09/21/15 Katie's first marching band parade

9/21/15

Super busy week as I had conferences Monday and Tuesday in addition to regular work. And something they have never done before...the conference Monday went until 7 p.m. Who does that?! And then started 8 a.m. the next day (so I had to go to work early Tuesday to get ready for court after the conference). Made for a nice end of the week cause I was all out of hours for the week!

Thursday night Dad and I went to the soccer game and Nikki Turner was playing. That was cool. She is a pretty good little defender. She is a senior this year but she's still a little beehive to me!

Friday we went to a place called Ninja with gma and pa and it was a lot better than I expected and not too pricey either. We enjoyed it. Dad went out to Hurricane for a game and me and the girls hung with the Turner's. It's been a long time since we've seen them.

Saturday morning Katie marched in her first parade. She had to get there by 8 a.m. so it made for an early Saturday for our little sleeper-inner. We took the Riley girls with us and Holly and the girls had fun trying to get candy. (They aren't cute anymore so all the little kids on either side of them got candy, they got nothing!) Haha.

There was an Elder Q party yesterday and they had a ping-pong tournament at Olsen's house. Olsen's had three tables set up and such a big house and yard that it was a nice place to hang out. (Cept that they have 10 cats and 4 fat dogs). Jorge Barrigan was the champion but I think the guys had fun playing.

We went to Marlee's house last night for ice cream and send off. We gave her the tshirt you sent and some money and twix bars. She looked really good and her mom said it's all up to you now. You are the one that is gonna have to wait for Marlee! We are going over this morning for her talk in a couple of hours. She says she is nervous.

I am going to help set up a blog for Marlee so they can do one like we have for you.

We went to Hoppies house last night for BYU game and they had wings and soda and we brought cookies, meatballs and chips. So lots of junk food late at night. We stayed 3 quarters -- and it was a pretty exciting fun game. BYU ended up losing but it was super close.

"Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful
men and women keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't
quit."
--Conrad Hilton

Gonna try to record Marlee today and figure out how to get it to you.Probably will try to get a box out this week...any requests?

Hope you are doing great. Love you, pray for you, miss you!!!!! Love mom

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