Our Fun Family Week

Last Sunday Bishop Graden announced that it was suppose to be family week this week. So we decided to try and do something different each day that we normally don't do as a family.

On Sunday we sat down as a family and tried to read a book on Wilford Woodruff. Julia and Haley got bored quick and we had a small pause on the story when the phone rang. We eventually finished the story but the kids weren't paying any attention.

On Monday we had fun for family home evening. Emily and Bryant stayed and we also had Anthony Holmes over. We had a lesson on how Nephi built a boat to get to the promise land and Paul taught us all how to make boats out of paper. Then we played a few games and sang a few songs. Then for treat we had pecan brownies with marshmallows melted on top.

On Tuesday I talked Paul into taking us to St. Augustine Beach. It was very windy and cold. It was also the first time Haley has ever been to the beach. I've tried to get Paul to take us all summer, the answer was always no. But I guess he finally broke down to bad it wasn't a few weeks ago, when it was warmer. It didn't matter to the kids that it was windy. They loved the beach. Haley kept running toward the water, and Julia and Bryant loved throwing the sea shells back into the waves. We also brought a kite and decided to stop at Volano Beach to fly the kite. It was so windy it only took Paul a few seconds to get it up flying in the air. The kids took turns holding the string on the kite. After wards we stopped at the park on the way home and had a picnic lunch and let the kids ride the carousel and play for a while.



On Wednesday we decided to make it a game night so after we ate dinner we pulled out the game Paul got for Father's Day Disney's Picture it. We let the DVD player draw all the pictures. We had lots of fun. The score got very close towards the end, but Bryant and Ilene won by 1 point. We only got to play one game because Paul had to leave for his bishopric meeting, and Bryants dad picked him up around the same time.

On Thursday we decided a movie night would be fun so after dinner, I popped some popcorn, and we watch Kung Fu Panda. Julia and I likes it but dad was tired and fell asleep after only 15 minutes of the movie. So I guess he thought it was boring. Haley wasn't all that interested either. But she loved the popcorn and laying in daddy's arms staring at the TV.

On Friday we invited the O'Conner's over for dinner. We had a great time. We had roast and dumplings, and carrots and potatoes, and biscuits for dinner. Afterwards the kids had fun playing with Julia's barbie house and all my really old barbies. And the adults got to socialize.

On Saturday I was sick and had to visit a doctor's office. After I got home, I took some Tylenol for my fever, my prescription and crashed for the rest of the day so most of the week we were able to keep up family week.