two more days off???

And then they had Monday off for a holiday and Tuesday off for a teacher work day.  After 6 days, we were all a bit antsy!  

Tuesday, David had a music camp with Sister Shum - and Paxton went with him.  Then they came to our house to play for the day.  

Tuesday was also my first day coaching the Score class at Sunset.  James joined the class, so he and I had a lot of fun together!  It's been nice to spend this time with him having fun together!  Even if he doesn't ever want to play again - it's been fun having this one on one time with him!  

Wednesday, I went to the High School for curriculum night to plug the water polo and swim teams.  It was fun and we got some interest!  After, I went to the swim practice with the water polo balls and we had a fun time learning some skills and messing around!  

Thursday was our second Score class and once again, it was a ton of fun!  It was also the night of the swim banquet!  It has been such a fun season getting to help out with the team! 

Friday was High School State Swim Meets - day 1.  Mountainside didn't have many kids there, so mostly, it just meant a crazy lifeguarding shift during the day.  Then in the evening, I went to dinner with Dan!  

Saturday was crazy.  Because of State, there was no Swim practice in the morning, but I didn't get to sleep in much because it was also the day of the Portland Regional Music Workshop.  Evelyn and I went and the whole thing was wonderful!   After, I went to Parkrose with Aaron.  We had fun playing water polo.  Then we got home in time to grab some dinner and scriptures.  Then Evelyn had her Encore social - We were in charge of snacks and so I took Evelyn and got her and the snacks set up - and since there were enough other adults there, I snuck out to go put David to bed before heading to Open Polo.  We had a much better turn out than last week and it was a lot of fun!  

Sunday was also crazy - Ward Choir before church since we were singing during sacrament meeting.  Then a wonderful sacrament meeting - the song went so well and it fit perfectly with the talks given!  After church, we stopped by our house for a minute, then headed down to Dallas, OR to hear Seth give his farewell talk.  Then after second church, we headed to John and Melissa's house for food and fun.  Finally home and then Encore for Evelyn and I.  Such a wonderful weekend - but also rather exhausting....  

Yes... it will!

The week started out pretty normal.  Swim practices - though mostly pretty easy ones as they are getting ready for Districts.  Fun with friends after school.  Work and school.  Then snowmageddon hit!  Thursday it began snowing and it everything shut down!  We got two days mostly stuck up on the hill enjoying some peace and quiet.  No swim practice, no work for mom, no school for the kids and no districts on Friday.  David had a blast sleeping over at Paxton's house on Thursday and they boys had tons of fun sledding and playing in the snow!  

Evelyn had wanted to do a Galentines Day with her friends and we planned for Crepes for dinner.  Then the snow hit and so instead we ended up with a bunch of her friends who were willing to walk to the house over for dinner!  They had a ton of fun sledding on the big hill and hanging out together at our house and Sophie's house down the hill.  

By Friday, most of the snow on the roads had melted, so they tried to cram all of districts into one day.  The kids both swam really well - both PR'ed in both their events - and Aaron broke a minute on his 100 Free!  The swimmers in general did a great job - it was so neat so see all their hard work pay off!  

Sunday was back to the usual - chuch and choir and family!  And even after 4 days together, we still like eachother!  

Will it or Won't it snow...

This week was supposed to be the week of snow.....  We got some snow up on our hill on Wednesday - enough for me to not feel safe trying to drive the small car down the hill - and make me late for work, but within an hour, it melted and I was able to make it after all.  It was a bit exciting to see it all falling and sticking, but it didn't last for long....  Now there is snow predicted for next week, but we will see!  

This sweet little boy just has so much love to give!!  He found some chalk after school and wrote this on the playground for me!  Despite snow and rain, there was really only one day this week where we couldn't stay and play after school because of weather.  It was snowing when I picked him up, but not sticking.  But I had come straight from work, so I was not dressed to sit outside in the cold!  

One of the Master's swimmers during the afternoon practice had lost his bag with keys and phone.  He was afraid it had been stolen, but turned out later that someone had thought it was lost and found and instead of giving it to the lost and found in the front office, he gave it directly to security services later in the week.  But the poor guy was stranded and stressed and I was getting off work, so I offered him a ride to his appartment to get his spare key - then went straight to get David.  

On Saturday, Dan and I drove out to do a dance class and go to a social dance - not really Dan's favorite thing to do, but we were there for a special night!  And Dan decided to make it even more fun by actually dancing with me!  Sandi's boyfriend James proposed to her at the dance and she said yes!  We are super excited for her - James is a great guy! 

Less Sick...?

Thankfully this week I've been mostly feeling better - been able to get back to most of my routines.  On Monday, the kids didn't have school.  I took some of the kids to the library.  Eileen really wanted to go and James wanted to go, so of course David wanted to go and Paxton was over, so he came too.  The younger boys had fun doing the little library scavenger hunt and James and Eileen found the books and movies they wanted.  

Thursday was the big Literacy Night at the school, so I went with David for a bit, then we took off early with Paxton and his mom to get the boys to swim lessons.  They had a fun time with friends and then had a fun time swimming!  

Aaron and Evelyn had a swim meet on Friday against Sunset.  It was not the regular place or scheduled time, so it was a bit stressful, but the kids swam well!  

Saturday morning during my swim, my shoulder really started hurting, so the teams resident PT looked at it and gave some suggestions, I took them all, but still tried to play water polo that night at Open Polo.  Probably shouldn't have, and ended up getting out early.  

Sunday was the usual - church and choir.  Plus Sandi and James came over to play games!  I had signed up to chaperone for Encore this month - and Dan was super sweet and went to chaperone so I could see Sandi.  Unfortunatly, Evelyn may have a bit of what I had last week - but hopefully it stays mild.