The 4th grade performance was in January and we got to go see Rachel and friends perform. They had some great songs with fun lyrics all put to classic songs like Für Elise and .They did a great job.
Annie got to go to a birthday party and Pump it Up. She had a blast on all the blow up slides, obstacle courses, and such.
For my birthday I decided it would be fun to host a game night. I have 2 friends that have the same birthday as me, so we invited them and their spouses, and one more couple to make it even. We put the kids upstairs in our bedroom watching a movie so we could play in peace and it worked out pretty well. We just wished we could have played a little longer. One of the couples brought this game to introduce to us, which we all enjoyed.
Jacob got me a fire pit so we can roast hot dogs and marshmallows without having to go camping. We had a successful inaugural run and Ryan was as entranced with the fire as you would expect him to be. :)
Unfortunately we weren't as careful about closing the back door when people were going in and out of the house as we should have been, so it took a little effort to get the smoke smell out of our house, but it was gone within a day or two.
Megan always has definite ideas about what she will or will not wear. A few months ago this dress was a total no go.
Now she wants to wear it every week. She loves how poofy it is. :)
Jacob being attacked by the kids needing a little tickle therapy:
Our next door neighbors were so generous and gave us a huge box full of art supplies. They said they were so grateful for our Christmas cards and treats that we give them every year (which is like a small plate of goodies, not meriting a huge box of Crayola brand stuff) and the chalk decorations the kids did for Christmas.
The kids were super excited and have loved all the awesome stuff. They got several large boxes of crayons, lots of coloring books, including some intricate coloring books for the older girls, glitter markers, smelly markers, metallic markers, colored pencils, twistable colored pencils, twistable crayons, fine point markers, glitter glue, sidewalk chalk, paints, glue, and probably a few other things I've forgotten.
We're going to have them over for dinner one of these days.
Annie has been doing Mileage Club this year. They run during lunch recess twice a week and have races once a month where they try to beat their time from the previous month. Annie's friend, Emilee, does it too. Here they are coming into the finish line:
Megan has been begging for a playdate with her friends Mikaela and Mckenzie who are triplets (with a brother). We finally managed to set one up when they were planning on going to Jump!, a new place in town that the kids love, and is relatively cheap.
They had so much fun, but Megan was pretty content knowing her friends were in the building, not worrying too much about actually doing anything with them. ;)
Ryan spent at least half the time there playing with the games that are projected on the floor. They change every couple minutes. This one was a working piano.
I got to go out to Saguaro National Park for a trek prep hike with the youth. Half the youth missed a turn and ended up at the wrong trail head. Luckily all the leaders who drove ended up back at our cars, so we drove to pick them up.
The scenery was beautiful, and since we only lost 2/3 of the youth for a little while, not permanantly, we'll call it a successful hike. :)
I got back from that hike to my family getting ready to go on a hike, Jacob meant to be gone before I got back so I could have some quiet down time, but instead I joined them for a while until Megan and Ryan were ready to turn back. Jacob, Rachel and Annie continued on to find the bridge that crosses the wash near our house for the "shortcut" to the kids school. Though the gate there was locked.
It would be a great shortcut that we could actually bike ride through the desert to the school instead of along busy roads. I wonder if it's unlocked on school days... maybe I'll have to go check it out.
Annie and Rachel got BookIt certificates to Pizza Hut, which they brought home maybe 5 days before they expired. The day they were expiring, Rachel went to a stake activity day with Grandma Knight, and they ended up going out to lunch afterwards, so I took Annie to Pizza Hut and used Rachel's certificate for myself. :)
Annie loved ordering her own personal pizza, and the root beer and the sit down restaurant one on one with Mom was a bonus.
It was a great, full month.
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