Supper Club Lunch

Its back! Our Supper Club that we did a while back is here again. This time we did a lunch which I thought was perfect! Nights are soo busy. It was great to see everyone again :)

day of service

So we were assigned to paint this small building that looked disgusting and old. This was a great project for the kids because they couldn't mess it up. Even Savannah could slap some white paint on. My kids have never painted before and oh my gosh they had no clue, they were slopping paint everywhere! But it turned out fine! After that we went to Melissa and picked up hundreds of beer bottles and trash off the road. Savannah was such a trooper. We rewarded her with a sonic blast. Laman and Lemuel were another story. They worked hard but complained the whole time. I would just look at them and say "murmur, murmur, murmur" Carter fell somewhere in the middle with his attitude. Then we went to the church to write letters to the troops. We were done by noon and took the kids and the dog to the football field to play. Then haircuts, and Billy took Savannah and Carter to the schools fall festival. Then we had the missionaries over for dinner. It was a busy day but didn't seem like it. Fun and relaxing!

Funny story (only so I can remember haha) When I let the dog loose on the football field she still had her leash on. She ran full speed past carter to her open freedom. He turned right at that second and the end of the leash wrapped around his ankle....needless to say at the speed she was running he was airborn and when he came down it was face first in the grass....I thought he had broken another tooth but it was just a busted lip...It was sad but hilarious at the same time...I couldn't stop laughing...I am a terrible mom. I think he cried more at my laughing than the busted lip...lol.

Texas State Fair

UPDATE: the week after we went, Big Tex Burned to the ground!!

I love my memories of the state fair! This year I had the fried twinkie, the fried pecan pie, and the fried frito pie! Every year I have to try something fried. They were all good but the pecan pie was the best! Cody won a basketball playing games, Cam and Carter found 30 dollars and paid 10 dollars a piece to ride the scary high ride in the sky that fits two to a cage and flips upside down. Carter threw up after. Savannah and I went to the butterfly exhibit. There were hundreds of butterflies flying around...I even got a picture of the "great Mormon" butterfly...lol! Savannah and I also went on a crazy fast rollercoaster that starts forwards and then half way through goes backwards. I love that ride and so did she :)

Savannah's 6th Birthday

Savannah and I had a skip school day and went to the American Girl store again this year. She picked out another Bitty Baby. (this one had to have hair!) Then we went to Sprinkles which has the best cupcakes ever! For our family dinner she invited her favorite primary teacher to come too and we had cake and grandma and grandpa got her a bike she loves and rides to school everyday!

Carter earns his Bear Rank

my first pinterest project

Cameron and Billys 2nd Triathlon

So this year Billy actually trained and had a better bike so he did better! He was hoping to beat Teresa but she got 1st in her age division and like 9th over all! She is a machine...she made Billy a cake to try and fatten him up two days before the race...instead he ate nothing and I ate all the chocolate covered strawberries..haha...Cam...poor Cam.I got more video of him than pictures. Just the one photo of him crossing the finish line! Something was wrong with his bike that morning and he had to use Billys. It was so big for him he rode nearly the whole race standing up! He still did really well and after a long bike ride he ran and his run time was in the top 10 and most of these kids with that time were 14! He did good on his swim too and again most of these kids are on swim teams. I was really proud of how well he did considering his lousy bike and the fact that he isn't a swimmer! It was a long day for both. We were there 6 hrs! Savannah and Delaines little boy Connor, stood on the side of the rode and high fived the runners and shouted good job. They really put a smile on peoples faces! Here is Savannah as Billy was coming by: