From Cookies to Musicals

My parents are far away on a mission and I just updated them on life real quick and thought I would add it to the blog. 

Had an awesome Stake Conference today! Got to sing in the stake choir while Russ wrestled with the kids for a change. I was funny for me to be on the stand smiling down at him instead of the other way around. I even had meetings tonight until 10:00pm. Talk about "Freaky Sunday."  Pres. Bush (not George) asked about you and how you were doing. Had a nice Sunday making and frosting sugar cookies. 

Made good family night treat and gift for the new neighbors but lots of work though. 

Also rollerbladed in the 80 degree weather. 

We have had a blast with Olivia's new rat, Lou Lou. She is great tempered and fun. 

Tess's lacrosse team is undefeated but she is frustrated because she hasn't got the ball at all in the last 3 games though she starts and gets a good amount of playing time. 

Tues. night they play a good team they barely beat before but this time some of their best players will be gone. 

 Rustin has a playoff game also Tues. night against the best team around. Probably won't go well either. 

Finished some papers for my parenting class 

(that just reminds me of all the things I know I should be doing better!!) and waiting to take mid-term. Am getting excited and nervous about being in charge of 90 girls (YCL's) at Stake girls camp in a few months. Plus I got a new calling as the Merit Badge Counselor for our ward. Super busy and scary. Still doing Activity Days with Chloe's age group. 

Chloe had a field trip the other day to the Halle Heart Center and LITERALLY showered me with factoids about the size of different animals hearts, how fast they beat per minute, how many grams of fat are in a zillion different foods and everything else you ever wanted to know about the heart, for at least a half hour and then did the same for Russ when he came home from work. It was sooo cute!!!

Olivia had another great basketball game on Saturday. She made 10 points. One of them at the very end of the game was so funny because she was heading down for a basket and the girl kinda made her loose control of the ball and stole it from her which is kinda legal but kinda like stealing which isn't legal and the ref didn't call it. The girl took the ball to the other end of the court super fast where Olivia did the same thing to her, bumped the ball with her arm and then grabbed it when she lost control. She ran it down and made a shot right as the whistle blew. That kid is a riot and I can't wait to see how she does next year after some basketball camps this summer.

Have been having fun with Rustin's lacrosse friends and other girls their age coming over and hanging out on the weekend. Played some fun games (pshhhht, and the chair game) ate food, wrestled with Russ. When Tess came home from babysitting she immediately commented on the smell from sweaty boys. Oooh, yuck, why does the house smell weird? 

Watched two musicals. The high school put on "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat." 

It was FANTASTIC!!! Our bishop's son, Harrison, was Jacob's son LEVI and had the solo part in the song, "There's one more angel in heaven." He did FANTASTIC!! The boy who played Joseph was really good. He is a freshman who is in a lot of Tess's classes. But the guy who STOLE THE SHOW was the brother who sang the French-ish song "Those Canaan Days" It was sooo well done, his singing, acting, gestures, and the choreography with the other brothers was genius! I wish I could watch that part again!

The other show we saw was put on by Gilbert Fine Arts Association and it was 

 It was good. We saw it with our activity day girls because one of our girls was in it and two beehives from our ward. A little racy of a musical, complete with kids acting drunk etc. but most of the jokes went over the kids' heads. Saw it again with Rustin's buddies and all their mom's. 

Had tons of fun at dinner before and dessert afterwards. The boys just had to support the girls in the ward. 

They had fun watching them on stage, waving at them, and giving them FLOWERS afterwards!!!

 Yes. It's true! My son gave a girls flowers, bought with his own money.

Don' t tell anyone!