On Friday evening we met some friends at a park in the Provo Canyon for a campfire picnic dinner. We roasted hot dogs and had some fruit and chips for dinner, then s'mores and campfire bananas for dessert. Mmmm. We had a great time just playing, hanging out together in the park.
That night when I was putting Jack to bed he wanted me to tell him a story, so I told him all about a family who likes to go on adventures. This family goes camping, hiking, exploring, all kinds of things. There wasn't really a plot to the story, I just wanted to encourage his enthusiasm for fun outdoor stuff and before I was halfway through my story, he was exclaiming "It's us! It's us!" Love it.
On Saturday we attended a stake missionary activity (referred to as a Fiesta) in a predominantly Latino neighborhood in our stake and had a fun time there. The kids had hot dogs (yes, again) and watermelon for lunch and Ben and I had frijoles charros y tortillas con horchata. ¡Delicioso! The kids got face paint (on their arms), balloon swords (Jack had been holding out for a balloon shotgun but when he heard I would confiscate it as soon as he aimed it at a person, he decided a sword was a better idea), and played at the playground. They had fun watching kids (even one of Cat's friends from school) get dunked in the dunking booth, then the Stake President got dunked. As we were leaving, the Mayor arrived and said a few words before climbing into the wet seat. We also got to tour a fire engine and ambulance on our way out. ¡Que divertido!
The kids were almost as excited about Football Christmas this year as Ben was. They got dressed up in our FSU shirts, the girls acting like cheerleaders. I put up some festive decorations and of course we had Football Food. Eliza wanted to help Ben prepare the burgers, so here he is teaching her how to pat them. For dessert we had a Football Brownie. You might just have to trust me on that - it doesn't look much like a football in the picture. But then again, it didn't look much like a football in real life either. :-) The kids loved watching the game and hated having to go to bed at halftime. Ben and I were on the edge of our seats watching the last quarter, but thank goodness the Noles pulled it out!
When Cat and I were getting the decorations out of the office yesterday, she grabbed the 12-month size cheerleader outfit we have and brought it upstairs. She had it on her teddy bear for a little while, but when she saw it out today she decided Luke needed to wear it. Luke didn't seem excited about his new outfit, but we all appreciated his willingness to be our jester for the afternoon.
I love it all! The football brownie looks yummy - even has the stitches on it. Such fun family times. You are sooooo smart to do these things to build family memories.
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