June '19- Week 2- Watching Lola and Mila, Ben's Last Baseball, New Insulation, Beginning of Cabinets, McKenna Dance Camp,

Saturday I ran 3 miles!  Ben had an eye appointment since he broke his glasses at volleyball camp and needed an updated prescription anyway. Dan got home from youth conference!  After lunch, we went across the street to hang out with the Swansons for a bit.  The kids loved holding their little bunnies.  Then we enjoyed some time with Dan since we'd missed him so much!  I gave Alice a hair trim that night.  

Sunday we learned "Love One Another" in Primary.  Mickelle spent the afternoon with us.  We watched Studio C and Random Acts.  Our Come Follow Me lesson was about Gethsemane and we watched some videos about an olive press.  We had dinner that night at Sam and Lara's.  We started watching Lola and Mila that night while Jake and Abril were on a trip with Eli.  

Monday I ran 2.5.  The three middle kids started their WX City Summer camps: Anna- arts and crafts, Ben- flag football, Bethany- Music.  I enjoyed hanging out at the park with other moms from the ward (Rachael Alexander, Meghan Johnson, Kylee Behunin, and Erica Day).  

 After that, we went and had free kids lunch at Bountiful Park.  The food was not great, but it was worth trying once.  After that, McKenna started a dance camp at Backstage studio.  

 That afternoon we babysat Audrey Day.  Alice didn't love sharing her toys, but Audrey was so cute and pretty much silent the whole time!  After dinner, Lola and Mila left with another babysitter and we went to Ben's baseball game...which they won! 

Dan and I folded laundry that night and watched "Hidden Figures."  

Tuesday Bethany played at Arlee's.  We went to school lunch again then took McKenna to dance camp.  I went to the first Personal History Story writing class started by Sarah Moulton.  She encouraged us not to write only about out life story chronologically, but to write about events that helped shape us.  Every week we would share a story with each other and would help critique each other's stories by asking for more details or clarification on somethings.  I added all of my stories to my account in Family Search.  After the class, we went swimming at the Gunnerson's.  Then Anna had dance and Ben had another baseball game, which they lost and it put them out of the tournament.  He had a great season!  

Wednesday I ran two miles with Sarah Moulton.  The kids had their summer camps at Mills Park and McKenna and Ben had piano. Emi came over to play.  Then we had some new insulation put in the attic by the "Energy Experts."  Jordan also came over to play that afternoon.  Bethany did a cute ribbon dance I got a video of.  

(McKenna's crimped hair looked so pretty before baths.  :) 

That night I went to my ministering interviews then Dan and I got the kitchen drawers ready to be picked up by the cabinet people.  

Thursday we babysat Clara Koehler for her mom's last day of work.  She was so cute and fun.  Alice had a bit of a hard time sharing again so she made sure "establish her dominance" by crawling all over her.  Anna loved feeding Clara her bottle. :) 

Grace Eckman also came over to play.  I worked on mending clothes.  McKenna had dance camp, and our cabinets were all removed to start off the reface project!   I had to get creative to keep Alice out of the kitchen.  I didn't work real great, but at least helped slow her down.  

That afternoon, I took the kids to Dan's work where they watched a movie while Dan and I attended an open house down the hall for his boss (CEO), Kelly Peterson, who was retiring.  I went home and made dinner and Dan took McKenna and Ben and went to the ward game night, which got rained out, so they went inside.  

Friday I did some light jogging and the cabinet guys showed up bright and early, so we went to McDonald's for breakfast! After that, I went and got my annual thyroid blood work done then we ran another errand.  McKenna had dance and the rest of us got Wendy's for lunch then played at 5 Points Park for a bit.  (Cute video of Alice sliding- above)

We only stayed for a little while since McKenna's dance camp was having their end of camp showcase showing the two routines they learned.  McKenna was so cute and reminded me of ME. :)

Come Alive!

BTS Song (with Alice interruption) 

June '19- Week 1- Dance Pictures, NFBD, Volleyball Camp, Alice 15 Month Check-up, Slip N Slide, Rose Bush,

Saturday I ran 2.5 miles with Amy Pugsley and Sarah Moulton.  They agreed to run the 10K race with me. :)  Then I took the girls for their dance pictures!  Their costumes are adorable and we helped get cousin Mia ready as well! 

