Jim & Gwen

14 June 2009

Hello all! Well, Jim and I can't remember Monday or Tuesday...except that the kids had their last week of swimming lessons. It's kind of a relief it's over. Reagan really liked hers but John was a little stinker and didn't want to be in the water, even though he loves the pool at home. Cara did a lot of painting at our house on Tues/Wed - it looks really good, what would we do without her!? Wednesday the EQ challenged the Priests to a softball game. It was the perfect weather, cloudy and breezy and the Elder's beat the Priests pretty good! :-) It was a fun night. As we were leaving the field, one of the Elders said to Jim "so I'll see you tomorrow night?" and Jim suddenly got a look of horror on his face, he had forgotten to tell me he signed me up to go to the temple with him the next night! So of course I'm trying to figure out babysitters..luckily Cara was able to watch the kids and it seemed to turn out OK (luckily for Jim!) Again, what would we do without Aunt Cake? Friday Jim took the day off and primed the kitchen cabinets for painting. That afternoon the kids and Jim helped out a family and Gwen went to Cub Scout Day Camp. Again, we were blessed with breezy/cooler weather. Our ward/spanish branch had the biggest group and the boys had a good time. Saturday we worked on cabinets again - Jim's such a good worker! And then he was rewarded by going to UFC and hanging out with the guys :-) Gwen took the kids to the park to get them out of the house. And church today, the normal busy-ness. Hope everyone has a good week, really looking forward to the Utah trip!

21 June 2009

Hi all! It has been a busy week! Monday Gwen and the kids met Cara and the Thornley kids for the Monday summer movie. It was a bit scarey for my kids, but they liked it (Spiderwick). Cara graciously watched the kids that afternoon while Gwen took Lois to her cardiologist followup. It was a long wait and kind of annoying, but hopefully they will find out why she is still not feeling up to par. That night Jim and some guys helped someone move and he didn't get home until late. Tuesday was Jim's 40th birthday! Reagan loved decorating for his birthday and wrapping presents - it's so fun to see her get so excited! We waited for a candy order and that night had a quick birthday celebration with the Thornley's and then Jim was off to do church visits for the night (and again didn't get home until late). Wednesday was another waiting-for-candy-order-day and in the mean time it was trying to get the kitchen cabinets primed and painted. Thursday we did a story time and activity which was fun for the kids and that night we had a ward visitor's center night and then rootbeer floats at the church - again, another late night for everyone. Friday night Gwen and Jim had dinner/games with another couple in the ward. Saturday was misc jobs for Gwen and Jim and putting the kitchen back together. Then we had cake for Stockton's birthday at Cara's house and afterwards, Jim had guys over for UFC at our house. Sunday was the usual church and Lois and Cleiburn came for Father's Day dinner. we hope everyone is well and we are excited for the wedding festivities!

28 June 2009

What a busy week, but it was OK because we knew a vacation was waiting for us! Monday Gwen and the kids had the Monday movie “Madagascar”. They enjoyed this one a lot, even though it still is kind of hard to sit still. We also did VTing and Jim did his usual errands. Tuesday I don’t really remember except Cara watched the kids for a bit and then I watched 3 sisters from the ward for quite awhile. Wednesday the kids had haircuts in preparation for the wedding and that night Jim had church PPIs. Thursday Cara was kind enough to watch kids again while Gwen did more errands. Friday was more visiting teaching that went wayyyyyyy too long but the kids had fun playing (I visit teach my Primary President so there is lots to talk about). That afternoon was spent finishing laundry, packing, etc. That night John had a hard time sleeping and we eventually made our way to urgent care just 6 hrs before our flight was to leave! It was some sort of throat infection (no strep) and was kind of a weird deal, but we came home and slept for 1 ½ hrs and then made the decision to keep our flight (john was doing much better by then). We made it to SLC and went to temple square with nana and Emily and ellie and danny. It was fun and then we stopped to see Rog, Hilary and Bonnie. The kids are having a great time! That night Rog and Hilary came back to BC and we all had smores around nana’s fire pit with Uncle Jim and Aunt Ann. But Gwen was so exhausted from so little sleep! Sunday was early church and lots of visiting. With John and Danny in nursery, we doubled their numbers and Reagan was the only girl in a class full of boys. We are looking forward to seeing everyone, drive safely!