"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

Alexis invited the neighborhood kids, plus friends from church, soccer, and school to come play games in the cul-de-sac on Friday. She called everyone to invite them and even included a few friends for Seth and Camryn. We ended up with 22 kids, 2 babies, 3 moms, and Dave. The kids played 4 square, hopscotch, dodgeball, kickball, and there was a short attempt to play kick the can, but we need to look up how to play that again. We had Otter Pops and just hung out in the street for an hour and a half. We had a really good time and are talking about doing it again this week.

Seth's 4th Birthday Party

Seth had a Diego Party on Friday to celebrate his birthday.

Here is a video we made to show all the fun he had.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Seth has been obsessed with baseball since he first saw The Sandlot 2 years ago. We finally got around to signing him up for T ball and Saturday was his first game.

His team is called The T Birds. Here is Seth in the Dug Out with his teammates.


Seth did really well. About half the kids hit the ball, then ran after it. Seth knew to run the bases.

There were no outs and everyone got to hit and score twice.

The whole team so cute and Seth did great. He does NOT "play ball like a girl!"

A Weekend Off

My little sister, Jacquelynn, had a baby girl she named Juliet, on September 17th, 2009. Because several family members were able to travel to see the baby blessed on Conference weekend, they got permission to do the blessing at their house. I decided to take the weekend off and head up to Sandy with my parents. I thought that it would be a relaxing drive without the kids, and while I enjoyed chatting with them, they had the same conversation about whether or not to eat at Subway every time we passed by a town. Perhaps this is where I get some of my indecisiveness.

My sister got my parents and I tickets to the Saturday afternoon session of Conference. I had never been, so it was pretty cool to do. I was amazed by how many people can fit in the Conference Center, and how efficiently they get all the people in and out of there.

We had excellent seats.

Saturday night, all the women folk went to Ikea. I had never been. We ate these floresent green Princess Cakes from the cafeteria - they were totally gross.

Sunday, between sessions they had the blessing and a lunch for their friends and family.

Jacquelynn had made a dress that looked like it was straight out of a Jane Austen novel for Juliet to wear.

It was a good trip. I loved visiting with Jacquelynn's family and seeing their new house. It was very exciting to get to go to Conference. And on the way home Jolynn and her fiance drove with us and I got to ask Paul lots of random questions and get to know him a little better.

Pajama Party

We had a Pajama Party at Preschool today. We made our own teddy bears on Tuesday - I had sewn all but a little opening, then the kids drew the face and stuffed the bears before I finished sewing them up. Today each child brought a story to read and we snuggled up on our huge couch and read books. Here is Seth and his buddy Mason:


After each book, I came up with a little activity, song, or game that had to do with the story. This required some quick thinking, because I had no idea what they would bring. Seth choose the book Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude and we played Princess, Princess, Dude (Duck, Duck, Goose). It's a great book and won the Nevada Young Reader Award this year.

It was fun - but Seth was bawling when his friends left. He thought we were having a Sleepover!