It was the warm before the storm tonight so the kids were taking advantage of the warm weather. Harlee, Nash and Gray went out front, turned on music, and starting drawing. Their pictures were amazing! They all worked together on the pac man drawing. Then Har drew spongebob, Gray drew Sully and Nash did Mike Wazozki. What great artists are in our family. I love that they spent their night being creative and not on their electronics. Such a good night.
Tonight Harlee had the opportunity to perform at the American Fork High School drill team's showcase. Since the drill team had many dances to perform, different groups from Har's studio would perform to give the drill team time to change costumes. Harlee performed her new jazz number Cha Cha Heels. She did an amazing job. I love watching her perform. Love you Har!
With all of the busyness in our life, the kids forgot to set a trap for their leprechaun friend. Even though there was not a trap to escape from, Lucky still came and left lots of green treats for the kiddos. I made green eggs for breakfast and all of the kids wore their green so they would not get pinched. Hope they all enjoy a day full of luck!
Luke has been taking a drawing class this term. I have been so impressed with the assignments that he has turned in. For his final assignment he had to draw an animal. He decided to draw a bear. I was so amazed with his artistic ability. He is an wonderful artist.
Today Nash and Gray skipped school to go to the Beehive meet. This is a qualified meet was at the Wasatch Aquatics Center in Heber. Only 7 people from their team made the Beehive meet. We left at 7:15am, grabbed breakfast, and made it to the meet by 8:20am. They had warmups and then the meet started at 9:30am. It was a no spectator event but their coach let me watch as a "parent chaperone". I was so excited that I would get to see them swim. Gray was first with the 50 back. He did so good and cut 2 seconds off his qualifying time- 38:62. So amazing! Nash was up next and he qualified to swim the 50 free. When he got up on the block, he slipped and dived in. He got back up to get ready and they told him that he was disqualified. It was so sad. He was so disappointed. This was so hard as his mom knowing I could not fix it. As we left he was pretty bummed, I reminded him that making it to the Beehive meet was the goal! The race today was just the victory lap. I hope he does not let this disappointment take away from the fact that he made the Beehive meet. I am so proud of these boys. They really work so hard to improve their swimming and I love to see them hitting these goals.
Yesterday Luke went to the dentist to get two cavities filled. I guess one was super deep so they numbed him up pretty good. While his lip was numb he unintentionally chewed on his lip. His lip has swollen up and is looking a bit infected. Poor guy. Hopefully this will heal soon. We found another blessing of the mask since no one at school will see Luke's fat lip.
For the last 7 days Nash has been doing the NOVA challenge. He has not been able to use electronics for the last week. He could not watch tv, play his IPAD, play VR, play video games, or play on his phone. I did not know if he would be able to do this. He started on Tuesday and it was kind of tortuous. He would just pace around with nothing to do. As the week progressed I saw him finding creative ways to pass the time. He played outside, played games, worked on a puzzle, he taped a cup to his hat and tried to catch a ping pong ball in it, and he played with his siblings. It was so fun to see him use his creativity. I am so proud of him. I don't think I could do it. Way to go Nash!
Every morning when I come downstairs I check to make sure that Jefferson is still swimming. This morning I could not find him in the bowl. It was so crazy. As I got closer to the bowl I could see that he was not in there. So weird! I looked to the left of the bowl and poor Jefferson on the counter. He jumped out of the bowl to his death. We all thought that it was crazy but poor Tag was so sad. He actually cried- such a sweet boy. I will miss him looking at me and asking for his food. I will not miss cleaning his dirty fish bowl. RIP Jefferson Childs.
The kids love to dress Ike up and sometimes he lets them. Joey had bought some new goggles for the kids and they put them on Ike. Seriously so cute! He looks like such a cute puppy. We all love him so much.
I am a little embarrassed to count how many posts we have about Ike. But seriously he is the sweetest puppy. This morning Nash and Gray gave him bath and we had to take a picture of his cute face. I am so grateful that Joey talked me into getting a dog. He is such a part of our family and brings all of us such joy.
Nash has been thinking about getting his patriarchal blessing for a little while now. Harlee told him of how they did a devotional at HXP b...
