UNLV Basketball Game

This was a last minute activity.  I was all ready to have a quiet evening at home until Vance called this afternoon, and said that Burke called him to see if we wanted to go to the game.  He had four tickets, so we were all able to go.  Burke has season tickets, but he was not able to go to this game because he has mutual on Tuesday Nights.  Luckily this was the only Tuesday Night Game.  The boys were super excited to go and wear their UNLV shirts!

 Ready to go to the Big Game against Reno.

 Clark did pretty well, but he started to get restless in the middle of the game where he did not want to sit on laps any more!

  Logan had fun, but he started to get tired towards the end of the game!  His favorite part of the game was of course the Popcorn and Nachos!

We won!  It was a great game!  This was finally a place where Brady could be LOUD and no one cared!  He was in his element!

                                                       Overall, we all had a fun time!

Valentine's Fun!

Nani wanted to do some Valentine's activities with the boys.  We started out with a yummy dinner.  Thanks to pinterests fun ideas.  Nani loves to find cute things to do on pinterests, and then she tries them out on us.  The boys loved these "Heart Dogs".  We also had soup.

 Then she taught us a Family Home Evening Lesson on Love.  Logan was our conductor, Brady led the music, and Clark helped Nani with the lesson. 

 Now for the fun activites thanks to pinterest.  The boys made these Hand Hearts, they put a special note in a balloon for some one, they decorated hearts, and made thumbprint people and hearts.  She also had fun games for us to play.  It was a fun night! 

 

In this game, the boys were supposed to see how many conversation hearts they could stack.

Vance has a hard time keeping his eyes open.  I took about five pictures, and this was the best one.  He won the heart stacking contest.

 In this game, they were supposed to use chopsticks to move the heart from one heart tin to the next heart tin.  Now we are ready for Valentine's Day!

New Calling

I didn't take any pictures today, but today was my last day in primary!  Yesterday, the bishop called me to set up a time to meet with him.  The Bishop wanted to come over yesterday, but I didn't have any time, so we scheduled to meet with him Sunday morning.  He released me from my primary calling, and extended the call to be the Mia Maid Adviser.  I accepted the call.  I love the primary, but I have served in the primary since Vance and I were married 10 years ago.  I did have a one year break when I served as Librarian, but other than that, I have been in the primary.  I am excited for a change!  I taught some of my girls when they were 10 years old,  so I am excited to see how they have progressed.  I am used to dealing with little boys, so I am not sure what to do with young women, but I will soon find out.  It will be a lot more work, but I think it will be a good experience for me.

Busy Day

Today was a busy day!  Clark woke up screaming a couple times last night complaining that his ear hurt, so I took him to the doctor's this morning.  It turns out that he has an ear infection.  Then we went to Logan's basketball game.

Logan likes basketball, but he is in his own world sometimes.  He won't touch or get near the ball unless he gets to dribble the ball.  He loves to dribble the ball, and he is getting better at it.  Other than dribbling, he pretty much stays away from the ball.  He is pretty funny to watch.

After Logan's game, we picked up Clark's prescription, and then we went home to have lunch.  Then we went to Brady's Pinewood Derby.  We had to be there at 2:00pm so that we could weigh his car and get it registered.  He named his car "Mario".  Despite the look on his face, he was very excited for the race!  His car raced in four heats.  In order of the heats, he got third place, second place, third place, and first place.  I don't remember his times, but they averaged his times together.  They took the first place winner from each ward to race in the finals.  There was only two entries from our ward, and Brady did not make the finals.  I think he was about one second behind the other car.  It was very close, but he had fun anyway in his first Pinewood Derby.  He got a certificate, ribbon, and a rice crispy treat car.  The Pinewood Derby, was from 2-4, so we missed his 3:00 Basketball Game.

After the Pinewood Derby, we went home to clean the house and have dinner before it was time to go to Vance's work party.  I asked a young women in our ward to babysit.  I usually ask family members to babysit, but I decided to get someone else because the boys have been wanting me to get a young babysitter for them.  They had so much fun!  For Vance's work party, they had a Bowling Competition.  It was at The Red Rock Casino in their VIP Bowling Area.  It was so much fun!  Vance scored a 116 and I scored a 104.  At least we broke 100!  They also had snacks, drinks, and a raffle.  We didn't win anything, but we had a good time.  We got home around 10pm, and the boys were all sound a sleep.

