Party Time

 We've had a busy week with lots of fun stuff going on and two of the kids leaving on trips.  

On Wednesday, Eileen headed out to Texas.  She flew down and I even got her to send me pictures (mostly of her little crochet creation)  But she had a great trip and is enjoying herself with Grandma and Grandpa.  Grandpa will soon take off for Scotland with Sandi, but for now, Eileen is enjoying that she gets to see him too!   

Wednesday night was the kids band concert - they did amazing and it's been a great, and sometimes crazy ride for Anna.  

Grandpa took Eileen to the zoo on Thursday.  They had a great time together.  Eileen had been looking forward to this part of the trip for awhile and it did not disappoint!  

Thursday morning, I got a text from one of the ladies that I work with saying that parking was kinda crazy, and for that matter, they had 5 guards already, so I didn't have to come if I wanted.  So i got an unexpected day off.  Then on Friday, the pool was closed for maintinence issues, so no work again!  

Saturday morning - REALLY EARLY, Evelyn had to be at the airport to go with marching band to Disneyland.  Dan drove her and Sophie and then came home to get a bit more sleep.  I told her before I left to send me pictures - but it took some reminders to get her to send them.  They had fun at Medieval Times and she's been having a blast with her friends!  

Saturday morning, Dan took James and Anna to go shooting with some friends in the ward.  They had a great time - even James who was reluctant to go at first.  

Aaron went hiking with his friend Luke.  The weather was perfect for it - overcast, but not rainy or cold.  They had a great time and got to see some incredible views!! 

I took David and went to Parkrose.  I let him get in with me during the warm up and we played together a bit, then once we started shooting, he got out and played on an old game boy and cheered for me while I played!  He was so cute!  And I had lots of fun! 

Saturday afternoon we had Dan's surprise birthday party.  We had a great turnout.  Lots of friends and lots of food and lots of fun!  I talked with Lynnie (who's son Seth is Evie's friend and with her and the band at Disneyland) and I mentioned how Evie hadn't sent me any photos yet and she forwarded one to me.  So I teased Evie that I got my first picture of her trip from someone else!  After, she has done a better job of sending me photos.  After, we did a quick clean up and did scriptures before getting David to bed and then Anna and I headed to Open Polo.  

Sunday, the ward choir sang in church and did a great job!  I spent some time texting with Evie about how her trip was going.  We talked about Disneyland and some of the rides she was going on.  She went on her first ever real roller coaster and they went on Pirates of the Caribbean.  I'm glad she is having a great time and I'm glad she has such good friends!

In the afternoon, we went on a nature walk since weather was beautiful and perfect for being outside.  Then we had some friends over for dinner.  They had had something break that led to flooding in their house, so we asked them to come eat with us so they wouldn't have to worry about cooking and food.  Then in the evening, we had another friend from the ward over to play Wingspan.