Grandma, Grandpa, and Brett come to visit

Monday was pretty normal again.  Jared had soccer practice right after school again.  We had been waiting for his coach to show up then going home for a few minutes and going back to get him, but his coach never showed up.  They still had practice and did all their normal stuff the kids just ran it.  They did a pretty good job.

Tuesday morning Alan had a phone interview with GE global research.  It is located in upstate New York.  He feels like it went pretty well.  That evening we went to a city council meeting.  They are talking about placing a bus stop close to Wasatch along 9th east.  With all the traffic they are diverting along that street with closing campus drive plus being so close to.the school we were trying to get it moved.  They just wanted numbers at the city council meeting to show how important of an issue it is to us.  From the meeting we hurried to Jared's soccer game.

Caught in the act!

He loves pasta...well he loves tomato sauce and that comes on pasta.

Wednesday was our 9th anniversary!  I was pretty tired all day long.  Connor went to see the pediatric gastroinestinal specialist Dr. Sutton.  Their computers went down right when the doctor was coming in to visit with us, so he wasn't able to see any of Connor's test results or charts from the BYU health center.  That was kind of frustrating.  He said there were 3 reasons why he isn't gaining weight.  First he just isn't getting enough calories, Second he has some kind of cronic illness that makes him not gain weight and third he just burns calories really fast.  He said he thinks it is the first reason...and Connor just needs to eat more.   He talked about all the same things the health center talked about with calorie packing not feeding him empty calories.  Connor is supposed to get 1000 calories a day.  We also had to do another 3 day food diary since Connor's diet has changed some since we last did one.  He wanted us to go back for a weight check in 3 weeks.  I was a little frustrated since he didn't tell me anything new...and I can do weight checks for free at the health center.  But he didn't seem overly worried about him...and I'm still not either.  That night Alan came home early (for him) and we went to Trafalga in Orem and went mini golfing on the outdoor course we hadn't been on before.  We had a lot of fun.  Then we stopped and picked up a papa murphys pizza on the way home.  We watched some pictures on the computer while we waited for it to bake.  Jeff and Elizabeth stopped by and Grandma and Grandpa Schachterle called too.  We had a fun evening spending time together.

Thursday morning we went and helped in Lauren's class.  I spent lots of time in the afternoon working on dishes that had been neglected for several days and just cleaning up the kitchen.  Then in the afternoon Lauren had a soccer game.  Lauren had several awesome plays this game.  She scored 2 goals.  One drive she didn't score on, but she just kept going.  She kicked it and they kicked it back and it bounced off her shin guards.  The other team then kicked it and the ball hit her head.  She just kept following the ball and she did almost score.  It was fun to watch her.  After the game a mom from the other team came up and said is your daughter the little red head.  I said yes.   She said "She was my favorite part of this game and I'm from the other team."  She was pretty fun to watch that game.  Just her heart and the pure joy she expresses when she does well.

Best team photo we got.  It's missing one girl.

Friday I went and helped in Jared's class and Bradley and Connor went to a friend's house.  We played a reading game we had played at least once before.  After school we worked on cleaning up more and getting ready for Grandma, Grandpa, and Brett to come visit.  We also got to go to a birthday party for a girl who lives in our stairwell that turned 8.  It was a wild animal party.  We all had a fun time.  Jared, Lauren, and Bradley were so excited for our company to arrive they went over to Jeff and Elizabeth's house to wait for them.  Connor was feeling pretty left out so when the soup was finished we went over to Jeff and Elizabeth's house too.  We all came back to our place for corn chowder.  We had a fun time talking until too late.

Saturday morning Lauren and I hurried to winco for a quick trip.  Then Jared and Lauren had soccer games at the same time (only time all season).  Alan dropped Lauren and me off at her game and he took everyone else to Jared's.  Grandma, Grandpa, Brett, Jeff, and Elizabeth split time at both games.  We had a little lunch when we got home and rested just a little.  Then we all hiked the Y.  Alan carried Connor in the front pack, but everyone else walked the whole way up and down!  There was the fast bunch with Jared, Jeff and Elizabeth.  The medium group with Bradley, Grandma, and Grandpa. Then the slower group with Brett (only because he was doing some pretty good encouraging...and telling good stories), Lauren, me, Alan (and Connor).  Bradley had to go to the bathroom really bad at the top.  I let Alan help him. :)  When we got home we had a yummy barbecue and played some fun games.

Brett got trapped into playing in the hole.

We made it!

Yum Yum Yum!

Sunday was a pretty normal day.  I got to lead music in primary, which had seemed like forever since it had been my turn (before conference).  We worked on mother's day songs and remembered some old songs we learned last fall (Build an Ark) and started learning Scripture Power.  After church we had cafe rio type food for dinner.  We talked about the reunion and got all excited for it and played more games and heard more stories.  We were sad to have to say bye to Grandma and Grandpa that night, but excited that Brett gets to stay and that Grandma was coming back so soon.