We're blasting off to space! We had Grayson's birthday party Saturday, and it was a space party. He had a bunch of friends come over, and we had an interstellar time in the backyard. Thank you everyone who came and made it such a fun afternoon.
Time for a rewind. Earlier on in the week we find all the kids over at the Ellers doing some archery in their backyard. There was a primary day activity after the father and sons camp out, and they brought some archery equipment for it. It hadn't been returned yet, so they set it up, and it seems like the kids were having a good time. I believe at least one arrow went over the fence, but fortunately it's not another backyard over there.
Grayson helped cut vegetables for dinner this week. He loved it, and I enjoyed my thick cut vegetables at dinner. :)
Here's Grayson at preschool this week. Looking pretty fly in that jacket.
A lizard got in the house, and Jelly found it. Fortunately, I was there to save the lizard, though Jelly was very persistent. It took teamwork, I grabbed Jelly and Monica got the lizard out. However, the lizard dropped it's tail in the encounter in an attempt to get away.
Here's Grayson helping get everything ready for his party. He was so excited!
This was in the first picture, but we had a photo stand up for the kids. We're blasting off into space!!!
We had a pinata, and the kids loved it. Everyone got a few turns to take their whacks at it, but it was still holding strong, which meant it was time to recruit a dad. Connor stepped up to the plate, and on his first swing I yanked the pinata up, the bat came out of his hands, and hit a window! Nothing broke, no one got hurt, and I had a real good laugh! I wish there was a video.
We sang happy birthday to Grayson, but it was pretty windy, so I couldn't keep the candles lit. I think in the end Grayson blew out the match, and if I was lucky I got one candle lit.
Sunday was stake conference, and I stayed home with the kids to watch the broadcast. In the morning after we got ready, Grayson was looking for something to do, and I taught him a favorite game of mine from when I was a kid. Throwing a ball up the stairs. It usually bounces it's way back down to you. Grayson really enjoyed it and played for quite a while, I guess he get's that from me.
Brooke and Grayson were pretty good during conference. Brooke was able to find quiet things to do the whole time and was hopefully listening. Grayson also did well at being quiet, and he wandered a bit more, but was still well behaved. Winry had a rough go of it right from the onset though. The second we sat down she was too bored to handle life, and came and snuggled up next to me. For a while I thought we'd make it all the way through like that, but with about a half hour remaining she couldn't take it any longer, and then we spent the rest of conference sitting in a different room with her crying sitting on my lap.
Sunday afternoon Jelly was begging to go in the backyard. She wandered around everywhere before returning to rest in the strawberry plants. She really likes laying over here.
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