A Full Saturday

It was a busy Saturday, and it didn't get off to a good start.  Ben took all the kids up to North Salt Lake for Cat's early morning soccer tournament game, in very rainy weather.  While he was sick.  We'd hoped the game would be delayed but we didn't get word before it was time to leave to get Cat to warmups on time.  It turned out, the game was delayed by an hour.  And Ben was most of the way to the field when we found out.  And after finding a place to kill time, we found out it was delayed another hour.  Poor Ben and kids!  It made for a crazy morning but that's the way it goes sometimes.

It was time for lunch by the time they got home, and there was just enough time to cut some grass and practice some piano before heading out for a marathon-o-fun.

First stop: Ben's office to check out the set-up for a work party we'd be missing.  The kids tested out the inflatable in the atrium, made themselves amazing concoctions at the ice cream bar, and had their fill of soda.  We wished we could have stayed for the actual party (the street taco meat was being cooked while we were there and smelled amazing) but we had tickets to a show, so the kids changed in the car and we were off.

The next stop was a cool theater in Sandy where we saw the new(ish) production of Matilda, with a soundtrack the kids and I have really enjoyed the last few years.  Unfortunately, I'd gotten the time completely wrong for the tickets I'd bought us months ago, but we were thankful that the house manager allowed us to sit in unsold seats anyway, and we didn't miss very much of the show.  The musical was very well done and we loved finally seeing it on stage!

From there we drove straight to Herriman to watch a Utah Warriors rugby match.  My cousin works for the team and hooked us up with 6 tickets, and my uncle and another cousin were there the same night so we got to hang out with them too.  We loved the rugby match!  It was so fun!  I have friends who are rugby enthusiasts and I feel like I understand why now.  The season is over but I want to be sure we go to another match next year.

(That last picture is Ben and me with one of the players, Fetu'u Vainikolo, Tonga's all-time leading try scorer.  We stopped and said hello to him at the end, telling him how much we enjoyed the match and he thanked us for coming.  He was so nice!)