Nephi's Bow

Last week, our Family Home Evening lesson was highly entertaining. Tessa was in charge and I gave her the assignment of teaching us the story of Nephi and his broken bow. She decided she wanted us to act out the story. She assigned everyone a part and then read us the story. When she wanted one of the characters to say something, she would whisper their line to them . 

Tessa assigned herself the part of the talking camel. She thought the talking camels in the Bob Hope movie we recently watched were hilarious, so therefore we needed to have one in our play. 

 Our lesson was anything but reverent, but we had a lot of fun and this is one of those nights that we will remember for a long time. After our "lesson", we made our own bows and arrows out of popsicle sticks and Q-tips. 

Mommy/Adam Date Night

Last Thursday, Mommy and Adam went on a date. We rode our bikes along the river trail and rode all the way to Wendy's, where we stopped for a treat and some time to talk. It was a beautiful evening and we had a fun time together. 

 Daddy stayed home with the other kids and played in the backyard. They played dragons, princesses, and knights. But then they made up a new game with all of our colored balls. Each color was assigned a different action, so when you got hit with the ball, you had to do that action. From what Adam and I heard when we got back, it was a hilarious game. 

Weekend Fun

We were a few days late having our Cinco de Mayo feast. It was a busy week, so we finally got around to it on last Saturday. We had quite the spread and we are all pretty sure we would be totally fine eating all this delicious food all the time! It was yummy!

 After dinner, we were all tired out from a long week and a busy Saturday. Mommy introduced the kids to Bob Hope and we had a fun evening watching and laughing at Princess and the Pirate and Road to Morocco. Adam has been reciting lines from Princess and the Pirate all week, and Tessa loved the talking camels and incorporated them into our FHE lesson this last week. There's nothing like some good, clean comedy for some family fun!

The District Art Show

For the second year in a row, Tessa and her art work have made the District Art Show for her school! She has been drawing a lot of fish and ocean life this year, and one of her favorite pieces made the Art Show. This year we had to drive to West Valley, but it was worth the drive to highlight Tessa and her talent. Her art teacher was there and gave Tessa some flowers. Tessa was at a loss for words, she was so excited! It was cute!

Date Night on the Heber Creeper

A couple of weeks ago, Mommy and Daddy got to go on a fun and relaxing date night, riding the Heber Creeper. For his birthday, Ma and Pa gave Daddy a special date night ride on the train. Which meant he had to take Mommy. :)

We were able to grab some dinner and then enjoyed a relaxing 90 minute train ride through the rainy canyon. It was nice to just relax and enjoy some beautiful scenery. This is something we would love to do again someday!

Star Wars Day

On May 4th, celebrated Star Wars Day! The kids have been excited for this day to arrive for weeks. With Caleb's Star Wars obsession, everyday at our house is Star Wars day lately.

 We had Princess Leia buns for breakfast.

 We kept dinner kinda simple this year since Caleb will have a big Star Wars party for his birthday in a few months. We had Star Wars pizza, Skywalker salad with Vader veggies, Obi-Wan kabobs, and Yoda soda. 

 Mommy made her Princess Leia cupcakes for dessert and we watched The Force Awakens before bed. 

All in all, a successful Star Wars Day. May the 4th be with you!

Tulip Festival 2016

Last week for FHE, we went up to the Tulip Festival. We love going and seeing all the beautiful flowers and gardens at Thanksgiving Point. Tessa said that this is her very favorite spring time activity. Caleb just ran and ran and ran! He was good and worn out by the time we got home. We stopped for an ice cream treat on our way home. It was a perfect evening together!