04/19/15 Tuacahn, Kite Festival & neighborhood party

Kids playing life size hungry hippos

4/19/2015

How was your Saturday meeting with the apostles? Did you get to shake hands? Were the talks amazing? Was it stake conference too or did they just come for your mission?

How are things going there?

Things are good here. This past week has been busy as usual. My visiting teacher came Wednesday (one of them was sick, so only one came. ) For young women's they played hungry hippos. It was really cool and fun you should see if you can get your mission or Young men/women to do it. I'll send some pictures. We used skate boards, baskets and balloons. The kids really seemed to enjoy it.

Katie playing hungry hippos

Thursday was our annual choir performance at Tuacahn. Probably our last one. We are doing a lot of last things as Holly wraps up her final year of elementary school. It was good. They had a ton of choirs. They each did some combined songs at the beginning and end and each choir did a number. It was exactly an hour. It was great. In the past it sometimes seemed they really dragged those out but it was nice and compact and good!

Friday we had our usual date and then the girls and I ran some errands and did house work etc. Riley's stayed and played until 8:30 p.m.

Katie capturing the balloons in Hungry Hippos

Saturday I took the girls to the kite festival (another last time) and then Katie and Holly had soccer games. It was a rare week where dad didn't have to work so we took the girls out to Dickie's and then came back and played catch phrase and play nine. It was fun. Everybody behaved and got along and the evening went super fast.

Looked up and it was 10 p.m. What?! Haha.

The kids in primary are getting ready to sing on mother's day so we are practicing all the fun mother songs.

All choirs on stage at once, Tuacahn Theater

They are doing a neighborhood party Monday night so we'll probably go to that. Our neighborhood has some really great people. We are pretty lucky. The Clark's are hosting.

Holly, clapping

Holly, enjoying performing

Holly, center with arms up

Brother Justin Wright has an operation schedule this week...removing his thyroid and tumors around his thyroid. If they are non cancerous he will be down for 2-3 weeks. If they are cancerous he will be many months in treatment. So pray for there to be no cancer. Apparently he has tumors in his brain also. Super scary.

Next week is going to be busy again -- we are planning to head up to BYU to see AJ march for graduation. It will probably be a quick trip and just Dad and I will go.

Andy and Shelly, enjoying the show!

Hope everything is going well and you have a great week! Can't wait to hear from you. Love you!!!! mom

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