Busy Week

This week we hosted a team dinner for the Swim Team.  Nearly the whole team came and the house was packed.  They also brought TONS of food, so we ended up with tons of leftovers.

Wednesday night was also the youth activity - gingerbread decorating.  James and Dan had a great time.  

The team dinner was in prep for the first swim meet of the season.  They swam against Beaverton, so I got to see Luke and Chris too.  The kids all did a great job and it was a lot of fun to watch.  Unfortunatly, we ran out of time and had to cut some JV events.  I also made the mistake of not lifting properly when helping set up the blocks... so my back was hurting for a couple days after.... 

 

Friday, after school, I picked up David and Paxton and took them to Walmart to get birthday presents for their friend Sebastian for his birthday party of Saturday. The boys had tons of fun looking - but were very indecisive in actually choosing the present.  Then we went back to our house for dinner and the boys had fun making birthday cards to go with their presents.  

Friday night was the Ugly Sweater Party with a bunch of friends.  We had a great time hanging out and eating and chatting.  While Dan and I were at that, David and Paxton were having a sleepover at Paxton's house.  

Saturday was the usual busy.  I swam in the morning, then went to a masters swim team Christmas party.  It was fun to get to know some of the other swimmers a bit better.  Then I took Aaron to Parkrose for water polo.  In the evening, we went to the Ward Christmas Party - but by then David was starting to not feel great, so we got him some dinner and took the boys home.  Then in the evening, I went to open polo.  I took some of the leftover dessert from the team dinner and got it finished off!  It was fun - but not the usual group - we had a bunch of college kids back and playing - they were nice, but then they took off early.  

We finally got work started on our shower this week.  It's exciting to get it done, but also has included some of the usual frustrations with this type of work....  On the plus side, we no longer have a hole in our celing downstairs.  

Sunday morning, David was sick and staying home from church.  Dan stayed with him while I went to church with the rest of the kids so I could do primary and choir.  I also went to Evelyn's fireside in the evening down in Lake Oswego.  David was still running a very low fever, so he won't be going to school tomorrow....  

Back to the Normal

After a week off for Thanksgiving - it's not taking us long to be ready for the 2 weeks off for Winter Break!  

We've been busy as usual with school and work and swimming and such.  David is loving to read - he's getting into the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books and I found him trying to read and walk to school at the same time and thought it was so cute!   

Aaron is getting ready to start his new job at Aloha pool.  He won't get his lifeguard certification until after Christmas, but he's going to start shadowing swim instructors so he can help with teaching swim lessons.  Then he will start guarding after he's finished his certification.  This week was mostly onboarding and getting paperwork done.  

This week, the kids had a special fireside with Elder Stevens of the Quorum of the 12.  It was an aweseome experience for them, but it was also crammed into the middle of a crazy day.  I swam in the morning, then ran a couple errands before grabbing the kids and Paxton and heading to the church to help clean.  Then we got donuts.  Then I took Evelyn to the Winter Market at Mountainside and had fun browsing and running into my water polo players!  Then I took Aaron to Parkrose to play water polo,  then the fireside, then I went to open polo.  Basically, I started at 5:30 in the morning and was constantly going until 11:30 at night.  

Sunday was church and family fun.  We needed to soften some butter for dinner, so David insisted that we use his new favorite method of softening butter - dog pile.  The butter may have gotten squished more than softened, but it was funny! 

Evelyn had her first Encore fireside of the season - it was out in Portland.  They sounded amazing - Evelyn's flute part sounded beautiful and it was a wonderful concert!  I can't wait to go to the other ones!  

Swimming and Such

This week was the start of Swim Team.  I went in on Monday and Tuesday to help out some.  I had a blast working with the beginner swimmers.  They are great kids and we got a lot done in the short amount of time we had.  

The kids had a youth activity with swing dancing.  They had fun - even though James didn't want to go at first, he had fun eventually.  

We had a fairly normal week with water polo and swimming and school and work. 

On Saturday, we had some friends over for a Friendsgiving.  We had David's friends and their parents and siblings over.   It was a fun night and the food was amazing and the kids had fun running amok together.  The older kids were a bit done with it all long before it was over though.  

Sunday was wonderful!  The choir sang their Thanksgiving song and did a wonderful job and now we are on to Christmas music!!!  

David pulled his tooth out in church - then he came into primary bleeding...  But he's super excited to have his tooth out.  

