First off, so good to hear from T&T in Texas. Congrats on the new job Thomas! Glad you're loving it and are able to help people get on the right track. How rewarding! I'll have to check out Tori's workout. I need SOMETHING!
This week ended a lot different than it looked at the beginning of the week. It looked pretty normal on Monday. We were gearing up for Alex's big beginning of college football season party (B.C.F.S.P.) on Saturday and things were proceeding pretty normally with some play dates, garden class, soccer practices and games and then mom surprised us with a visit Tuesday night and stayed all day Wednesday looking at houses (gasp! eek! thrills!) and while she was here we decided we really should plan a retirement party for Dad. We've been talking about it for a while, but hadn't set a date or finalized any plans. Since Joe and Lori were coming up for the B.C.F.S.P Mom thought that maybe she and Dad should just come up here and have a celebration. We made some phone calls, pulled a few strings, and arranged a helicopter ride for Dad. Hopefully someone will post pictures because I don't have any on my phone. So, Mom and Dad came up Friday night and Saturday morning they met us at the airport where our friend took him for a lovely ride. The pilot (our ministering brother) landed in the field by the church close to our house and Joe and Alex were there with all the kids holding a banner that said: "BE FREE GRANDPA". Grandpa ran through the banner and then we all headed back to the house for breakfast. We met up with Ruth and co. at the Farmer's Market where the kids fought with duct tape weapons that a guy was selling. Thomas, you would have been so impressed! This man had set up a fighting arena with a bunch of weapons that he had made and let the kids go at it. Some adults jumped into the mix too. We also watched while a man worked a top on a lathe. It was so cool! I think Joe wants a lathe for Christmas. After the market we went out to the farm by Ruth's house and picked raspberries for an hour or so. The kids were enamored by the goats, as was Lori. I told her I would buy one for her as a housewarming gift if she would moved to Idaho. I still stand by that. I'm not above bribing people.
Backing up a bit, on Wednesday Mom helped us spit shine the house for the movie crew that was coming over to film a promotional video in our kitchen. It looked so lovely for about 8 hours that day. I was in heaven. The crew was so cool! They found out that Ian was interested in film making and they let him hold the camera and shoot some of the office scene. He got to talk shop with them and had such a good time. They invited him to come over to their studio anytime and they would show him around. At the end of things they had him pack up some gear and haul it out to their truck which they assured him was what much of their job consisted of what hauling gear, setting it up, taking it down and hauling it out. It was definitely a highlight of the week for Ian.
Fast forward to Saturday...after raspberry picking and lunch and homemade ice cream, Mom and Dad headed home, the Nilssons and Joe and Lori's family hung around and played spike ball. So fun! At 5:00 we all did a quick clean up of the first party to get ready for the second party, the Nilssons took off and then our friends the Dennings and the Shurtliffs showed up for dinner and games before the football game started. Joe and Lori had to leave before the game started at 8:45 (horrible time for a football game to start). Most of the moms took the kids home while the dads stayed to watch the game and a few more showed up for just the game. BYU won which was a miracle and totally unexpected for those fans who've gotten used to them losing! I totally hit a wall and went to watch a show with Ian on my bed but fell asleep instead. Alex sent the boys to bed and fell asleep himself after the game ended around 1:00 a.m. No one was particularly interested in getting out of bed this morning. Thank goodness for 1:00 church!
Alex's sister came up from Brigham City this afternoon and so we've been having a Hart family dinner and gathering this evening. Alex and his brother are challenging everyone to corn hole games in preparation for the tournament they are playing in next weekend. Funny brothers.
Hopefully we will be able to get some good work done tomorrow on Labor Day. Hope you all enjoy whatever it is that you are doing for the holiday. Are gyms closed on Labor Day?
Happy September!
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