What a busy couple of days!

What a busy couple of days we have had! I guess when you have a lot of kids, you can expect to be busy but some days are just plain CRAZY!!

Yesterday was not as busy as today but the preparation leading up to yesterday has been a lot of busy work. Carson's 6th grade had their annual Renaissance Fair and we have been busy preparing for that. He and 3 friends had to come up with an idea for a booth and then make the booth. They did a game booth and had to make prizes for it. Colton being the great brother he is helped Carson make homemade swords for it. We also had to come up with a costume that was typical of the Renaissance era and Carson chose to dress up as a Jester. This was the last big school project of the year and I am now breathing a sigh of relief. The fair was a success and the rain stayed away....it was just a little chilly.

Last night we got to help with the cleaning of our church but that wasn't a big deal. It was actually kind of fun and the kids of course goofed around and made service fun. We were teamed up with another family in our ward and we had it done and completed in no time.

This morning our day started out bright and early with Taylir being involved in BYU's Track Invitational for Utah high schools and even some in Wyoming. She was suppose to be at the school at 7 am to meet the bus but because she also had a violin recital this morning we had to do some fancy footwork and scheduling to be at two places at one time. Luckily the recital was in Orem at 10 am and the meet was in neighboring Provo. She was able to quickly play her piece, make a quick change of clothes in the bathroom of the recital hall and off we zoomed her to the track meet.



I haven't mentioned that we also had Carson's baseball game at 10 am in Highland. Since it was raining and had been most of the night, the fields were soaked and the game was cancelled....but not until we had already fretted most of the morning on how we were going to be at 3 places at once. He was also scheduled for a second game at 4 pm in Highland that we had to keep an ear open for information on whether or not it would also be rained out. While we were at the meet we got word that it was cancelled and knew we didn't have to leave the meet early to get him to his game. I think that deep down Carson was thrilled to have a break. He plays 4 games a week and had already played Tuesday and Thursday with practices on Monday and Friday. Right now Baseball is pretty much Carson's life. Today he was able to relax and hang out as a spectator with the family for once.

The meet went until about 6 pm, but we were forced to separate the family at about 2:30 so we could get Kylie home to get ready for Senior Prom that was this evening. Mark stayed with Taylir and I went with Kylie. Me and Kortney were able to primp and make a fuss over Kylie, which is a RARE chance in itself. Kylie is the tomboy of the family and she absolutely hates getting foo-foo'd and playing dress-up but is somewhat of a good sport as long as the hair doesn't get too puffy and absolutely NO up-do's. Korney waved her hair and just clipped up a few side pieces while I put on her makeup. We were even able to put lipgloss on her! She looked so pretty and I was so excited and took a ton of pictures. I was the proud mama bear and followed the group to the park to take their pictures and then even followed them to the home where they were having dinner. Don't worry, there were a few other helicopter moms hovering overhead so Kylie didn't have to be alone in that department :)

Mark and Taylir just arrived home and are cold and wet. Today the weather was both a blessing and a curse. We loved the rain cancelling the baseball games but it made for a miserable track meet. Mark has built a fire and is thawing next to it now while Taylir is actually asleep at my feet.....ahhhhhh! She did awesome at the meet and placed 16th overall. There were a ton of girls there and like I have posted in the past, she is only a freshman at the Jr. High and the majority of the girls are from the High Schools. In fact, today she was the only freshman there and still placed as high as she did. She didn't clear what she had hoped but she has already qualified for State with 5'0. Thursday she cleared 5'2 at practice so she is hoping for that at the next meet. Way to go Taylir!

Tonight I am going to relax and hope to read my book or even watch at least one of the television shows that I have recorded from earlier in the week that I haven't gotten to. Tomorrow will be a nice change to a busy couple of days. Maybe even an afternoon catnap!