Survival

Yes! We survived the last week of school. Why is this significant? Because everything must be scheduled in this time. Every night must have two to three events or it would not be the last week of school. But, we made it and tomorrow will surely be a day of much needed REST! Monday: Camri and Dallin performed in their school's talent show at 7p.m. Kylie had volleyball and basketball practice till seven and needed a ride. Luckily, Jory picked her up on his way and they arrived at 7:20 just as Camri took the stage. Camri tap danced and did an awesome job! Dallin played his piano piece again. He said he was nervous performing in front of so many people. He did great! (I only took video of him, sorry) After Dallin finished, I ditched and went to my softball game that started at 7:45. I was late, but it was still fun!

Tuesday: Kylie had practice for basketball that ended at 7p.m.. Dallin had scouts that was from 6:30 to 7:30. I cancelled scouts because I couldn't pick him up and my dad came to town. Dad had to watch the playoffs so I didn't ask him to pick up either:) Instead the boys stayed home and watched basketball while I had a Relief Society Activity at 7:30 p.m. that I was in charge of. I grabbed Kylie at 7 and threw her out at our corner to walk the rest of the way home. You may think that's mean, but I wasn't late:)

Wednesday: Jory T. was supposed to help with cub scouts at 3:30, but didn't show up after school and I couldn't find him, so I went to help with scouts. Got home at 4:40and made late son fix dinner while I fixed Camri's hair for dance rehearsals. Took Camri to rehearsals, left her with her class, called Jory to tell him to find his own ride to his school's awards ceremony (was not happy with that child), picked up Kylie from practice early, took her to Camri's rehearsal to keep eye on Camri, ran back to watch Jory T. receive an award for Academic Excellence (still trying to figure out why his grades don't reflect this award), took him home, went to a meeting for my upcoming adventure to boy's camp as a cook, and finally made it home. Jory managed to swing by and pick up Kylie and Camri.

Thursday: Felt like things were fine till Dallin informed me at 5:20 that he was supposed to be at Steven's middle school at 5:15 for mad mallets! Drove like a maniac and threw him out the door in front of the school at 5:35This was actually a picture from last week. He had his Mad Mallets concert for parents. At the end, they taught the parents how to play a song. He was excited to show me. Back to my week...made it home in time to grab Jory T. and take him to his school for 8th grade graduation. Pushed him out of the car and then drove back for Dallin. Picked him up and turned around to go back to the graduation. Sure would have been a lot easier if Dallin could have preformed at Jory's school. Got there in time to find a spot on the floor and watch them walk in. Remembered I forgot to tell his father and made a quick call. Jory looked so grown up. It was a little sad thinking he would be in high school next year. His dad made it just in time to see him get his certificate. Good thing, because I left after and made it to the end of my girls' camp meeting. Luckily my dad had showed up again in time to pick up Kylie from basketball, or I might have forgotten her all together.

Friday: Borrowed my dad's car and took Kylie for her driving test at the DOL. Anyone wondering why? SHE PASSED AND NOW HAS A DRIVER'S LICENCE! Got Dallin from school and sent him with Grandpa back to Idaho for a week. Took Kylie to practice (I still need to get her insured:), fixed Camri's hair and took her to my good friend to do her makeup and give her a ride to dance recital, picked up Kylie, let her drive us home in the standard, picked up Jory T. and went grocery shopping for the father-son campout, unloaded groceries, kissed my boys goodbye and went to Camri's dance recital. It was AMAZING! Such talented groups. Afterwards, went for drinks with my friend and the girls (LEMONADE:). Came home to find boys! What? Jory didn't get home early enough to go.

Saturday: Jory, JT and Cody got up and went four-wheeling Kylie drove Camri to my friend's to get her makeup done. It was just in the neighborhood and saved me 15 minutes! Enough time to finish my makeup and hair. She even drove the standard. I picked up Camri and my friend's daughter and took them to the recital, dropped Kylie and her friend off at the mall, went to Costco because we are out of food, went home to unload groceries and then went back to watch Camri. She was adorable. After the show, Camri and I went to eat since I missed out on shrimp Friday with Debbie and the girls;) Then we went to pick Kylie up from the mall. While at the mall, Camri spent her bday money and got her ears pierced. Kylie, Alex and I laughed at her reaction. I thought I was recording it, but never pushed the record button:( All in all, my busy week had me in tears for both good and bad reasons. I never knew mother hood could be so hard and so rewarding at the same time. I wouldn't trade it for anything! I shall endure........
Jory performed at his graduation. I recorded it with my phone since I forgot the camera in such a hurry.
Dallin's mad mallets program.

Friends!

We live a long way from family and miss out on a lot of fun family activities. However, we have been blessed with fabulous friends who we love to spend time with!One of our favorite activities is going out and roasting hotdogs. When you have fire, food, friends and a river to play or throw rocks in, you can't go wrong.
Cody got a little wet and cold so we made him some new pants. Jory T. sweat shirt was not only warm and cozy, but it came with a tail!
My friend was coming with me to a doctor app. so we decided to take our three-year-olds to the zoo after. Come to find out, I've never taken Camri to the zoo. I've taken the older kids to a number of them, but apparently not her. So she "was sick" and came with us. If there was anything to climb under or in, they did. We almost missed the penguins and they were a hoot to watch.
This penguin would follow Camri's hand around and around. The elephant would take a bite of food and then walk in a circle around the room before coming back for more. He came right up to the kids.
We got to see the polar bears jump in. The chimpanzee was hilarious. He turned his back to me when he saw the camera. I had to sneak a shot of him.
There's nothing better than trying to walk along the curbing. Best entertainment of the day.
This sea lion came right up to the glass and rubbed his belly against it. Cody stayed back. We also got to go to our friend's house for a memorial day picnic. It was really cold, but that didn't stop kids from swimming. Cody would only get his feet wet. Camri and Kylie swam the longest. Camri finally got a dive down and then got out. This looks like a bunch of trouble makers!
They were! They grabbed their old, or I should say previous, scout leader and Jory, after many attempts, finally dragged him in the pool. BOYS! At least they learned from last year to grab his phone and give it to someone before it went in the pool as well.

I love all our FRIENDS!