Frigid Sleepouts & Memorial Day Weekend

Bliss - pure bliss! A long 4-day weekend! We "enjoyed" baseball in Payson, Alpine, and Highland. "Enojyed" meaning they got the crap kicked out of them 3 out of 4 games - but Bry hit a homerun, and almost hit a parked car!




This last pic is of him coming into home plate after his home run. His team comes out to congratulate him at the plate. He's the big one jumping up into the team....


Bry actually broke a windshield of a car 4 years ago - he hit the same car twice! It shattered the windshield! He likes to brag about that...did I leave a note? Yes, but then the other team mom's convinced me that it's a hazard of a baseball parking lot, so I sneaked over and took the note off. I know, I know, I'm bad.

Boyd and the boys decided to have a sleepout in 40 degree weather (at night). I am smart and declined the offer. It was so funny, because I couldn't see one head peeking out of the sleeping bags in the morning. Of course because they were on the tramp, in the morning it just looked like a big pile of blankets in the middle. What a good dad, and what a smart mom. I got to stay inside and watch Jon & Kate Plus 8.


Yes, there are 3 more kids in those blankets....


We had Boyd's mom and dad and sister over on Memorial day. It was a last minute thing, but totally fun. Boyd's sister had the idea to play dodgeball - it was great, and Boyd's mom played too. I however, was the only adult to get on the trampoline. I got out super fast. Booooo.


Grandma's totally targeting Spence...


Just a few extra action shots. Pretty sweet.






Bryant is practicing hard for the temple celebration. We are in the new temple district, and the youth are putting on a huge performance at the conference center that will be broadcasted on some channel - probably channel 11. It's so cool, they are all dressed in 40's garb - many of the boys have military uniforms, but luckily for Bryant, he has a mom who owns a letterman's sweater and he gets to wear it! They wanted a few boys to have letterman sweaters (not jackets), and they will be wearing the sweater, a bow tie, dark dress pants, and dark church shoes. IT will also be hi first (and probably only) experience with makeup! Let's hope! He says he's excited to wear a bow tie.
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Check out the blog above - it has a video in the latest post. Bryant comes in half way, is in the very middle, has no partner, and has a purple DC shirt on. It doesn't really show his part of the dance, but I think it's neat to see what the kids are doing. The lindy kick and the east coast swing. These are dances that the kids would most likely never have learned had they not participated in this. Even better, this is really a once in a lifetime opportunity for Bryant.

If any of you are going to the performance on Saturday, look for the cute boy with a Cyprus letterman's sweater that says "Angie" on the pocket