Thanksgiving

With the kids off school the whole week, we have been keeping busy.  Monday was the usual busy with laundry and grocery shopping and such.  Plus we had to get things ready for Grandma and Grandpa coming to visit.  

Tuesday, I had work in the morning and Dan took the kids to the temple.  Then in the afternoon, Nicole and I headed out to the coast for a girls craft night!  We checked into our room in Rockaway and got some Indian food for dinner and then had a blast all evening watching Hallmark Christmas movies and crocheting and eating.  We had a great time and are already looking forward to doing it again next year!  

Eileen was helping out a couple in the ward by dog-sitting their dog while they were out of town.  But there were some hang ups including getting locked out of their house and having to walk the dog all the way back to our house in the cold night.  She was way too cold and it took way too long, so Dan and I kinda tried to take over the dog-care for her after that.  

I had swim practice all week - but Thursday morning was at an outdoor pool - I haven't done that for a long time and it was cold - but a ton of fun!  Then in the afternoon Sandi and James came over and Mom and Dad arrived.  We also invited Ed and Bambi and Erin to join us since they weren't able to be with their families.  They fit right in and we all had a great night.  David especially loved learning magic tricks from Ed and Dan.  

Friday, I swam and went to Zumba, then we collected everyone and headed to the Christmas tree farm.  We saw Santa and played in "snow" bubbles and got a Christmas tree!  We roasted Marshmallows and had hot chocolate. 

We spent some time after taking down the Fall decorations and putting up the Christmas decorations.  And of course - decorating the tree! 

Saturday morning, I went to swim, then met up with some of the team at My Favorite Muffin for some breakfast.  We had a good time chatting and eating.  One of the guys said that one of the other swimmers who has played water polo with me said that I was a phenomenal goalie.  I was suprised!  But it's always nice to hear something like that.  

After, we finally got around to making up the cookie dough that Eileen and I made last week.  We cut out lots of fall cookies and made up frosting and decorated cookies.  Evie and David worked together to get the butter up to room temprature.  

We had fun decorating and even more fun eating!  Then I took Aaron and my dad to Parkrose to play/watch water polo.  Dan met us there after doing some skydiving in the morning.  It was a fun group and we had a great time! 

I also took Evelyn to open polo that night after everyone else was heading to bed and we had a blast - it was a fun group - including a friend back from college for the holiday!  

Sunday we had church and then after, we went down to Sandi's for dinner and fun.  Dinner was great and after, we crashed my Mom's call with Grandpa and the uncles.  We sang and chatted for a bit and had a great time.  The younger cousins all did a great job mostly sitting still and participating before being cut loose to run amok some more!  

Getting a "week off?"

With our water polo season over and marching band season over, but swim team not yet started, we kinda had a week of down-ish time.  Evelyn still had tutoring and time with friends and her band concert and I got to go play water polo on Wednesday for the first time in a long time (and sadly the last time for awhile....)  

We all had Monday off for Vetran's Day.  I took James on an outing to the mall to walk around and talk and look at things.  I let him get a cute little stuffie and we had fun wandering around Bath and Body Works smelling stuff and picking out some things.  We also had fun looking at all the nerdy stuff in Box Lunch and checking out the Lego Store (though it was super crowded, so he didn't really want to stay in for too long.) 

Tuesday was David's field trip.  He had been looking forward to it for a long time.  Their grade went to go see Cat Kid Comic Club, the Musical.  He was in a group with a friend.  Her mom, who is also my friend, was chaperoning and sent some fun pictures to me of the kids and their exciting day!

Thursday was Evelyn's band concert.  They were amazing!!  The whole show was awesome, and Wind Ensemble did a band arrangement of O Magnum Mysterium!  That is one of my favorite choral pieces ever and it was neat to hear a band arrangement of it - plus I found out the the composer grew up in Beaverton and is a BSD alumni!  

After, the band kids went to Cold Stone for ice cream and celebration and fun.  Evelyn of course wanted to go, but I wasn't able to get her out of there until 10 pm - so I didn't make swimming Friday morning!  But she had a great time with friends and the ice cream was yummy! 

Thursday night was also David's swim lessons.  He did a great job and had a lot of fun with his friend Paxton! 

