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10/11/15 Volleyball, pickleball and BYU football

10/11/2015



 Feels like forever since we've been to church because of conference!  Enjoyed watching all sessions and got through almost all of it without dozing off!  It is so nice to be able to hear it now that all my cute little noisy children have grown up!

After conference we enjoyed time with Gma and pa.  We had lasagna and garlic bread and salad and chocolate cake.  It was yummy.  The girls sure enjoy snuggling up to gpa and playing on the kindles with him. 

Monday night we went to Costco and got our $100 milk (it's out little joke, every time we go to Costco and get milk it costs us about $100 with all the other stuff we get).  Then we ate pizza in the food court.  Yummy.  We also got frozen yogurt and cinnamon sticks to share so we were all stuffed full.  

Wednesday evening while Katie was at YW we went to the park and played pickleball with the McAllister's (remember them from the 3rd ward, she was RS president).  It was pretty fun.  Dad's way better than the rest of us but it was still fun. 

Thursday I had my healthy utah assessment and after starving myself all week just barely made weigh in!! Yeah!!!  (I would have been mad if I'd a starved all week and NOT made it!!)  I am going to have to try to stay at the lower weight so I don't have to kill myself like that every year.  Making weight (along with some other health factors)  means I get a $100 rebate check from my insurance co. So it's my annual sneaker money!  

Katie had church volleyball Thursday and it went much better than last week. They got beat pretty soundly but she had a fun time.  Holly and the twins came and cheered them on.

I took the girls swimming Thursday evening.  It was fun!

Friday we went out with gma and pa to Bishop's and dad had breakfast (he worked until 5 a.m. Thursday night due to football, soccer, volleyball, senior games, etc.)  and I had lunch.  We had a nice visit and then I had to go to girl scouts and dad headed up to Cedar City for more football and another 5 a.m. night.  Gma and pa and the Riley twins and the girls and I went to Sullivan park for a picnic and walk.  It was a nice quiet evening. Relaxing and fun. 

Saturday we went to senior games and I took a couple pix while dad did some interviews.  Then we had a BYU football party (just the 4 of us) and had football food -- pizza, chicken, twice baked potatoes, donuts, cookies, caramels.  You know, junk food!  BYU made it exciting and didn't "win" it until the end so it was a pretty exciting game.  We all went for a walk afterward and the day was over, just like that.  

So strange how quickly Saturday goes!

We are getting ready for our primary program...our LAST primary program with any of our children in it!!!!  Holly is going to do a 1 minute testimony talk AND she is supposed to sing a solo or duet thingee.  Pretty brave girl!  It's the last Sunday in October so for the next couple weeks we have practice, practice, practice!  That's good.  Hopefully I'll practice enough to get all my nervous out of me!











Conference quote: 
"Believe in God and yourself. You are doing better than you think you are."
-Elder Jeffrey R. Holland

I think that is so true.  So many times we get down on ourselves and fail to see that we really are making progress and doing good.  If we just keep working every day toward good things we will see great results!  

I hope things are going well for you in Spokane!  We really love to read your letters and hear about the good things going on up there!  Keep up the good works!  Love you, mom. 

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