donuts

Bub's evening snack

Today I subbed special ed.  It was a boring, long, hard day.  There were only 6 kids but it was like being on a jail cell block.  6 boys, posturing, swearing, not reading, threatening each other, bad "english" speaking, hours and hours of torture.  You win some you lose some.

Rylie and Paige

The Come Follow Me curriculum calls for the girls to teach lessons from time to time.  We've really been slackers and gotten away from that but recently repented and have started having them teach again.  Paige taught last month and did really well. Yesterday Rylie taught.  It was her first time ever.  She did a really good job too and since she and her dad went to the USC game the night before they stoped at VooDoo donut for treats for her lesson. Sweet!

Saturday nite

Ethan and Rob are watching the Ohio State vs Oklahoma football game. Not the "holy war" BYU vs Utah.  There is a lot of shouting. 

Z and I are on my bed, blogging, watching Moana and the lightning storm out the window (with equal attention and enjoyment) and Grace is in her room watching her little litter of hamsters. Sophie had 15 babies today. Luckily it is Saturday and she could witness the whole birth!

Today is Penny's birthday! She is 5 and what a delightful & happy, sweet, kind, little girl she is. 

Rob and I went to the temple this morning. I recently scratched my sunglasses :( so I am back to squinting.

Sister Petit broke her ankle. I was asked to bring in dinner so I made Hannah's apple and sage pork chops and mashed potatoes. Also salad and apple pie and we brought a gallon of ice cream to go with. Grace kind of helped me in the kitchen. Hannah was my best kitchen helper daughter but at least Lu kept me company. She also went with me to deliver dinner, which was nice.





I've been enjoying seeing the move-in pictures from Idaho. Hannah used post it notes and wrote "date me" on her window that faces the boys dorm. Several boys have post it noted responses. This was my favorite;)
Also exciting Hannah got to meet Al Carraway. She (Han) loves her (Al's) books. 

Now it's raining like crazy. Which is nice in the desert. 

The east is still suffering from Irma. My prayers are with them tonight. 

The end of the week

Grace had some friends over tonight. Actually they came right after school and swam and played. We grilled some burgers and also had one-day-a-year only krispie kreme glazed pumpkin spice donuts. 

She's got some really nice friends.

 Rob had his off Friday. We went on a daytime movie date and also had errands and stuff to do.

Rylin and Grace
Aubrey and Brynn.

In other news the world continues to be rocked by disasters. 

Hannah's new roommates moved in and fall has started. 

And I am reading the Pathfinder series by Orson Scott Card. I am on book 2. Ethan recommended it to me. We often read the same books and then talk about them, he is anxious for me to finish so we can discuss.

Soccer night

Ethan had a game tonight. He didn't play well and was very frustrated with himself. On the up side the weather was perfect and after the first 15 min or so the sun sunk behind the hills and we could see without squinting.

My niece Katy and her husband Taylor and also Rob's cousin Jess and Isaiah both live in Orlando. That side of the world has been hit hard by crazy storms. Last week Houston was put under water by hurricane Harvey. Now the Caribbean is being leveled by Irma. Florida is next and then on up the coast. Meanwhile in the west we are having blazing fires. And Korea is having nucs flying overhead. The world is crazy and full of unrest and refugees and wars and terror. It is a dark and difficult time. Rob is much more of a news follower than I. I get depressed if it's on 24/7. It is important to keep aware though. 
The important thing is not to lose hope, but to look forward with a perfect brightness of hope. The Lord is in charge and I am grateful that we can find peace even in trouble.

Hannah moved apartments today. She takes her finals this week and the new semester starts next week. Moving is a lot of work and it took her all afternoon, at the end she was rewarded with this view from her window. Nice!

I subbed 3rd grade today. The class was really good and we had a fun day. One little guy had some trouble not throwing things on the floor. The first time he did it  I had him pick up 25 pieces of trash. The second time 50 and the 3rd 100 pieces of trash. After that third time he came up to my desk and said he wasn't going to throw any more things on the floor. To which I said "good" and then he had a good afternoon, so I was glad. 

Grace had choir this afternoon. She had to wear her concert dress to see if it still fit. It did. I'm glad we don't have to buy a new one. They are working on Christmas music and I can't wait for her concert!

After dinner we went to Farley's for gelato. I always get the grisbi flavor, it is so delish!

I read a good book this week. It's called "the midwife's revolt", set in the days of the American Revolution. She's a midwife, a young widow, and a patriot. She  ends up dressing like a man and being a spy. So there is midwifery, revolution, historical fiction, strong women, women's friendships, romance and spycraft. How could they go wrong? :)

Tonight Grace and I took Z for a walk. She is fully recovered from her knee surgery and is doing really well. I am grateful and glad.

Dinner at Casa de Negro

Sunday night Tori invited all of us to dinner. They moved to Utah from Texas a year ago.  Their house is really pretty. I loved it.

Dinner was delicious and the company was awesome. 

After dinner we sat out on the porch and the kids played with bubbles on the soft grass. 

Behind their house is a lot that has goats and horses and a mule on it. The kids enjoyed petting the animals.



I love Penny's face in this picture!

Overall I have to say that the whole weekend was just a treat and so much fun and filled with joy. It was even worth the drive in the traffic... twice.

Penny's shopping trip

Penny's birthday is this week. Saturday between events we had a couple of hours of free time so I asked her if it would be more fun to get a surprise birthday box in the mail or to go on a shopping trip and pick a present. She picked to go shopping.

After lunch Hannah, Emma, Kenz, Penn and I went to Target. The big girls walked around looking at dorm stuff while  Penny and I shopped. She picked some num noms, some cute kitty boots and some cute clothes! It was a fun little trip!

When we got home the kids rode bikes and Clayton and Ethan and dad played basketball and we all sat outside watching. We had a nice afternoon.