Evelyn has really been enjoying driving and wants to drive every chance she gets.  But her legs are shorter than me and Dan's.  So every time she gets in the car, she adjusts the seat.  Then when Dan or I next get in the car, we find ourselves squished up against the steering wheel or with our knees in the dashboard.  It's become a joke where we each complain about the other being too short or too tall.  

Saturday was crazy busy with swimming and water polo.  Plus I worked a lifeguard shift in the morning during the Water Polo State Championships.  It was fun to see and talk to people and watch water polo!  We also had Stake Confrence.  Dan had a leadership session while Aaron and I were at Parkrose and then He and Eileen and I went to the adult session.  Eileen was part of the musical number and she did an amazing job!  

Sunday morning was the general session of Stake Conference.  It was wonderful.  The choir did an amazing job.  The talks were wonderful and it was overall just a great morning!  

Then we had crepes for dinner!  

End of Seasons

This week marks the end of the Fall season High School activities.  On Wednesday, Evelyn had her banquest for the end of Marching Band.  They had a great season and she had a blast hanging with her friends!  Dan and I went for some of it, but had to leave to get me to water polo practice.  

Thursday, the girls had their play off game against Sam Barlow.  They played well, but we still lost.  After they were all feeling down - both about the loss and about the end of the season, so I took them all to Five Guys for a late lunch and a last hang out together.  We had a good time and spirits were much higher after!  

Saturday was the Water Polo Banquet.  The food was great and the company was great, and I only cried a little.  They are amazing kids and it was a blast to get one last hangout with them!  

On Thursday, both Dan and I went to donate blood at the church.  I was a little tired after, but not too bad.  

Saturday morning, I was planning to swim, but when I got up, for some reason I decided to take a day off.  I wasn't really tired, but I stayed home, and was glad I did.  Not too much later, David came into our room sobbing after having a bad dream.  He said that in the dream I died.  I can't imagine how much worse that would have been for him if he had come into our room after that dream and I had been gone.  I still got to go play water polo with Aaron at Parkrose and at Open polo, so it's not like I lost all my time to exercise.  :)  

David had Thursday and Friday off of school for parent/teacher confrences.  He found an old Coupon Book I had made for the kids and has started wanting to use them all.  He got Dan to take him on an outing to Subway on Thursday.  He had a sleepover with Paxton at our house Thursday night, then hungout at Paxton's house most of Friday.  Then Saturday, he wanted me to take him on an outing to go look at stuff at the mall.  We had fun together!  Later that day, I mentioned that since none of the kids had school on Monday because of Veteran's Day, I could do the same thing with him on Monday and he seemed super excited about it!  

Sunday was busy, but wonderful!  Church and Primary were great and after, Stake Choir went so well!  It was amazing hearing the choir and instruments together!  Then I went to the Encore rehearsal to chaperone.  It was so awesome to hear their rehearsal - they really sound amazing!  

Halloween

I can't believe October is over.  This was a busy week!  On Monday, we carved pumpkins with the kids.  They had fun and got creative! 

Tuesday, the water polo team had a game against Westview.  The girls won, the boys lost - but they had to forfeit because we only had 6 players there.  We've been dealing with a lot of sick kids this season.  

Then Wednesday, we played Hillsboro - at their pool.  It's an outdoor pool - which isn't always fun in the cold and wet, and is even less fun when the refs admit that they can't see anything, and are making some poor calls because of it.  We lost both games, but the worst part was the standing outside in the cold and rain for far longer than necessary...   

Thursday was Halloween.  I picked David up from school in my costume.  It is super soft and fluffy and he loved it so much that he snuggled with me for at least 20 minutes straight!  

After a fun dinner of halloween chicken nuggets, orange pasta-roni and salad, we went trick or treating with some friends!  We had a fun time, even though it was a bit cold and rainy.  My costume did an admirable job of keeping me warm out there!  

Then Aaron and I had water polo and Evelyn had band stuff.  We had a total of 3 kids at water polo - so we mostly just had fun.  But I had planned a whole fun Halloween themed work out including Zombie free style, Frankenstien Strokes, grave yard kicking, and mummy shooting.  So we did the work out on Friday.  :) 

Friday evening, Dan's parents arrived in town.  They felt the need to do a bit of extra cleaning in the boys bathroom before they used it!  But the boys had fun working with them!  We also had dinner with a couple in our ward and some other families in the ward.  The wife is from Thailand and she cooked a wonderful Thai dinner for us!  It was so yummy and I ate way too much!  

