Harry Potter Birthday Party 2021

We love to celebrate Harry Potter's birthday on July 31st.  This year Palmer and Lincoln both had to work and Hunter wasn't feeling too into it, so I had McKay invited two of his buddies over.  He helped all day to get the party ready.

His sign turned out pretty great!

His friends Christian and Alex came over for the occasions.

Dad was a super helper too

Yum, butter beer!

We had shepherds pie for dinner, since that is one of the only Harry Potter book foods I know how to make.

Cockroach clusters

Chocolate (and peanut butter), frogs.

We also had Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans (actually Jelly Belly's because Bertie Botts is gross), and licorice wands.

The boys got their treats and then watched Harry Potter 6, since Alex hadn't seen it yet.  They took multiple time outs for wizards duels.  These kids are the cutest.

Of course we had to have birthday cake.  This is like the one Hagrid makes in the 1st book.

It was a super fun night!

 

McKay's Summer Job 2021

For years our boys have walked the Wilson's dog Luna.  Over this summer all of the older boys had jobs, we decided that it would be McKay's job to walk Luna every day.  He was so good at it!  He would let Sister Wilson know each day when he could walk Luna and he didn't miss.  He was so responsible! 

We are very proud of this boy!

 

Palmer Senior Yearbook Pictures

It's so crazy we are doing all of the senior things!  Palmer went to take senior yearbook pictures.

I remember when he was young and they would say class of '22 and that seemed so far away.  It's here!

Wow this was a surreal experience for me!  Palmer is ready to go conquer the world!

 

Taking the Boys to Choir

The boys weren't thrilled to go to choir practice, but they went and then had a great time.  These kids are so silly!

 

Thank You Cards (and a few other things)

Here are a few goings on I thought were great enough to take pictures of.  Lincoln and McKay are probably he two that love chess the most in our family.

They were playing with the set we brought back from Africa.

McKay watching a sweet children's program that The Church broadcasted.  

McKay creating a pulley system. 

WE have been trying to teach our boys some social manners lately.  We have been working on properly thanking people who have helped us with things.  We sent some thank you cards out to people who have helped our family.

It's been good to be more thankful to people who have helped our family!

 

Homework Burning 2021

One of the boys' favorite traditions is to burn all of the homework and workbooks for the school year.  We finally got around to it this year.  Lincoln was super into a book at the time, so he wasn't super into it. 

That's a lot of homework. 

Summer nights are just the best.

S'mores are a favorite.

It took forever for the homework to burn, but we got it for the most part.