I took everyone but Bethany to Alana Smith's baptism and then a little lunch at their house.  We picked up groceries and Dan mowed the lawn.  The rest of the night was the usual Sunday prep.  

Sunday they sang to June BDs (Anna).  We sang missionary songs in Primary.  We drove Hailey home after church because Abby had thrown up. :(  Our "Come Follow Me" lesson was about Jesus washing his Apostle's feet, so we had Bethany act it out as a way to show our love for others.  After dinner, we had treats outside and did a little Summer planning.  

Monday I ran 2.5.  I had a quick meeting with Ms. Holman (the kids' principal) to sign off on my teaching re-license.  I did a little yard work and McKenna went to play at Grace's.  Then McKenna and Ben started their first day of volleyball camp at Viewmont High with their cousin Emma!  When we asked Ben the day before if he was interested in doing Volleyball camp, he said, "Sure!... What's volleyball?"  :)  Lizzie, Arlee, and David all came over to play. Then we went to the Nelson Family Party at the Irion's.  McKenna and Bethany were so cute jumping off the diving board together and Alice LOVED the swing!

 We sang to June babies! 

 Tuesday Bethany and Anna had dance.  Desi and Brittana came over to play.  Ben went to Oliver's.  I worked on Father's Day stuff.  McKenna and Brittana delivered cupcakes to some neighbor's.  McKenna and Ben had volleyball camp again.  We played outside a bit after dinner.  

Wednesday I ran 2 miles.  The kids had piano.  We had lunch at Creekside park with cousins.  I worked more on Father's Day stuff while M and B were at Volleyball.  After dinner that night Dan took Ben to help him pack the trailer for youth conference.  

Thursday Dan left for Youth Conference.  We went to North Canyon Park with the Pugsleys and the Roths.  I helped Ben learn to clean a toilet.  While the kids were at volleyball, Alice had her 15 month check up.  

Here are her stats.

Height: 30in. (1.9in increase in 3 months) 30th%

Weight: 21lbs 6oz (2.7lb increas in 3 months) 50th%

Head: 90th%

She was quite sad at bedtime due to her shots, so I got some nice snuggles out of it 

Friday I did a fitness blender work out video.  I worked on a grocery list and after lunch we went for donuts at Dick's since it was national donut day!  Then we took the kids for their last day of volleyball.  Overall, they liked it.  They said it was hard and their arms hurt, but they endured and I'm so proud of them for that! My rose bush was looking so beautiful!  

That afternoon, we invited Erica Day over to let her kids run through the sprinklers/do the slip in slide since her husband was also gone at youth conference.  The weather wasn't quite as hot as we hoped, but they endured it cold anyway.  

Videos from the week:

May '19- Week 4- My BD!, Preschool Carnival, Pack Meeting, McK's Utah Day, Mantua Memorial Day, NFBDP, Anna Kindergarten Grad., Last Day of School!

Wednesday Desi and Will Alexander came over to play.  McKenna finished her "float" for her Utah county project.  Her assigned county was Sanpete.  Ben had a baseball game and McKenna and I went to her "Frozen" parent meeting with Ms. Jules.  

Thursday was my 35th birthday!  I ran 1.5 miles while Dan and the kids decorated.  This was also the day I decided to officially be done nursing Alice. :(  The ending of an era! I had only been nursing her once a day, in the morning usually.  However, lately she had been latching on, would suck for a bit, then sign "all done," like there was nothing there.  :) So it was time to be done.  

She likes to take her arm out of her jammies quite frequently.  

Bethany's preschool had an end of the year carnival at Hogan Park.  We went there towards the end of the carnival and delivered all her teacher gifts.  She had Ms. Jess, Ms. Angel, Ms. Tara, and Ms. Dani (not pictured).  They were all so sweet and kind!  It was quite chilly, but the girls loved that they got cotton candy and face paint.  Then we took Anna to school.  

Rachael Alexander was nice enough to watch Alice and Bethany that day so Dan and I could go to lunch (Acai Bowls) and then go to the temple (for Initiatories).  Dan's car got an oil change, then we went home to nap before kids got home from school.  I took McKenna to voice lessons then looked at DownEast for some possible new bar stools.  Then we met Dan and the rest of the kids at Mo Bettah's for dinner and went to Ben's Cub Scout pack meeting where we learned about flight and made paper airplanes.  Both mine and Dan's parents called me and after kids were in bed I worked on prepping their end of year teacher gifts (Simply brand Lemonade, "You are 'SIMPLY' the best teacher!") 