Saturday morning, after my morning swim, Dan and I went with his parent to the temple for Seth's Endowment.  It was so wonderful to get together with so much of the family for this special occasion.  After, everyone came over to our house for lunch. Dan smoked up a pork shoulder and we had a great time talking and eating and hanging out!  We also did a little birthday celebration for Eileen and Dave.  This was where they pretended to blow out the candles since we hadn't gotten our camera out fast enough for the real thing. 

After lunch, Dan's parents headed home, and I went to Parkrose to play water polo.  It was a fun time and then we headed home.  In the evening Dan took Jacob and a friend of his out to dinner at Fogo de Chao.  They had a great time together.  Mom and Aaron went to open polo and also had fun.  

Sunday was great!  Church was wonderful.  I had to leave a little early to be on the water polo seeding meeting.  The seeding meeting went about how we expected it to for the girls team, but right now it's looking like out boys won't play in the playoffs even though teams we beat will be playing.  It's a little frustrating, but it was nice to have some of the other coaches have my back when I spoke up about this seeming like punishing us for something we have no control over.  But he said he would talk to the board about it and that's really all we can ask for - but I don't know that it will change anything for this year.  

Sandi and James came over with Taz and Kai to play games and hang out.  We had fun playing Settlers of Catan and Sandi beat us all in record time.  

Teenage Adventrues

We've had a busy week.  Evelyn has had her usual marching band and tutoring and school work and friends.  The kids had no school on Friday, so Evelyn spent the day at the pumpkin patch with friends.  They had a great time together and posted some cute pictures!  

Water Polo all week with our last home game on Thursday.  Since it was our last home game,  it was also senior night.  It was fun celebrating these amazing kids and all they have done!  They played well, but the reffing was all over the place.  Dan helped out at the table and so naturally it was the best run table ever.  :)  Our boys were playing with no subs at all, so they were all tired, but they played well and the girls had a rough game with the rough play, but they were amazing.  

We are dog sitting Sandi's dog Popcorn while she is down in CA doing an Iron Man.  As of right now, she is still going strong!!  David loves Popcorn and she is very sweet with him - but she is having tummy troubles :(  

Thursday night was the Trunk or Treat at the school.  David went with his friend Paxton and met up with Dan and James there.  He had a blast running all over and getting candy and wearing their costumes.  

This weekend was Homecoming.  Mountainside won their homecoming game - Evleyn was of course playing in the marching band and Dan was helping out with the pit crew.  Then on Saturday was the Homecoming dance.  Natalie and I worked to help her get ready.  Though, I'm not sure we were much help.... (at least I wasn't)  But thankfully she is naturally beautiful and looked great!  

And here she is in the dress that Anna made for her!  

Saturday was busy with water polo and marching band stuff plus Evelyn's homecoming and Dan and I going on a date.  But it was a wonderful busy

Today in church was the primary program.  The kids did an amazing job and we had a fun time partying it up after during second hour.  Ward choir is now getting into the full swing of Christmas music which is always wonderful.  Stake Choir was also amazing.  The songs are coming together so well!!  It is so neat to hear them come together and make beautiful music!!  

Competitions and other fun things

We've had a busy week.  Aaron and I have had water polo all week - plus we had a game Tuesday night.  The boys lost and the girls won, but they both did well.  

Evelyn has been busy with marching band and tutoring.  Plus she had a marching band competition on Saturday - they won their competition!  

Wednesday night, the youth had an activity planting flowers at the temple.  It was a great service project and they had a great time.  

On Saturday, Dan participated in his first Cross Fit competition.  He and his partner competed in several rounds trying to get as many reps and as much weight as they could.  Dan did amazing and he and his partner took first in their bracket!  

Dan had a great time, and David and I had a great time watching him and cheering him on and meeting some of his cross fit friends!  

After, David and I headed to the park to meet up with some friends for an informal pumpkin patch.  David had fun carving a pumpkin and playing with friends - but he was a bit groggy while we were there, having fallen asleep in the car on the way.  

After, I took David to a birthday party (yes another one) and then Aaron and I went to Parkrose to play water polo.  We had a great time!  The parents of one of my players was there at the end for a LOWPO thing after, and it was fun to see them!  Then I picked up David and grabbed some Chick-fil-a for dinner and headed home.  We did dinner and scriptures, then the kids had an activity and a dance and I went to open polo.  

Busy!!!

