Midway Football Pool Party

Coach Josh put together a pool party for the football players so they could get to know each other while the parents had their parent meeting.  

McKay has really loved this team.  This is the quarterback Parker and he is the nicest.  He and McKay are good buddies. 

Dad talking to the parents.  

I am so glad that McKay loves the kids on his team.

 

McKay Mows the Lawn (For the First Time)

McKay mowed the lawn for the first time and got a little "creative" with his style (it was his Sparrow Empire logo :)

 

Pioneer Day 2021

Since we moved to Georgia, I've always been sad we don't celebrate Pioneer Day anymore.  A lot of years we just forget about it because we have other things that day.  This year our ward did a Pioneer Day breakfast, which I was so excited about it.  We had a pancake breakfast and then there were pioneer activities.

Palmer and Lincoln both had to work, so they weren't with us.  These two are shaking up cream to make into butter like the pioneers used to.

McKay was there for a little bit before he had to leave for football practice.

Poor kid, when I only have one kid to take pictures of, that's what they get.

They even had bread for the kids to try their butter out.  So fun!

 

YM Hangout

In an effort for the young men of our ward to grow closer as friends, we invited them all over to our house to hang out.  There are mostly Deacons.  Our boys think they are pretty cool, so it was okay.  Lincoln and Hunter were the "activity leaders."  They played cross net, basketball, Wii, X-box, zip lone and night games.

The Adams' little brother came and hung out for a bit.  Lincoln watched him and they were so cute.

Night games running through the neighborhood.  We need to get everyone together again!

 

Pet Sitting

McKay (with a little help from his brothers), did a lot of pet sitting this summer.  He first watched The Westerby's cat and then the Newman's dog.  He has missed Sasha a lot and this has helped him. 

To watch the Newman's dog "Thor," McKay had to walk him twice a day and feed him for 2 weeks. It was a lot, but he was awesome and did it.

Thor was mesmerized by Palmer's guitar playing.

It was fun to have a dog again for a little bit.

 

The Swan Boat 2021

We love pool floats.  They make pool (the puddle), way more fun.

The swan doesn't fit in any of our vehicles, so the boys threw it on top of the jeep.  It was so funny driving on top of the Jeep.

We love summer and these crazy boys!

 

Etiquette Night with the Petersons

I have been trying to think of all of the things Josh and I haven't taught our kids before they leave our house.  We have worked on table manners, but thought it would be fun to do a full blown 6 course meal and teach them how to use all of the silverware etc.  My friend Kendall Peterson grew up in Sweden as her dad was the ambassador there.  She ate regularly with royalty, presidents and even prophets.  She agreed to help us with our etiquette dinner.

We decided to do it at the regular table instead of in the dining room so the kids could watch Kendall's power point while they ate.

We started with before dinner "drinks," and taught them about hors d'oeuvres and how to take a drink with the napkin.

Josh, Reed and I served the kids and had to learn the right way to do it serving from the left and taking their finished plates from the right.  It was so fun to learn all of the behind the scenes stuff.

These boys were awesome.  They dressed up, had great manners and were super involved as they were taught.

I don't have pictures of everything in this post.  We had a soup and appetizer course, fish, main course, salad, palate cleanser and dessert. 

Look at that handsome server!

We even had finger bowls to learn what to do with those.

After dinner mints.  After the dinner we sent the boys away to change and hang out and the parents ate dinner.  We love the Petersons!