Fun Park? Yes Please!

 Marian and I went out shopping a bit ago and drove past a fun park. She wanted to check it out, so we went back to play.  All 4 girls came and had a marvelous time.

Waving from the balcony.

See, isn't it fun looking?!  It really was. 

Much fun was had on the slide. 

 And with several ways to get to the top, it was endlessly entertaining.

 There were some shenanigans.

It was tiring work though. 

The slide is set in this circle and you can climb up it several ways.  And there is the smaller slide as well.  So you could climb stairs, mountain climb, or take a ramp.  That's Delaney and Rylee dashing off to it after coming for a drink. 

This kid may have had too much fun! 

And this kid came and lay down and whined till I made everyone else go home.  To be fair, she did spike a fever that evening and puke her guts out, but right here and now in this photo, she ruined everyone else fun. Poor kid.

Happenings

A happy Levi.  He loves his people! 

Dan really really wanted to go to Shakey's Pizza and I did not.  Thankfully Rylee had an early release from school and he took her out. The enjoyed it immensely. 

I had suspected that the fridge was not functioning properly, but coupon;t say for sure until I got a thermometer for it.  It documented that the fridge was very broken. So I called Maintenance and they came to fix it.  They discovered it was not fixable and brought me a new one! (Well, new to me.)

The bag of food I had to throw away.  The fridge had probably been in the "too warm" area for weeks, but now that I KNEW it was too warm.... well, I couldn't eat it then.

I needed a photo of all the kids and realized I did not have one!  So I made them go out so I could take one.  They whined that the sun was too bright.

So we moved to the shade.

And then we had to add Levi.

Honor Roll

 I got to be at the middle school at 7:25am for Delaney's award assembly.  I made it but it was close!  I love the way they do them here-  Fast and simple!  6th Graders from 7:25- 7:45, 7th Graders from 7:50-8:10, and 8th Graders from 8:15- 8:35.  Granted, I had some extra time in there since I don't have a 7th grader, but I have friends and got to chat, so it was all good.  Both these girls had great grades, and Callie was one of about 6 kids to get all A's in the 8th grade.  They are awesome girls and I was proud of them.

Happy 243rd Birthday Marines!

 On Friday they held the Pageant at the theater.  Dan and I invited the missionaries and we attended it.  It was pretty awesome.  Well, it is the Marine Corps Birthday Pageant, so how could it be anything but awesome?! I thought it was pretty cool that they had the high school JROTC cadets doing the uniforms thru the years.  The cake cutting was nice to see, and I suddenly thought that perhaps I should take a picture of it.

My sole photo of the Pageant.  

Friday evening was out Ball.  As we were heading out, Dan realized he needed to put the trash cans in.  So he did that.  And I was amused.

Delaney took this photo for us.

And we got a selfie at the Ball!

Recent Happenings

Delaney went in for a sleep study.  Dan went with her and sent this photo.  He said she really wasn't as distressed as it looks in this photo.  The sturdy went well (for her!  Dan had to sleep on the floor), and we will pick up the results this week. 

We celebrated the end of the school quarter with lunch out in town.  We tried a new restaurant that was full-on Japanese. 

When you walked in, you picked your food and paid at a machine.  We were a little unsure about some things, so we crossed our fingers and hoped for the best.  It was the best! Everyone was delighted with their meal.  So much so that I only took these three pictures.

On the left is delicious tonkatsu (breaded and fried to perfection!) chicken in fried rice with an egg cracked on it as it is served, so the egg cooks in the hot dish.  And on the right is yummy curry rice and tonkatsu chicken.  It was so good! 

This is the result of 3 hours of rolling change with two other ladies.  The middle school PTO (of which I am a part) is raising money through "Penny Wars" and the kids dump all their change into jars in their homeroom.  Apparently we did not think through this idea.....  On the plus side, it has made $400 in 2 weeks. But rolling 4500 pennies and yennies is incredibly tedious!

This is my face when my sister sends a surprise care package!