We've had a busy week with school, water polo, work, church and life in general.  David has a busy social life, Evelyn has marching band and tutoring and friends.  Aaron and I have water polo.  Dan and I have work.  The kids are all getting excited about Halloween and costumes,  Eileen is making mouse costumes for the stuffed mice!  David is always asking to wear his costume, but I'm making him wait.  

We had two water polo games this week - Tuesday against Hillsboro and Thursday against Westview.  We were missing players at both games which made them rough.  

The kids were off school Friday, but I still had work, plus an extra shift up at Sunset.  But it was nice to sleep in a bit.  

Saturday was crazy.  Dan wanted to use the last nice day of the year to get some jumps in, so he went up to a new jump site and spent the day jumping out of planes!  I hosted a team breakfast where we had pancakes and fruit and fun.  Then David had 2 birthday parties to go to.  Aaron was given his first assignment to help drive David to his second party since I had a scrimmage at MAC.  The scrimmage was a lot of fun and lots of people.   Plus I got to see and chat with and play with some people I don't get to see all that often - and even better, there were actually quite a few women there!  It's always nice to not be the only female! :)  Then I met up with David at his second party to hang out with the parents and chat while the kids played.  Then we had some quick time for scriptures before bed and Open Polo.  Open polo was a lot of fun and had a great turn out!  

Sundays are always busy - with Church and choir, and stake choir and Encore and all sorts of fun stuff.  The choirs are sounding good and it's been awesome working with them!  We also got to chat with Anna for a bit.  She's doing well and keeping busy!  

General Conference... and yes, more water polo

We had an exciting week!  Aaron passed his drivers test this week.  We still have to take him to the DMV to get his actual license, but the test is done and soon he will be on the road!  

We had a busy week with school and friends and sports and band.  Evelyn is tutoring her friend again this year and it seems to be working well.  Plus she has marching band stuff most days.  She works so hard and they are so good!  It's also been fun getting to listen to her practice her Encore stuff!  

David loves to scramble eggs, so on Saturday for breakfast - he cooked up some eggs for us.  It was fun having a quiet little breakfast with him!  

This weekend was General Conference.  It was a fun weekend full of amazing messages and yummy food.  Anna got to enjoy Conference at Paul and Candace's home with lots of cousins! Thankfully Paul and Candace took and shared pictures!  

This weekend was also the boys BSD water polo tournament.  They had 4 games over the couse of 2 days.  They lost them all, but there was some good growth happening!  The games were also spread apart enough that we got to listen to some conference and I got to play some water polo too.  I got to go to Parkrose to play with masters and had a great time - then in the evening, I went to Open Polo which was also great - we had a great turn out and it was a really fun group!  

James decided that during General Conference, he wanted a project to work on - and he decided that he wanted to make a wooden sword.  He cut it out, sanded it down and painted it, then sewed a sheath for it.  Then he made another one... He is making them to look like specific swords of characters in manga that he likes.  Also to match the constume he wants to wear.  

This week I took Aaron, David and Eileen to get costumes.  We all had fun looking around the Halloween store and picking out costumes to wear for Halloween. 

And more Water Polo...

We've had a busy week.  Work, school and sports and band.  

David has been busy.  His friend Paxton had a birthday this week, on his birthday, his mom took him and David and another friend to a bowling alley/arcade and David had a blast and came home with lots of prizes.  Then the next day, they had a little birthday party at the park near their house with pizza and ice cream and electric scooters and all sorts of fun stuff.  

Friday was the school's Fun Run fundraiser.  David set a goal to do 14 laps which is two more than last year and he made it to 17!  He was amazing and we had fun watching him and cheering him on!  

Unfortunatly, Eileen didn't get the movie theater job, so we are on the look out for another job idea for her.  

Aaron and I are still busy with water polo.  We had a game on Tuesday - against Sunset and lost, but it was a good learning experience.  This weekend was the girls tournament - there were only 4 teams - including the one we played on Tuesday.  So the girls got lots of good experience and grew a lot and played hard this week - they did amazing in hard circumstances.   We had a little tent area set up outside with snacks and blankets and chairs and fun to hang out at between games and we had a fun time being together as a team.  

Our Friday practice time was different than usual, and the head coach needed help getting his lifeguarding shift covered to make it to practice, so I picked it up, then headed over after.  He guards up at Sunset though, so it was fun hanging out with Luke and Rachel for a bit!  

