Rainbow Feast

Natalie and I went to Costco yesterday afternoon. I got our rebate recently, and guess how much is was! $428.00 exactly. 4/28 is my birthday, so when I saw this, I felt like it was God saying he loved me, thus I also decided this was mine to use, so I got it in cash today and am going to save it in my emergency fund. (Hope that's ok Corey). Natalie and I went to the SL Business Costco mostly so I could get boxes of frozen fruit: mangos, pineapple, and raspberries (the kids like making fruit shakes, and Corey likes the fruit on his oatmeal). I also stocked up on stuff for dinner today and FHE tomorrow. We got fresh fruit for that, for a St. Patrick's day themed fruit rainbow feast. We invited all the kids over today cause Hyrum was in town, and when Hyrum is here, we need to invite the rest of the kids (E&B and Mel & Christian) so they can visit with him. Even though they all spent time together on Friday night. So we got strawberries, clementines, bananas, kiwi, green apples, blueberries, purple grapes, and other good stuff for the meal -  

I made potato and cauliflower curry for the main dish and shrimp and two salads, one of which was my sauerkraut avocado beet creation that I need to come up with a name for. Mel roasted Brussel sprouts and Lily tried to make some fried potato cakes something or other, then I also put out bowls of dried figs, nuts, and a veggie tray. Peter is happy with his colorful dinner ~

After taking care of everyone, I snuck upstairs with K and we took a nap while they all played the name game. 

(Katharine is so pretty!) They said that it's fun playing the name game with the little boys - they are like a wild car! Peter won one of the rounds with "Cat and the Hat" haha!

On the drive home, the clouds looked aaaamaaaazing!!!

They were so powerful and distracting I could have veered off the road, but I didn't. But WOW! They were so pretty. 

Last night Sophi and Natalie had a violin concert with the Rocky Mountain String, who are getting ready for a trip to Italy. Corey and I dropped S&N off, and then parked and went in to watch the performance... er... we went climbing. (Not good parenting?) Look, I would have gone climbing earlier this morning but I was waiting for Corey, and things kept coming up, but we gotta get it in, so this was when we were able to go. I'm justifying it because we went to a recital for them last week, and we don't have to attend every concert or performance our children are in. Of course we want to go to all of our children's concerts and performances and things, and this blog records that we have gone to many, BUT we're also getting old and are trying to keep our bodies alive so our young children do not become orphans. So, we went to the Millcreek Momentum while they did their show. My other justification is that it was mostly a concert hearing the rocky mountain strings anyway, and S&N aren't in that. It was at Wasatch Junior High, though, so that was fun. Our old stomping grounds. The school is different now than it was when we attended there, cause of a fire in 2005, but it was still fun to be there. I haven't ever been inside the new school until tonight. We went inside for a minute when we picked them up. I recognized this huge painting that used to be there when we were kids. Now it's in the office. That's nice that it wasn't destroyed in the fire. Or maybe it was and the artist had a second one, or made it again. 

Hmm now I'm curious to find out if it's the original from our 1990's days or a replica. That would be cool it if was not damaged in the fire? Good ol' Wasatch Junior High. That is where our story began, in 7th grade Home Ec class. Good memories.

Corey told Sophi and Natalie, when we dropped them off, that they'd get a prize if they found a photo of him or me. When we came to pick them up, they showed us that they had successfully located the Wasatch class of 1991 on the wall. "We found dad but couldn't find you mom..." I was literally 2 people away from Corey in the photo. "Oh yeah! There you are."

Well done. You get ice cream. We took them to Handel's. Back at home, Hyrum was taking care of the kids - they were playing the Wii while Corey and I were gone climbing. Good sibling bonding. Natalie and Sophi joined in after they got home.

And for documentation's sake, here is a photo of Daniel and his church classmates, having a little "great to be 8" thing for Millie who is getting baptized soon. Daniel's expression captures his personality well. He's got a lot of personality!

Hyrum left around 5. Katharine remained his friend over the course of the whole weekend. Other than one time when she used the force to force choke him, which he was ok with. Pic of H & K yesterday morning. He paid the price to keep her affection over the past few days, such as reading a book to her. 

He's such a good big brother. She loves being loved. Good job Hyrum. It's been fun having him home.