Busy Times

It seems like life is always busy for the 6 of us these days. (Maybe that's why we're all sick now??) But we've had some fun times lately.

Last weekend the boys went with Mark on the Fathers & Sons Campot with our ward. It was soggy but they had a great time tromping through the mud.
That Saturday Mark and I competed in the Great Urban Race, a mini-Amazing Race-type adventure. Lots of fun to do together. We had to solve 11 clues and take pictures at most of them, and then race to finish. We came in 41st out of more than 300 teams.



We got extremely lucky on the weather. It was awesome!
That night we hosted a surprise 30th birthday party for Mark's sister, Emily. All the hard work and incredible cooking was done by her husband, Robert. Just the women were invited to dinner. Robert's brother & friend helped serve, while the dads watched the kids. It was a lovely evening for dinner on the deck overlooking our new backyard.

As usual when Robert is cooking, the food was the star of the show!




Emily with her two best friends from high school.
The next day after church we had another family get-t0gether and celebrated Bailey's 4th birthday. The kids had a great time "helping" her open presents.
Emily made a beautiful cake, as usual.
Afterwards, Bailey and Addie spent a couple days with us while Robert & Emily went to the coast. (How could I say no? I owe everyone babysitting for a long time!)

Last Wednesday night, even though Mark & Jackson were already feeling sick, we took the boys to see the Lion King. I had bought the tickets over 6 months ago when Village Home put together a group buy, having no idea how crazy this last few weeks was going to be. However, it was totally worth it. The costumes were amazing and we all had a wonderful time (contrary to the look on Jackson's face in this picture.)