Evelyn had her first Marching Band competition this weekend.  Dan and I were able to go listen to it.  Their band really sounds amazing and their show is awesome!!  She is loving it and having a blast with friends!  

Today was crazy - between the tournament and church and choir practices, it feels like I've been running all day, but church was awesome and the choirs are really souding amazing!  

Lots of Water Polo....

 We've had a fun and busy week. 

Evelyn is busy with tutoring and marching band and school.  She is loving marching band and hanging out with her friends.  She also had the Encore retreat this weekend.  Monday was her 15th birthday.  We celebrated with ice cream cake and a birthday dinner of fettuccine alfredo.  She finished her first week of being 15 by passing the test for her driving permit.  Look out world - here she comes.... 

James has been busy with school.  He is frustrated with some of school, but is generally doing well.  He doesn't like it when other kids don't follow rules.  

David has also been busy with school.  He also has a busy social calendar.  Wednesday, when I had a water polo game in the early afternoon, he went on the bus after school to hang out with his friend Anna.  They had a blast building blanket forts and eating yummy food.  Friday after school he went to hang out with Paxton, then had a sleepover with him that night.  Then went to Paxton's football game the next day and to another friends birthday party.  

Aaron and I have had water polo all week.  Practices Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.  Wednesday, we had a game out at Forest Grove.  The girls won and the boys won in double overtime by 1 point.  It was an exciting game.  Even better, we got done in time for me to get the kids all home and get to go play with Masters that night!  Friday and Saturday was the boys Tigard Tournament.  The boys had 4 games over 2 days and won all of them.  They ended up winning the tournament and are still undefeated.  It was a fun weekend.  A bunch of the girls game on Saturday to cheer them on and hang out with us and we all had a great time together!  Then that night, I went to play at Open Polo - but Aaron was tired.  :)  Then today, Aaron and I went to help out with the water polo car wash fundraiser for a bit today.  

Eileen is keeping busy at home, but this week Dan talked with her about getting a job.  She applied to the movie theater and had an interview yesterday.  We will find out if she get the job soon! 

Dan has been busy with work and family and exercise.  He is such a help during this crazy water polo season!  

Anna is still doing well at school.  She has started a job as a custodian and is liking it so far.  She is doing well in school and getting along with her roommates.  We get glimpses of her life on Be Real and she calls once in awhile.  We got to do scriptures with her the other day! 

Fun and Games

Monday was Labor Day, so the kids were off school, but we didn't really have any exciting plans.  Weather was kinda cold and rainy, so Dan took some of the kids to the pool to swim while I did the grocery shopping.  It was kinda nice to have a day off, but other than that, it was a nice easy day!

Dan and Eileen went out to pick blackberries late Sunday and made this yummy cheesecake that didn't last long....  

Tuesday was back to regularly scheduled school and band and water polo and friends.  David has been having fun getting together with Paxton after school whenever possible and Evelyn is keeping busy with band stuff in the evenings.  Aaron and I have water polo in the evenings.  

Thursday was the boys first game.  They didn't have a girls team, so just the boys played, but they did a great job and won 24 to 7.  We were able to get the new players some good game time and have some fun.  

Thursday, while I was at the game, David went over to play at his friend Paxton's house and they had a blast splashing around in the pool together in the heat.  

Friday was a typical day with the usual stuff.  Then Saturday was crazy...  I swam in the morning, then Dan and Aaron and I went to watch Evelyn in the Beaverton Parade, then Aaron and I went to Parkrose to play water polo.  David went with Paxton to watch his friend play flag football.  After water polo, I went to an inservice at Connestoga and had fun practicing and refreshing skills.  Then home to make dinner.  Evelyn had Band day after the parade and Dan picked her and David up in time to help get dinner ready  for when our friends the Balageers came over for dinner.  We made the Sundried Tomato Pasta - Evelyn wanted to help make it and she did great!  We had a fun dinner and dessert and scriptures with friends.  Then I went to open polo.  Then I crashed....  

Church today was wonderful!  We had a nice quiet morning, the Sacrament Meeting talks were wonderful and Primary was fun!  The kids loved getting to catch paper bugs!  Then ward choir - Dan made Evelyn go, so she brought her friends and it was wonderful!  

Tonight was also the beginning of the new Encore season.  We had the parents meeting and it's going to be an awesome season - Evelyn is so excited to have her friend Ashley with her this year!