Saturday was the kids first T-Ball game.. Jer and I absolutely loved it... The kids had fun too. I loved watching all the kids on the field run to the ball instead of just the shortstop or the right fielder. I loved watching two or three of the kids just plop down in the dirt and start playing. And one of the girls on the team just decided to take off her shoes and socks... just cause.
After that, we rushed home to get the house ready for a birthday party. Even though we prepared for the better part of Friday and Saturday, we weren't ready. My rescuers got here and saved the day. My mom, Sharon and Janelle all helped finish up decorating, scooping ice cream and cake, and with clean up. They are amazing! I have to apologize to Seth though... he made a bean bag toss game for us and we completely forgot to set it up until we were putting stuff away after. Sorry Seth!
We had about 17 or so kids here because it was a combined party for both Sam and Evelyn... and even though it was busy, I prefer just cleaning one party rather than worry about two separate ones... Sam wanted a game board party and Evelyn wanted a My Little Pony party. So we compromised. Jer made a giant Candy Land Game on our front driveway, and we got a Pinkie Pie piñata. The kids both had a blast... AND we were surprised by Jer's grandparents that had driven up from Arizona for a week or two. They got here early and dropped in at our party. So fun to see them! Grandpa liked the cake so much that he had two pieces (he also liked our cat quite a bit) and Grandma kept saying how fun the Candy Land game was.
I swear Tigress is more Seth's than mine.
Candy Land...
My big 5 year old!
My 3 year old!
Nella gave Evelyn her favorite...
Giving Grandpa an "Evelyn McStuffins" checkup.
Sunday, I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting. I hate talking... I don't mind lessons, they're interactive... talks, I just feel like I'm preaching and I don't really know which direction to go. I also did a lesson in Primary like always, but this week for some reason the kids were having a wiggly one. After church, I played a bunch of Sam's new games with the kids... they really like Who shook Hook and they're in the kitchen playing Operation right now and are having a blast. Jer had several meetings and after a quick nap we headed down to his parents to have a big family dinner with his Grandparents. It was so fun to see everyone again. Have one more big family dinner before Becca's family disappears to the east coast, one more family dinner before Diane has her baby, and see Alan and Rachelle's family again... it's been a while.
I was trying to tell Evelyn that she was named after her Great-Grandma Jane Evelyn... she didn't believe me. She kept saying, "No! I Evelyn, that's Grandma!"
And on the way down to the dinner, Evelyn said, "Now I 3, Joshy is bigger too... Now he going to marry me. I'm the Princess and he's the Prince."
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