This week

Our last sick kid got better this week.  I enjoyed the kind cuddles instead of the 4 year old bounces for a while, but I'm glad he's back to himself.

Evelyn was Noble Knight at school!  Good job!

Thanks Mindy for the marvelous fry bread!  My cousin was doing a fundraiser for band tour.  Yummiest fundraiser.

Ada had a yeast infection and I didn't make her go to school so we called up Aunt Nellie to see if she was working and took her out to lunch.  I caught Ada patting Seth on the head.  I love seeing them love each other, then I hate it when they bug each other.... oh the learning curve.

We took Ada to the Dinosaur Museum instead.

I finished the blanket I made for Thea while we were stuck in the house.  

One of Janelle's days off, we went to IKEA to pick up some hangers and little stuff.  Seth and Vivien loved bouncing on the couches.  Sharon is so close to having her baby, I'm so excited to meet her new one.  

Friday is early out day at school.  A neighbor had some baptisms for the temple, so Sam watched the kids and I took Ada to the temple.  It was fun to run into my Great-Aunt and Uncle... Linda and Doug Harding.  He just finished radiation, so he's not as bouncy and chipper as usual, but they were there serving and are perfect to give hugs.  Ada remembers them from meeting them a couple of times, but I tried to put them into a timeline for her.... The grandma that Ada is named after is Doug's sister.  So it's like Ada and Seth.

On Saturday we got to go to Isaiah and Michelle's baptism.  They're in the middle to moving to Virginia, but we were so lucky to be able to see them before they leave.  Sophie left to start her job training with Amazon and McKay will take kids out there this next week.  His job is just going to transfer him, so that's a good thing.  They have two offices within and hour of where Sophie will work, so they are going to try to find a place somewhere between that.  Congrats on the baptism you two!

With our tax return we bought a table that's big enough for our aging family and can host people when we have them over.  I really want to repaint the kitchen a light yellow color.  I think it would look really pretty with this table.

Sunday we got to see our Robertson grandparents for the first time in 3 weeks.  Grandpa was making cookies and Sam and Ada jumped right in.  It was fun to watch and listen to.

We had a teacher prep day off.  I told the kids that I would take them skating because they had all earned free passes at school.  Laurel and Ian came with us. (Laurel had a pass and we missed Ian's birthday because we were sick.) I figured that 6 older kids wouldn't be a problem.  They weren't.  I did end up watching my friends' 2 kids while she went to class. (She's a single mom in college with two kids.  One is high functioning autistic that I've helped out with before.)  She brought them and they were great the entire time, until I told them that it was time to go because their mom was at the entrance waiting for them.  Then her autistic son (I think he's 12ish) decided that he would hide in the laser tag area.  I had them turn it off and pull everyone out, I also had Ada take my keys and get the rest of them in the van while I got him.  I asked his sister if she knew how to get him out, she went in and came out bawling along with a worker holding a baseboard.  He decided to pull the laser tag area apart and hit people with it.  I ran in, took away the other piece that he'd peeled off the wall and grabbed him in a bear hug.  He screamed, "I hate you and I wish you were dead." the entire time that I was trying to drag him to the front doors.  I got him about half way when he decided to lay on the floor and not move, then I dragged him the rest of the way.  His mom took him from there.  She said that he ended up in the crisis center for the afternoon.  She says that he's been having more meltdowns lately... maybe he's growing and needs to adjust his meds.  I don't know.  He called a couple hours later to talk.  He never apologized for his behavior, but he did talk about how he felt and then chatted with me for an hour about dinosaurs, legos and submarines.  I hope that was able to smooth out hurt feelings on his end.  

We were late for taking kids home so I could teach my fencing class, so I took all 6 with me instead of just 2.  It was actually really fun to have everyone... I had my 6, my 2 regulars and 3 more visitors.  (The 3 visiting were Elliot and Susan's kids.  Man they're adorable.  Susan brought their 3 year old daughter, Ashley, with them.  Ada was telling me how cute she is.  I told her that it's her 2nd cousin and she squeals, "I'm related to a princess!")  It was fun to see the two older boys again.  They've all been in my class before.

I found these online.... I really need to try to make them for Ada.  She would be in heaven.

Jer came home from meetings on Sunday and was absolutely exhausted, so he told everyone to go read in bed... and they all went and fell asleep instead.  It was pretty funny.

Here are McKay with Michelle and Isaiah.