thanksgiving point

we spent part of the weekend at thanksgiving point with grandma and cousins. sadie and abe spent a couple hours in the iworld space simulator. they LOVED it! abe was a spy. enough said. kai and max spent a few hours at the petting zoo.

highlight: driving up to thanksgiving point, kai said, "where is the petting zoo?" sadie pointed to the red barn. in disgust, kai said, "that's not a petting zoo, that's a petting farm!"
i'm not sure what he was imagining when i told him we were going to a petting zoo. tigers?

afterwords, we took the kids back to my brother's house. sadie tended while my bother, his wife, and dave and I went out to eat at rodizio grill. my stomach hurt so bad from eating and laughing. loved it!

t-ball

t-ball,
watch out.
here we come!

(p.s. abe told max to tuck in his shirt...is that possible?)

competitive

ok. i grew up in a competitive family. infact, my nephew just got officially banned from four square at the mtc for being "too competitive". made me laugh. my confused kai asked, "how can someone be TOO competitive?"

i have a quirky love for smack talk t-shirts and get giddy excited when abe wears a shirt that says, "thank you for being a gracious loser".

what is wrong with that?

i do constantly remind my boys that smack talk is for t-shirts only, and if abe were to ever win the yearly academic scholar award at the 4th grade graduation program, and got called up to get the award from the principle and, looking at the audience of parents and children, raised his hands high above his head and pumped his fist (if, hypothetically that were to happen) i would need to remind my children that we need to be gracious winners as well.

anyway, point is, i like competition to a degree. over the last few weeks i have thought about it a lot since abe is trying out for a club soccer team and it is competitive! this year, as he is now ten, the competitiveness has really kicked in. he has his final try-out tomorrow. 28 boys for 14 spots. i'm not sure what will happen, i am just praying for a good wind, ya know, whatever is best for abe. all i can say is i am so glad we don't have to compete for fourteen spots in heaven! we can ALL make it if we do our part and that's the plan. we can all make it back. i am a big fan of that plan... what a relief!

U2

my really cute (did i mention he is is really good-looking?) husband surprised me with U2 tickets. it was awesome (really tim, if you ever read this, you would have LOVED all the techy stuff). it was BIG (did i mention big?), the music was memorable, and it was fun to watch dave get excited (dancing and everything). also, it was the first time we have walked through the univ. of utah campus since we graduated way back when! it was a little strange that the campus seemed untouched, still the same, but our lives have changed in so many ways since then. it was a fantastic date!

thanks dave!! AND thanks to papa john for tending!!!

(not a great quality photo-one more reason to add to dave's 'why i need an iphone' list. not to mention, it's my very first EVER arm-extended photo... due to i really like the camera a little farther away since my bell's palsy episode. earlier that day i had an hour and a half facial rehab session for my synkinesis (which should be a swear word). it made my face really tired, so this photo is a little bit of an accomplishment for me!)

empowered!

good #1
sadie had an orchestra performance and she played two solos, one of which she composed. i know i am biased and all, but she did amazing! (bragging? don't mind if i do!)

good #2
i changed my own windshield wiper! i made my boys stand and watch =UNIMPRESSED... when i finished they flatly said, "can we go in now?"

it made me happy.

AND i'm sure abe will be able to mark something off in scouts for watching=double happy!!

wednesday

i ran across this picture today and it made me chuckle. it's good to chuckle on rainy days.

men in black

kai and max are thrilled to be on the same soccer team. it is a pre kindergarten and kindergarten category which means kai is the oldest and max is the youngest. their games are the highlight of their week (and mine). i smile the whole time!

max runs so fast, has no fear of the bigger kids, and really holds his own. i must have told him today to run his fastest...he stopped, looked at me seriously and explained, "i only run my second fastest because if i run my first fastest i fall on my face, so i only run my second fastest."

kai is one little competitive kid! he is fun to watch because it is serious business! somehow he manages to play hard, score and keep track of all the stats on everyone!
we love soccer season!








GOAL!!!!!