Special Stake Conference

Today we had a Special Stake Conference with Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.  He was in town doing training meetings with Stake Presidencies and Bishops.  Our Stake was one of two Stakes that Elder Andersen chose to do a Special Stake Conference with.  It was really good!  Even though we arrived early, we still ended up sitting in the back on the stage of the cultural hall.  It was a great hour and a half church meeting.

Basketball

Brady is a good defender!  He loves to try and steal the ball!  He is having fun in basketball, and he is definitely showing some improvement.

Pajama Day

The boys love pajama day at school!  After I picked Logan up at 11:35am, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Gibson's house.  We had lunch with them, and then we dropped them off at the airport.  It was a good day, and the best part was that Brady and Logan wore their pajama's all day long!

Fall Season 2012 Soccer Party

Vance took Brady to his Soccer Party at Chuck E. Cheese tonight.  He finally got his trophy.  He also got a medal for being a finalist in the tournament.  What a great season!  He loves soccer!

Potty Training

Potty Training is exhausting!  Clark did pretty well today!  He had many successes, and only two accidents.  He was so tired by the end of the day, I found him asleep in his Toy Story underwear!  He likes to wear underwear, which is a great start to potty training!  Hopefully he'll keep up the good work!

Celebrating our Anniversary

Some Young women were doing a babysitting night fundraiser, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to go out and celebrate.  We were all feeling better, so we dropped the boys off at the Mohler's house.  Then we went to dinner at Hash House A Go Go.  I have never eaten there, and I wanted to try it out.  I forgot my camera again!  I need to get better at taking pictures!  Anyway, it was very good!  I loved the presentation of the food!  We definitely will have to go back some time.  We had a good time spending time with each other.  Vance is a good husband and father!  Happy Ten Years!  

The Basketball Season Begins

Logan and Brady had their first basketball games today.  In Logan's game, the coach is able to be on the court with them to help them as needed.  Logan did pretty good.  He at least new where to be, and he had fun.  I forgot to bring the camera for Brady's game, therefore I have no pictures.  Brady did great in his game!  He has improved since last season.  He almost scored!  It was so close, but it bounced off the rim!  They had fun playing Basketball!

Our Anniversary

Today is our 10 year anniversary, and Clark is so sick.  Poor guy just can't keep anything down!  Vance and I were going to celebrate, but the celebration will have to be postponed.  Instead of celebrating, I am taking care of my sweet boy, and Vance is making sure the other boys get to their basketball practices.  I didn't take any pictures today because I was a little busy helping Clark.  Sometimes you just have to go with the flow, and take life one step at a time.  I love my husband, and I love my sweet boys!  Here's to 10 wonderful years!

New Year's Day

We are not very equipped with the necessary clothing for skiing, but I managed to find some big coats from my neighbor.  Logan borrowed Abby's Ski Pants, since she was sick and not able to go.  I just had the other boys put three layers of clothes on.  We bought gloves for Clark that fit, but he just couldn't keep them on because he didn't know how to wear them.  Logan's gloves were too big, so he also had trouble keeping them on.  Brady's fit just right, and he was able to keep them on.  Now that they were all bundled up with their snow gear, they were ready to go!  Clark especially did not like to be bundled up!  He was very whiny until he put the Skis on.  Then we was happy and excited to go!  He loved it!  Logan was very exhausted and not feeling the best.  We got him to make it down the slope Two times, and then he was done! Then I took him up to get a drink, sit down, and rest.  Now he'll tell everyone that he had the best time ever.  Brady did great!  He loved it, and wants to go again!  It was a big effort, but overall everyone had fun!  Thanks to Grandpa Skidmore, Burke, Stacey, and Vance for making it happen!  The adults stayed the whole day, and the kids stayed half of the day!  We had a good time, and it was so cute to see them Ski!

That night, Chrissie and Vince took Vance and I out to dinner for our Christmas present.  We chose to go to The Outback Steakhouse.  Mom and Dad watched the kids while we all went to dinner.  It was fun to just be with the adults.  Vince and Chrissie also paid for us to go to the movies.  They went back to the house to help mom and dad with the kids, while Vance and I went to see "Les Miserables"!  We had a fun night!  Thanks Chrissie and Vince for our night out!