Father's Day 2013

There seems to be a lot of cooking to do on Father's Day, and since I am not a big fan of cooking, I find it stressful. So as we were going to bed on Saturday night I broke the news to Eric that I didn't think I could cook breakfast AND dinner. He took it well.

I was running around a bit like a crazy person Sunday morning making sure everyone was dressed and ready early. And since Eric didn't have any meetings Sunday morning, he was here to witness it. Jackson was giving a Father's Day talk in Sacrament meeting which Eric did not know about. There were a few close calls (Sadie is a terrible secret keeper) but we managed to keep it a secret all week and have Jackson waiting up on the stand when Eric walked in. I thought my frantic behavior would have tipped Eric off, but luckily it did not!

Jackson looked so itty-bitty up there:



He did such a good job.



After church it was present opening time!



Eric received lots of homemade cards, books, audio books, new pens, and treats.

Not to mention lots of physical attention:



Eric wanted steak for dinner, which meant I didn't really even have to cook dinner either since I am not a steak cooking connoisseur.



Father's Day Pics:




As I wrote on Facebook and Instagram: "I know how lucky my kids are to have Eric, but they don't even realize the full scope of it yet."

Five For Friday - All About A Certain 5 Year Old

Random pics of Sade. Some Instagram, some not.

1. Modeling various head adornments from Sonic:



2. Enjoying a cool fan at The Home Depot:



3. Cart contentment at Target:



4. I wrote on Instagram, "Having a child who enjoys cleaning (except for her room!) is pure bliss:



5. Also from Instagram, "When she orders broccoli for dinner it makes me doubt that she is even my kid. Gag. #mymosthatedfood



Eric responded, "Definitely my child! I especially love that she started ordering her own instead of eating all of mine."

It still grosses me out.

Girls Camp 2013

My Meg just finished up her first ever week at Girls Camp. She wasn't nervous at all to go, just really excited.

Ready to head up to the mountain:



Friends:



They had new permanent tents set up this year. Megan said they were nice, but just really crowded with 10 girls plus all their luggage:



I was so worried that she would be too cold, but she reported back that it wasn't too bad, except for one night.



The rope bridge:



Hanging upside down:



The rock wall:



Hiking:



The group on the mountain:



Megan says her favorite parts were being with her friends, the zip-line and the rope bridge. By the last day she reported that she was ready to come home and we were all ready for it to. We missed our little Meggie.

Primary Carnival

A few weeks ago the Young Women and Young Men put on a carnival for all of the Primary kids.

 Complete with bouncy houses:

Water slides:



And lots of carnival games:




The look of concentration:




Megs ran the fishing game:



These next pictures illustrate how much better Eric's phone camera is than mine.

Eric's:



You can see individual drops of water!



Mine:



Blurry mess!




I am quite positive it is not user error, but rather stems from the water damage it suffered. It is a bitter pill for me to swallow as the main reason I wanted the new iPhone was because of the excellent camera. Sad face emoticon.