Week in Review…

Here is a bit of our week in review.

Owen gets a lot of fliers sent home in his Friday Folder at school. While looking through them, I found a flier for 5 Roller Skate lessons for 5-8 year olds for $30. The lessons are 1 hour a week on Saturdays. We thought it sounded like a fun activity for Owen and for the price you can’t really beat it. Weeeellllllll, it didn’t really go over very well. Owen was so excited, but after about 15 minutes of falling down over and over he was ready to throw in the towel. He is such a perfectionist and if he doesn’t pick something up quickly he pretty much shuts down. It kind of drives us crazy, but we are doing our best to be sensitive to his feelings/personality even if we don’t understand it. It was so frustrating because he skates so well and with such confidence on the carpet (which I realize is easier) but wont even try when he’s out on the rink. BUT, since we prepaid for the class (even though it wasn’t very much) we are making him finish out the 5 weeks, even if he stands holding onto the wall the entire hour. It’s the principal that weather you like it or not, you much try your best and finish instead of giving up just because something is challenging. He did better last week compared to the first week, but he is still very nervous to let go of the wall.

Hopefully the next 3 weeks help him improve his confidence.

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That same weekend we attended 2 Birthday Parties on the same day, back to back in between going to church and then going back to church to volunteer. Our day went like this: Church @ 9am, Raylynn’s Party @ 11am, Emma’s Party @ 2pm, and then Church again @ 5pm. One Party was for Owen’s really good friend Emma & the other was for Autumn’s sweet little friend Raylynn. Raylynn’s party was first at a park close by. She had a Hello Kitty Themed party with great food that was catered by Qdoba & she had a super fun Pinata. Right after her party we headed over to The Ridge Community Center for Emma’s swim party. She had a jungle themed party and all the kids had a BLAST swimming. It was such a fun day celebrating two really sweet friends.

Raylynn is a very calm and relaxed kid and Autumn is…..well, just crazy. They are the cutest together and get along great :)

Autumn had zero interest in hitting the Pinata. Owen on the other hand beat it until it busted open with candy. Way to go buddy!

Collecting the goods in their party bags!

Then it was off to celebrate Emma!

The B-day Party Crew :)

And I think it’s safe to say that after being gone from the house from 8:30am until 6:30pm we were pooped!

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I switched Autumn’s gymnastic day from Thursday mornings to Wednesday mornings because of her Preschool schedule. This is the first time they have offered a Wednesday morning class so the class is REALLY small, usually 2 or 3 kids. It’s great because she is basically getting one on one lessons for the same price. Sometimes Coach Barb will let Owen come and join the class (free of charge) which is so fun for them both.

 

The absolute favorite. Pulling each other on the scooter by dragging them with a hula hoop!

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And here are just some random pictures of me and the kids enjoying the rare downtime we get,

This kid is the KING of Scrabble Jr.

My little geeks!

The kids are in a phase where they LOVE to take silly pictures on my phone. The kicker is I have to participate too, whatever makes them happy I suppose.

Here is Owen reading us the mad lib on his menu at Jason’s Deli. Fun family dinner outing!

Me & my boy!

Waiting at the dentist office is terrible these days. Both check ups went perfecto and no cavities or dental problems to report. Yay!

And here we are this weekend soaking up the tiny bit of sunny weather at the park in the midst of all the crazy Rain Storms we have been having. Luckily we weren’t a part of the Terrible Flooding disasters that were happening all around us. Our poor state has been hit with such devastation. Thank you to all our wonderful friends and family who reached out to us to make sure we were okay. The news said there were more people hit & evacuated than Hurricane Katrina. So so sad, but thankful we were safe and sound with just lots of rain :(

Thankful for all the moisture we desperately needed, but not thankful for all the people that were affected, lives lost, and the thousands of homes that were damaged/destroyed. One of Brandon’s Aunt’s vacation home up in Boulder was hit very badly with a mudslide that broke some windows on her 1st floor. She had ton’s of irreplaceable items (Family Photo’s, Books, Christmas Decorations, Ect.) that were destroyed. Please keep them in your prayers and they work to restore their beautiful home.