Golf Tournament

Today we had a Keele Family golf tournament.  We played as couples.  We played an alternate shot format. It was fun.  Grant and I shot a 44.  We came in second.  Mike and William came in first place with a 41.  I hadn't been golfing in at least two years.  It was good to get out there and play.  I would like to go more often, but it gets expensive.  Also, when you have a family, you can't go very often, there are too many other things going on.

On Thursday, we preordered movie tickets to go to see Brave tonight.  Unfortunately, Krista, Alex and Ethan are all sick today.  I stayed home with them.  We will have to see it some other time.

Here are a couple of pictures I took when we hiked the Y, it may have been in March.  I  finally downloaded them off of my phone...

A Budding Artist

This is Ryan's football card.  Brandon started drawing it a while ago, but found it unfinished.  He finished drawing and coloring it.  Here is the finished product...

What do you think?  I think that he did a pretty good job.  

Late Nights = Cranky Kids

Tonight we got the kids in bed early.  We have had family over late the past couple of nights.  We have gotten to bed around 1, the kids maybe a little earlier, but not by much.  Yesterday, was a little hard because I could tell they were a little tired during the day.  Today was really hard.  It really does not affect the older kids as much, but the younger two fight and whine a little more than usual.  It was kind of a long day, but we made it and now they are in bed!

Activity Day Hike

Today Daniela had Activity Days.  They went hiking near Bridal Veil Falls.  She said that she had a good time.  I know that she looks forward to Activity Days every other week.  I think she just wishes that they did it more often.  She has fun with the other girls and she has a couple of really good leaders.  Here is another picture of Daniela and the other girls in our ward.

Wolf Badge

Tonight Ethan received his Wolf badge.  He has been so excited since his birthday in April to work on the different achievements.  We finished the last one up earlier this week, so he got his Wolf.  Now he is excited to work on electives to receive Arrow Points.  He got his gold Arrow Point tonight.  Brandon earned 7 total Arrow Points.  I think that Ethan wants to do the same, so we've got some work to do still.  The good thing is that he has plenty of time.  Way to go Ethan!

3rd Place Finishers

Brandon and Ethan played in a golf tournament today.  They both did great, they both came in 3rd Place!  Ethan came in 3rd out of 3 golfers, but he played with the 9 year olds, so he did great.  Brandon came in 3rd out of 8 golfers, so he did really well.  He also shot his best round, a 60.  They had a great time.  They do this tournament every year around the 4th of July.  This was Brandon's 3rd year playing in it and Ethan's 1st. I know they both would like to do it again next year.

Tonight we went to Mike and Terri's house.  We had a great time.  We all swam in the pool, ate dinner, celebrated some birthdays and had FHE together.  Daniela, Ethan and Krista did not want to leave.  I think they stayed in the pool until 10.  Here are a few pics....

Weekend

Friday, we cleaned all day.  We were getting ready for Grant's brother, Dave and his family.  They came into town from Idaho.  We really got a lot done.

Saturday, our family cleaned the church.  We went to a T-ball game.  I missed the play, but our neighbor said that Alex caught a pop fly!  Way to go buddy!  Then we were a little adventurous and went to Seven Peaks with our Pass of all Passes.  We went on a Saturday, in the middle of the day, in close to 100 degree heat.  We only stayed for a couple of hours, but the kids had fun.  Later, I tried to give Brandon a haircut with scissors.  I've always wanted to try.  He wanted me to clip his hair with the number two.  I tried with scissors.  I figured if I messed up, I would give in to his wishes.  In the end, we went with the clippers, he is happy.

Today, Sunday, we went to Jordan's homecoming.  It was a great meeting.  Krista and I later went to our ward just for Primary.  I had to go teach my lesson.  It went well.  The rest of the day was spent visiting with family and friends.  It has been a great weekend.