Long Weekend

This weekend ended up being a long weekend for the kids. I was supposed to volunteer in Connor's class on Friday. When I went down to the school I found out the power had been out for the first hour of school and they didn't anticipate it being on for several more hours. They were in the process of calling all the parents to let them know they could pick up their kids if they wanted. I took Connor home with me and Logan didn't go. My busy day turned into a quite one when Logan and Ashlyn went to friends houses and Connor went to Farmington Bay with Chad. They were just looking at ducks but they had biked out pretty far and Connor got a flat and had to walk all the way back. He wasn't very happy about it. I don't think he'll be Chad's duck hunting buddy for awhile. Later that night there was a carnival at the school--luckily the power was back on. Our kids look forward to Fall Festival all year long. It always starts out fun, but, it always seems like an eternity before the tickets run out. The kids had a good time.
Saturday it rained all day. Logan had a soccer game but we skipped it because of the bad weather. He was not happy with his fair weather mom.
By Sunday night the kids were wild from being cooped for the last couple of days. We are all glad for the school day today.
I forgot to write about Connor's football game last Wednesday. He had another great game--of course we didn't have the camera. He scored the winning touchdown. It was a great run, zig zagging over half the field. He was so excited. He had already thrown a great pass for a touchdown--but he doesn't think that is important. He might be a tiny bit of a glory hog. He also pulled a flag that end of the game that stopped the other team from scoring in the seconds of the game. He is having so much fun this year. We thought it might be a season to learn about losing. In his age group, most of the sports in South Weber aren't scored. Flag football is the exception. His team won the championship game last year and only lost one game. This year his team is mostly 1st graders and kindergarteners so we didn't think they would be able to compete with teams that had more second graders. So far they have proved us wrong. He has 2 more regular games and then they usually have a tournament. Logan has two more games and then he is done until spring. He will miss it. He is excited for basketball but he just glows when he plays soccer. I will miss it too.
Chad and I went to the Utah vs. Oregon game on Thursday. Usually I let the boys go but it was a late game on a school night so I had my Mom and Dad watch them. Chad and I had a lot of fun. It was a great game. Go Utes! I might have to make the boys rotate going so I can go more often. Maybe next year Ashlyn will sit still long enough to go. We can wish can't we. We had a really good dinner before the game at Market Street Broiler--a belated birthday dinner for Chad. It was fun because the place was packed with Ute fans. Chad talked the waiter into putting our free icecream into "to go" containers so we had a treat to take in. We had a great night.