Weekend With Jonathan

Last year was the first year we had our cousin Jonathan stay with us (Michael’s brother’s youngest boy).  Well, we were lucky and got to have him for a visit this year too!  This was sort of our last hurrah…..and it was a busy weekend!  It started with meeting Marie in Layton to pick him up on Friday morning.  A couple hours later we were off to swim at the outdoor community pool.  We haven’t been to that outdoor pool in years.  The kids liked it and had fun trying something new!  We had to be back shortly later to join more of our family for one last summer outdoor movie!  Hank brought over Lauren, Maya and Elise.  Kenna sent over  Derek and Steven.  Throw in a couple neighbor kids too and it was a recipe for fun! 

Saturday morning we had a couple different soccer practices going on.  Michael is coaching (hee hee) and had Gavin’s practice lined up for 11.  Scott had his first practice with soccer too at 10.  Michael had gotten up early to join in an Elder’s Quorum golf morning, and after we all rolled out of bed I noticed that our nextdoor neighbor was tackling the mass of weeds in her backyard.  She has recently undergone a divorce and has a few kids, but her yard’s weed issue got out of hand while she was traveling for work.  So…..since I was stuck inside, I had a chat with the boys and they all felt good about helping as much as they could.  I was proud.  They were out there weeding for about an hour and a half of their own free will!  WOW!

 

We finished up soccer practice with ice cream sandwiches and after we brought everyone home  and had lunch, while Mason went down for a nap, Michael took the other kids over to the Fun Center nearby for a round of lazer tag.  That night, we had a big night.  Gavin’s baseball team, the DiamondBacks  was invited to participate in the local “Field of Dreams” program where they have the kids run onto the baseball field with a Minor League baseball team.  So, Gavin was invited to run out onto the field with the Orem Owlz ( I guess they are the team that the  Angels recruit from).  So, that was fun!  Gavin’s name was called out and he ran out onto the field with the catcher.  They gave him a game ball and he was pretty excited!  We stuck around to watch (what I would say was) a relatively slow baseball game and after it was over, they did a fireworks show!   The highlights were Gavin’s moment and Scott going down the aisle a few rows to bust some moves with little Gretchen from our ward.  The two of them were having a dance off down front and in between songs, Scott and Gavin would slide down the banisters in the aisles ( I know, I’m a great mom…..yes I let them)

We wrapped it up on Sunday and took Jonathan back to his mom after church.  I think he had a fun time.  I know my boys did!  Hopefully we can do it again next Summer!

Oh…..I almost forgot.  The boys, on Sunday morning, decided to make their own play and had us record it.  Something about a revised version of Harry Potter involving nerf guns.….they were being pretty goofy!  I know…..not too churchy, but very creative….. Michael was their videographer.  I will see if I can get it to upload on to this blog.