Busy Saturday

Normally our weekends are our quietest times, with Mary Ellen going to school all week and trying to keep up with the kids 1/3 her age. For those who aren't aware, the average grade point of entering freshman at BYU is about 3.8. In spite of that, Mary Ellen is doing well and enjoying the trip. This weekend was one of our busiest since starting school.

We got a call at 8:20 in the morning from Kassie asking us to attend her (and Kimmy's) basketball games. They started at 9:00 in the Salt Lake Valley. We were just lazing around at the time and hadn't even showered yet. We didn't make it at 9:00, but we weren't too late.

I tried taking pictures but (1) it was a gym that wasn't well lit and (2) it was a long distance shot and (3) it was a basketball game and they kept moving. So the shots were "interesting".

After Kassie's (they lost) and Kimmy's (they won) game, we jumped in our car for the 50 mile jaunt to Springville where Braden was also having a basketball game that we were invited to attend. We hadn't eaten breakfast (40 minutes to shower and drive 25 miles was a little tight) and we had just enough time to get to the game, so we did what every american would do - stop at McDonalds for a burger. Then to Braden's game. Note in the picture that they guy he is defending is almost a foot taller and probably double his weight. I give Braden an "A" for effort though. Their time got wiped because of the size of the opponents. These were only 5th and 6th graders.


After the games, we had to get ready for the monthly family birthday party. Our assignment was a fruit and vegie tray. We stopped at Reams in Springville (a really good place for fruits and vegies and cheap too) then came home to get ready before the hoards arrived. Fun was had by all, mostly the kids (both small and big). After the festivities were over (about 10pm), we took Tim and Carly home because Mary Ellen had to pick up her intaglio prints before they were thrown away by the custodial staff.

Sunday was not really much of a day of rest. I had a Mens Chorus practice at 10:30, followed by Choir Practice, followed by Home Teaching, followed by Church (where I taught the High Priest lesson), followed by dinner, followed by more Home Teaching, and finally bed. Somewhere in there we did manage to read the Sunday School lesson. And somewhere on Saturday I managed to prepare for both the High Priest lesson and the Home Teaching message.

Ok, this is a pretty boring post, but it does show a slice of our current life. I do wonder where I ever found time to go to work though.