Movies and Flag Football

 Thursdays are the best! And today was really good. It was so quiet and peaceful while the kids worked on school today. I love it when it’s like that. I think they were so focused because they knew that when we were done we would get to go to the movies. Motivation is always helpful. 

We all went to see Project Hail Mary this afternoon when Brad and Kade got home. It was such a good movie! I’m glad we went to see it at the theater. But it was really disappointing to get there and find out that the popcorn machine wasn’t working! But the kids still got a soda at least.

After the movie we headed to the football field for Luke’s first game of the season. It was freezing! But he played hard and couldn’t wait to get home to warm up. Ryder’s game was a few hours after that so it was even colder! It was below freezing with light snow falling. Montana spring weather is so unpredictable. But he played hard at well! I hope it’s sunny at their next game!

Outdoor Movies

 Tenley has been planning her birthday day for a while now. She wanted to watch an outdoor movie and tonight seemed like a better night weather wise than tomorrow so we set it up tonight. It was cold but I layered up and didn’t feel cold. She chose Avengers which is a long movie but Brad made us all popcorn and it was a fun night!

Earlier today we received several boxes from the church. I guess they’re the new study books for the scriptures next year. It’s just crazy that they sent us so many! Ryder and Luke worked as a team to get all seven boxes in the house!

Saturday’s Warrior

 The weather was perfect today with no wind! We went for a walk this evening and it was gorgeous. I’m grateful to have the sun shining again. The kids also posed for a picture for me after church and we made them watch Saturday’s Warrior with us. That’s such a classic movie! Brad and I remembered all the lyrics to the songs. Haha

The Princess Bride

We introduced the kids to my favorite movie tonight, The Princess Bride. They seemed to enjoy it. I hadn't seen it in a long time and it was so much fun to watch it again!
Tenley gave us a great lesson on Easter tonight and the Holy Week. I'm so excited for this weekend! The kids have Spring Break, it's General Conference weekend, and Easter!

Lunch Dates

We had a busy, fun today. We met Kade for lunch again at school because Tenley loves seeing him there. After we left his school we met up with Brad, Kent, Heidi, Emmett, Dale and George and Judy to have lunch with them! Kade was able to have a play date after school with a friend and then we went to Heidi's for dinner with the family.

Sugar Cookies

One of Kade and Tenley's favorite Christmas traditions is making sugar cookies for our neighbors. Today was the perfect day to spend most of the day in a warm kitchen too. It was windy and really cold all day, and if we weren't in need of groceries I would have preferred not to leave the house at all!
The kids loved cutting out the cookies and they really loved decorating them. Ryder just loved licking the frosting off of them.
After cookies, Brad chose the movie Elf  for his night (because he loves me and knows it's my favorite!) and he also gave us a great lesson on the true meaning of Christmas.
I love this time of year and I'm so excited to spend Christmas with family!

Bike Riding Adventures

Normally Brad and I go for a bike ride together on his days off, but this morning he had to go into the office to see a patient. When he got home, even though we were both already ready for the day and it looked like it was about to rain, we decided to go for a bike ride anyway. It ended up being really really windy too! The wind was pushing us back so hard that I had to ride in my easiest gear and we weren't even coasting on the downhill parts. It was crazy. But when we turned around and the wind was to our backs it was a super fun and easy ride! We tried out new parts of the trail we've never been on and it was fun to explore. It did end up raining on us at the end too, but not too hard. By the time we got home it started pouring so at least we missed that! We enjoyed it and the kids did too! Ryder actually fell asleep for most of the ride so that made it easier for Tenley who doesn't always enjoy entertaining him for that long.
Tonight was my night and after our family lesson we had pizza then watched Frozen and drank hot chocolate with oreos. The boys weren't too excited about watching a movie they've seen 'a thousand times!' but Tenley and I loved it! That's the beauty of having your own night I guess! Tenley actually didn't really love hearing Kade sing the songs so loudly. He likes to make fun of them while he sings and he actually has a pretty good voice. I thought it was hilarious! Ryder really loved dipping oreos in the hot chocolate. He's becoming a big eater!

Movie Theaters

We had plans tonight to see a concert in the park, but unfortunately the rain kept us away. Instead we decided to go see a movie at the movie theater with the kids! We had fun watching "How To Train Your Dragon 2" with them. It was fun!

Fun Dates, Sleepovers

Brad and I got to go on a date tonight and we decided to try out Studio Movie Grill, which is a movie theater that also serves you dinner during the movie. It was a fun new experience! We watched the new X-Men movie and really enjoyed it.

While we were away Kade and Tenley got to have a party with their friend Jaxson and they even got to have a little sleepover with him! They had a great time with the Woolfs.

New Dance Music

We found a new fun song to dance to!

And this video inspired us to watch a new movie tonight for our pizza party: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We loved it!

Home Movie Theaters

Today for playgroup we joined our friends for a movie at a nice home theater. I now understand why this is on Brad's list for our dream home. It was so much fun! We enjoined sitting in the comfy chairs, watching a movie, and allowing the kids to run around and scream as much as they want...because there were no strangers to bug! It was awesome

Family, Chicago, Frozen, Sweet Christmas Lights

We drove up to Chicago for the week to be with the Haddons, Kyle and Hailey, and Brad's Dad for Christmas. We have been having so much fun here so far and look forward to a great week!

Today we went and saw the movie Frozen and I loved it and then we went and saw a sweet Christmas lights show and someone's house. It was intense and Kade loved it. One of his favorite things to do this time of year is watch Christmas light show videos. This one is his favorite:

Family Time, Movie Days

Have I mentioned this week has been crazy? I was gone Tuesday night, Wednesday night, and Thursday night for my calling and we learned that that is definitely too much for our family. I was worried about it to begin with, but they were things that I felt needed to get done. I learned that it would probably be best to only have one night away from my family each week for my calling.

This morning Brad didn't need to leave for school until 10:30 so we had a nice relaxing morning with him. After the kids woke up we all jumped back into bed with Brad and cuddled and had tickle wars. Brad, unfortunately, has taught Kade how much I hate having my feet tickled so Kade does it as much as possible. He thinks it is hilarious and I really can't stand it! Ugh...But I still enjoyed our time as a family.

This afternoon my amazing friend Becca had a movie day at her house. She put blankets over the blinds to make it extra dark in the living room, and she put blankets on the floor for the kids to sit on. She even popped some popcorn and put them in little baggies with Hershey kisses. It was so cute! Popcorn and chocolate go really well together! We had a fun day with our friends.

Basketball/Movie Night

Tonight Brad is off to play basketball with his friends, so I get to watch a girl movie!

I would much rather have a movie night with my man, but I know he would hate watching this movie, so it is much better if I do it by myself.

I rented Safe Haven.

I read the book several months ago and have been looking forward to watching it ever since. 

I hope it's a good one!