The kids made up a song and routine to Newsie's "Now is the Time to Seize the Day," but they sang about Alice's "rights."  :)  "Binkies, blankets, let her be free!."  Bethany started drawing people and they are so cute!  

Friday was McKenna's 4th grade Utah Day!  After the program of songs, I stayed to help with all the activities of the day.  

"Utah"

"29 Counties"

"Iron Wheels"

"There's No Place Like Utah"

Showing off her county report and float.  

Bethany and Alice played at Swa's and Anna went to Emi's house so I could stay at the school all day. They had a mountain man presentation, Native American presentation, digging for gold, pioneer games, and then a carnival/fair with a bounce house, games, food, and face painting.  

I even joined in on the three legged race with McKenna! 

Ben went to Taggart's after school to play.  I spent lots of time snuggling Alice that afternoon.  My BD flowers (peonies) were looking gorgeous! The girls stayed home while Dan and I went to Ben's baseball game that night.  He got three hits, 2 runs, and even got someone out!  After the game, Dan and Ben had some fun stacking cups.  Ben also learned how to make a stop motion video! 

Dan also went that night to help the Behunin's load up their moving truck.  SO sad to see them go.  But so thankful Kylee will still come to book club!

Saturday I ran 2 miles with Swa.  We moved dressers around and went through kids' clothes.  Dan worked on fixing the patio room floor now that we think we fixed the water problem.  Then Dan ran some errands with McKenna and Anna and I went through Bethany's clothes.  Dan and Ben got haircuts and after dinner McKenna and I went to Backstage to see Lia perform.  

Sunday we worked on "I Am a Child of God" in Primary.  After church we headed up to Mantua for Memorial Day.  We had fun with Snap Chat filters making ourselves look younger and the opposite gender.  I look a lot like my brother!  We also celebrated May birthdays!  After kids were in bed, we had a good discussion about "Home Centered, Church Supported."  

Monday was Memorial Day.  We had a yummy breakfast, then I ran two miles in the cold and rain.  It was tough, but I did it!  The kids enjoyed their cousin time.  

We played games and did crafts. 

Some even swam even though the air temperature was in the 50s, the pool was heated enough they weren't cold.  I didn't even bring our kids' swim stuff so we went to the theater to see the new Aladdin!  It was so good!  We met everyone at the Mantua Cemetery for our traditional picture and stories about Great Grandma and Grandpa Webster.  

After leaving Mantua we went to the Nelson Family Party at the Ringwood's.  Dan got this picture of all us girls snuggling/talking.  

Alice is into a "reading" phase and it's pretty darn cute to find her hiding and reading books.  

Tuesday I met with Amy Hamblin to plan Primary music.  We got a new gutter on our back patio.  The kids have their field day at school which was Harry Potter themed, and due to the weather, was all indoors.  McKenna played at Lia's.  Both Anna and Bethany had dance.  I did laundry and hung out in the bedroom that night while Dan had a little church meeting in the family room. 

Wednesday I ran 2 miles.  The kids had a read-a-thon at school.  We had a lot of stuff to sort through when they got home from school.  

Thursday we had Keva juice and Great Harvest bread for lunch with all the kids.  Anna went to play at Emi's house. Ben practiced making another stop motion video.  Ben had his last baseball game that night.  Unfortunately we had to leave it early in order to make it to Anna's kindergarten graduation program.  She got to be one of the black birds "baked in a pie."

7 Continents, Speaking Part, Little Miss Muffet

5s and 10s

Sing a Song of Six Pence

Mount Rushmore Presidents

If You Think You Can

Start Spreading the News

Dan had a meeting with the Gehrings that night about youth conference stuff and was not feeling real well.  

Friday was the kids' last day of school!  I picked up the girls' dance costumes and decorated the van for our "Party Van" tradition for the last day of school carpool.  

Unfortunately, McKenna was having quite an emotional afternoon.  So many emotions going on, it was hard to sort through them all.  We went to Hokulia with Winegars, Abril and kids, and some of Brynn's kids.  Dan came home from work really not feeling (man cold).  McKenna and Alice stayed home with Dan, while I took Ben, Anna, and Bethany to hike the Wild Rose trail with Moultons and Pugsleys.  We played a little at the park there then had pizza dinner at the Moulton's.  McKenna also went to a movie night at the Moulton's later that night.