We had a great time with Ori and Yuna celebrating their 11th birthdays. Ori's been patient to wait for Yuna to turn 11 so they could go together and pick out their gifts. Yuna didn't have to wait at all; we went out right on her birthday.
This was the dessert they made themselves before the waitress came over to sing to them, birthday desserts in hand.
As if they hadn't eaten enough, the waitress brought them these huge cookie-ice cream sandwiches. Ori just moved hers around, but Yuna ate quite a bit of hers.
Shopping with the birthday girls.
Harvey dressed up as "purple." Earlier he had Elise help him purchase a blue hoody with his own money (and a little bit of Elise's money, too). When he got home he drew on a face on the hoody in permanent marker because he wanted a costume. He watches a show called Rainbow Friends. He wanted to be the blue friend. Above is a picture of the rainbow friends. Pretty good for an almost 5 year-old.
Harvey: The first I heard was that he'd had a bug bite that got infected, but then I read he'd gotten his eye hit at school and then it got infected.
I stole this picture off Facebook, too. This was Bevy's daddy/daughter date. I assume with the activity day girls.
We had a lovely time at the play Little Women with Doyeon and Yuna. Doyeon thought the plot was predictable, but I disagreed. When I read/saw it for the first time, I was sure Jo would end up with Laurie.
Cub doesn't play with toys, he moves straight to the pantry for his entertainment. Now he's trying to figure out the food processor. Don't worry, Adrienne took the blade out.
Huge feat for our Zack. He's sitting up by himself now.
I stole the next group of pictures off Facebook. Adrienne and AJ took Finn and Ollie to St. George for championship play-off games. They made it to the finals, but didn't win the whole championship. In the final game, the opposing team purposefully walked Ollie; twice. They didn't want to take the chance of him hitting the ball. Both boys played fabulously. The weather looks like it was nice, but a bit chilly.
Cub, a future golfer
Ila
Gunnar
Adrienne with Ila
Adrienne with Cub
Finn: You can see how much he is enjoying the game; See Ollie at bat in video at the end.
While the Greens were playing baseball in St. George; we went back up to the Gorge for the holiday weekend. It was COLD. I have included a few pictures of our snowy walk.
Dallin and Cait joined us on Friday. Dallin is standing on ice here. We had to go where it was really shallow water to find ice enough to hold our weight. We had fun throwing rocks onto the ice to see if they would break through. They mostly just made a great thumping sound.
Roy, Catharine and Caitlyn
It snowed enough to line our pathyway
This vehicle is called a SHERP. The wheels are so wide, they float. This woman was fishing off the back while her husband drove. We looked it up and the cost of these vehicles is ridiculous ($150-180,000). There are other ways to fish for a lot less money.
The view from the dock.
We attended church at the Gorge. The meeting was great. When we got home we were treated to a video of Greta and her friend singing, I Will Find My Own Sacred Grove (pre-church practice). Then at 2:00, we turned on Nick and Sara's stake conference to hear Effie and Ori sing "I am a Child of God" with a few other primary children. All three did a great job. I'm so glad they're sharing their beautiful voices with others.
The last of the grandchildren have returned to school. Cam and Yuli get to go to pre-school together-and the Avinator (Avie) has started Kindergarten (I may be a week late on that one). We returned home from Flaming Gorge on Tuesday, and Roy woke up early Wednesday morning to catch a 6:00 flight to Chicago for a conference. He got home about 1:00 am on Friday morning. He was pretty exhausted, but he still wanted to drive to Logan to watch Crista's three girls play soccer. Bridget and Greta played on the same team. Bridget was definitely in it for the sociality. Greta played a little, and day-dreamed a little, too. Ruby made a goal right off the bat. She is definitely more engaged at this point. After the games we went to Angies (restaurant) for a treat. Bridget; Todd All the kids had pancakes and they all ate a lot, excepting Greta. Ruby had her own plate of pancakes and finished up Greta's. I had pancakes, too....
Caitlyn decided she wanted to see the play The Cursed Child in New York. I guess it was originally her mother-in-law's idea, but she (Robin, Dallin's mom) was talking about going after the New Year, and Caitlyn thought she might be too pregnant to enjoy it. So, she stole their idea, talked to Crista about it, then invited me. I thought it'd be fun, but I didn't want to go without Roy; especially to New York. After we agreed to go, Caitlyn basically planned all the flights, hotels and tickets. I didn't want to go all the way to New York for just one play, so we looked at a bunch of others (including prices) and settled on Wicked. We would have loved to see Hamilton, but tickets were $750 and higher. Roy and I have only been to New York once in our lives and that was in 2001, just months following 9-11. At that time we took Elise and Dan, wanting them to get a glimpse of history. We visited Ground Zero while it was still smoking. ...
Each week I read all the letters my siblings share about their families and each week I am inspired by each of them. This week I want to share something Christine wrote in her letter. I'm sure I've heard the quote before, but it was a great reminder for me. Hopefully you can all glean something from it as well. Christine quotes from from Sarah Sun Kanell’s book called Made For This. “In the middle of the story, Eve ruined everything. In the middle of the story, Joseph was rotting in prison. In the middle of the story, Noah built a boat for a storm that wasn’t coming. Moses wandered for forty years. Hannah was infertile. Isaac was not coming back from that hike. Jonah got stuck in a whale. Mary was going to get broken up with. Bethesda was too far. The Egyptians were too close. It was just mud. Lazarus was dead. And Jesus Christ underwhelmed the Jewish nation, was hung on a cross, and dashed all hopes of the revolution that had been hoped for thousands...
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