Date night and Blue Ridge Game

It's been a while since we had a real date night with no kids. So we made sure we did one.  Our friend volunteered to watch our kids so we headed out.  We went to Sweetheart Cafe which ended up being some amazing food and there was a lady there singing some songs while we were eating and she was really good.  It was a lot of fun and we will definitely go there again. 

Afterwards, we went up to Blue Ridge to watch our famous rival game between Show Low and Blue Ridge.  The game was intense and we almost won, but Blue Ridge won in over time.

It got to be around 9 o'clock and we knew we needed to get back to pick up the boys, but I really didn't want to go, so Nate was amazing and let me stay with my mom and finish the game.  I don't think I got home til about 10 or 10:30.  I loved it.  I also may have jumped down onto the track to do a little colorguard with my friend.  It was a little too fun and I remember the routine to the fight song too.  I loved all of it.  It's so fun for me to live back here and get to do some of this stuff even though I am not in high school.

2014 Fall Band Concert

I love getting to watch Nate at his band concerts.  He is so good at what he does and he didn't have very much time to prepare for this concert and it turned out really well.  The boys are trying to learn how to behave while at concerts but the kindle definitely helps keep them still.  I love getting to watch and support Nate at his concerts and it's such a fun thing for us.

New buddies

We had some new neighbors move in down the road.  They are a little family with 2 little boys too.  We have done some play dates and switched babysitting for each other and our little boys have become great friends.  I have made some great friends with their mom too and I love how close they live to us.

Nate's new calling

It's now official.  Today Nate was put in as Elder's Quorum President in our ward.  The whole process of him meeting with the stake president and calling his counselors was so crazy to watch him go through.  I know he is going to be amazing at it and he will definitely have some adjusting period, but it will be a great blessing for us.

Kayton's First Primary Program

Today was our primary program.  Since Kayton is in Sunbeams, this is his first year doing a program.  Our ward also tries to take some of the verses in each songs and try to have families or siblings and other groups sing those so that the primary choir isn't singing everything the whole time.  They asked Nate, me, and Kayton to sing the 3rd verse of I Lived in Heaven.  Kayton learned it so well and sang right into the microphone like he was a pro.  It was so sweet to listen to him.  My calling is to play the piano for primary, so I was on stage the whole time playing.  Kayton also had his part memorized and even though he said it very loudly into the microphone, he said it with no help and it was so cute.  His part was "My Heavenly Father loves me."  I love that the theme this year is "Families Can Be Together Forever" and how wonderful it is to know that I am sealed to my family and I love them so much.  Today was a really sweet day for us.

New App

I found this awesome new app on my phone called One Day and it generates questions that you can ask your kids and make a video of them answering it.  It's super cute and these were some of the ones that I got of the kids.

Camping Trip

I got home from work yesterday and suddenly got a phone call from my friend to tell me that they had decided to come up to the area to go camping for the night and invited us to go too.  We were grateful for the invite and also that we had the weekend free to go.  So we got everything ready in a few hours and then headed off.  It was the first time that all the kids had been camping so it was a blast.  We got there kind of late and got our tents up and cooked our hot dogs over the fire for dinner.  We had good helpers getting fire wood gathered and getting things ready.  The kids loved the tents and were so excited when they all got to sleep together in one.  After dinner, we let the kids take turns telling stories around the fire while we waited til it was time for some smores.  The kids thought they were so good and really enjoyed cooking their marshmallows over the fire.  It was a perfect way to end the night. 

 

Morning came and we all survived!  The boys slept through with no problems, until they woke up at 6:30 and woke everyone else up too.  I was surprised at how well I slept too.  We started to get more firewood and get breakfast started.  We had a delicious pancake breakfast with eggs, sausage, and bacon.  I think that kind of food definitely tastes better over the fire.

After breakfast, the adults did a little target shooting at paper plates on a tree, but it was fun while the kids played and enjoyed the little happiness that can come with a stick and some trees.  It was a great morning, but the end had to come eventually.  We packed up and headed home.  Everyone was so tired and dirty. 

There were so many little flowers all around and Kayton and Merrick brought me all of these while we were there.  It was so sweet.  I got a kiss each time they brought them to me too.

The dirty kids who just loved it all

We definitely will plan another camping night soon.  Hopefully with more friends too. 

The Car Ride Home

I have a favorite part of the day and it is the car ride home after I pick the boys up from school.  During that time, we just talk about what they did at school that day, who they played with, what food they ate, and maybe what letter they worked on and if they did their show and tell.  I love how excited they are about school and their teachers are so great.  I am very thankful that my kids are able to do preschool and that they love it so much.