesday.  Tuesday and Thursday I played with the masters group.  Friday was the high school girls scrimmage.  Kari and I both got in as well as some other's masters women including Aukai's wife.  It was a lot of fun and exhausting!!   Then Saturday I went to Parkrose with Anna to scrimmage with the masters group and then with Evelyn and her friends to Open Polo in Tigard.  At least with the masters groups I get to play goalie - but I had to actually swim at open polo and Newberg!  lol  It was a lot of fun though and Evelyn scored twice at open polo - she was so excited!  It was neat because she also could already see a difference in her playing from the time spent at Newberg practices!   I could also tell watching Aaron's scrimmage that he's getting a lot faster and stronger too - he isn't getting beat down the pool on fast breaks any more!  It was also cute to watch Evelyn hanging out with her friend Ashley and teaching her some basic defense moves!  

On Thursday, Dan and Eileen went to another play for her class - this one was done by PCC theater and they did Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and it was the best play they have watched for this class - they had a good time and were impressed with the show - which is much better than their usual reviews of the shows they have seen.  

Friday was Dan's birthday.  He stayed home from work for the day and we went out to lunch together and went to Costco to get things for his birthday party.  Then in the evening we had cake and sang and he opened presents before Anna and I left for polo.  

Saturday was nuts.  Anna had a career fair in the morning that she went to, then met up with me at Parkrose for Masters.  I went to Nate and Katelynn's bridal shower in the morning before meeting her there.  The bridal shower was lovely!  It was fun seeing everyone and chatting with Nate a bit.  Unfortunately (at least for us) they are moving up to Seattle this summer so Nate won't be able to keep coaching at Mountainside.  So now I'm on the hunt for another coach.  After Masters, Anna and I headed home to get the house cleaned up and ready for the birthday party.  David helped change light bulbs since our hands were too big!  And he helped clean the bathroom!  

We had a good crowd and lots of yummy food.  We had a fun time with friends and enjoyed the perfect weather for being outside!  Anna had to leave early for her date.  It was the church's Spring Semi-Formal dance, so her date picked her up just as the party got started and they left and had a lot of fun.  After the party, Dan and I headed to the church building for a baptism.  It was wonderful!  Then we headed home to do scriptures and prayers with the kids before I picked up Evelyn (who had left the party with Ashley to go hang out at Natalie's house) and her friends to go to Open Polo.  

Church today was wonderful, primary was a little crazy, but overall it went well.  After church, James wanted me to sit and crochet with him, so I spent most of my afternoon (except while I was at choir) in the craft room with him.   He made all 5 of these cute little stuffies in one afternoon.  He's gotten so good and so creative and puts his own spin on stuff!  I think it's awesome!  

Dan checked out a new game from the library this week and we tried it out tonight.  He beat Aaron once, then he played with David and I, and David sabotaged his strategy, so I won, barely.  We also played some Lost Cities - once again, he won the first game, but I won the subsequent ones.  

Bright Sunshiny Days

The weather this week has been warm and sunny!  Its been fun playing and working outside in the beautiful weather!  

We are into our first week of the summer session for water polo - Evelyn started this week and was thrown into a scrimmage on her first day - but she had a friend there and she had a great time!  We also had some new girls join the high school team, so I spent some time with them working on basics.  Plus I was in the pool scrimmaging with them on Wednesday - so I've gotten a lot of pool time this week. 

Anna had the State Band competition this week.  She had her preview concert on Thursday and the competition most of the day on Saturday.  They got 4th place.  

Evelyn found out this week that she got into Symphonic Band!  There are 3 levels of band at the high school and most freshmen are put into Concert Band, but Evelyn auditioned and made it into Symphonic Band (which is the next level up) along with 2 of her good friends.  It will be great - it will be hard enough to push her and not so easy that she is bored.  She did so well and I'm so excited for her.  She was almost as worried about having her friends with her as she was about getting in herself, so this is the best!!  

Eileen is taking a class on Theater appreciation which includes going to plays and reviewing them.  Dan decided that since she would need rides to the plays, that he might as well go see them with her.  They went to their third play together this week and while they enjoy being together, they haven't been thrilled by any of the plays so far.  Which just makes is better that Dan is going with her to help her be more amused and less annoyed.  :) 

We got Eileen set up in housing for college in the fall - this whole leaving for college thing is starting to feel way too close.... 

Saturday evening, we had the sister Missionaries over for dinner and had a wonderful lesson from them.  Then Dan and I had a couple friends over to play games while Aaron and Evelyn went to a dance/party thing hosted by someone in the nearby stake.  Then at about midnight, Dan gave me my Mother's Day gift.  The new Zelda game "Tears of the Kingdom"  I stayed up playing for a bit, but didn't want to stay up too late.  I'm looking forward to playing more this coming week!  Also, Eileen is very excited too.  :)  

Today was Mother's Day and I had the best day ever!  I got heart shaped biscuits with honey butter for breakfast.  At church, the primary kids sang "Mother, I Love You" and it was the cutest thing ever.  James was cute and shy and David was hamming it up.  It made me so happy!!  After church, I crocheted with Eileen and chatted with my mom.  Then I took a little nap, then played a very silly version of Red Light, Green Light, with James and David.  It started out with "red light" and "green light" - then I added in "purple light" and "blue light" and before long it was "sloth light" and "Spiderman light"  and the boys had a blast being silly trying to walk like the thing I named.  

For dinner, we had pancakes and an omelet.  Evelyn (with help from David) made perfect beautiful pancakes and Dan made the yummy omelet!  Plus Eileen (once again with help from David) made yummy chocolate covered strawberries for me.  Then Eileen did my after-dinner chore with out even being asked.  

Then we had an evening of playing games with Dan and the kids.  Dan kept trying to lose - and failing.  He kept trying crazy strategies intending not to win and then still beating us all anyway....  After that happening 3 times, we all gave up.  

Water Polo, Music, and more

We've had a fun week.  David was so excited after school to come out to his scooter at the bike rack to find a ducky on his scooter and a note saying it was from the bike fairy.  James of course wanted one too and went and asked about it since he rides his bike to school and they gave him one also.  

Evelyn's play was this week. She was Scuttle in the production of The Little Mermaid.  She was the cutest Scuttle EVER!  She did such a great job and we had a fun time watching her!  A bunch of her friends came to watch too and it was a great experience for her! 

The kids had water polo practice all week and then Anna had a tournament on the weekend up in Washington.  The girls won every game, then she booked it back to get here in time for her Encore fireside.  They did an amazing job - the concert was wonderful and she did a great job both singing and playing the piano for the song she accompanied.  It's so neat to watch her grow!  

Saturday, I helped a friend in the ward set up for her son and his new wife's wedding open house.  Aaron and I went and set up tables and chairs and helped some with decorations, then after, I helped with food and taking pictures.  It was really nice and hopefully I was able to relieve some of her stress.  

The weather here is starting to really feel like spring with warm sunny days.  But we got a crazy hard thunderstorm this week - it almost felt like we were back in Texas and there was flooding in some areas because of how heavy the rain was.  Thankfully we didn't have any problems.