Casey got asked to join this years FFA donkey basketball on April 2nd He got to play with the teachers. They lost their first round to the Firefighters / First Responders group, and won their second game against the high school FFA students. Casey named his donkey Turbo, because it kept jolting forward at random times with or without Casey securely on it's back. It's been a handful of years since Casey has played and we've never taken Alice before so the kids had a lot of fun watching the chaos unfold. Alice's teacher was also a part of the game and she loved cheering for Casey and her teacher We even got her to go pet a donkey at half time.
Alice started soccer practice the first week of April. She had her first game last weekend on the 13th and her second game yesterday. Her team won their first game 3 to 2. Alice did well and got in there when she played forward. She had a harder time as a goalie (she didn't want to grab the ball, just kick it). Her team lost their game yesterday 0-5 (It was when Casey and I were on our trip to Vegas). She got stepped on earlier this week in practice while tying her shoes and had cleat marks and bruises on her wrist all week, then to top it off she got hit in the face with a ball during yesterday's game. Poor girl. . . We'll hope for a better week this week.
It was Conference weekend on the 6th and 7th. The kids spent the day Saturday making a giant coloring page with me, and doing puzzles while we listened to conference. I made cinnnamin rolls and 6 dozen rolls for the Darrington Easter party the next day. Sunday Morning we watched half of the morning session of conferences at home, then listened to the rest in the car on the way to Raft River. We had a delicious lunch with everyone, and then watched afternoon conference together. After conference we had hoped to do our usual Easter hunt, but the winter weather had continued into that weekend so Grandma switching things up with some Easter messages and then sent them to go find their Easter goody bags hidden in the house. We ended up playing at Casey's aunt and Uncles new home / shop / gym for a while before we headed home. The kids had a blast playing around together!
Kendal and Peter had their first Track Meet on the 9th. Peter won in the sixth grade mile race and did well in his 800, 4x400 ,and triple jump. Kendal PR'd in her mile and triple jump to start off her season, and did well in her 800! They were in Gooding and played against two other teams. Both the Boys and Girls came out on top! This past week they were in Oakley (on the 16th). Pete improved in his triple jump, and worked hard in his other events! Kendal got another PR in triple jump and did well in her 800, and mile. She was able to get a 4 x 400 team together this past week. They did ok, but hopefully with more practice can crush it as the season goes on. Both boys and girls teams won, but it was a harder meet with six teams total vying for top spots. Besides a cold / blustery day in Oakley and a few windy practices they've had decent weather so far for track. . . Let's hope it continues. This week they're home for their meet and I get to go watch!
For Pete's activity on the 10th. His group went and picked up trash near Shoshone Falls. This past week the tried disc golf in the wind at the middle school (didn't work to well, but still a good time according to him.) Kendal had a spa night on the tenth and raced "vegetable cars" this past week against the teachers group. Kendal won one of her races!
last weekend was the first sunny Saturday we've had in a long time. We got some spring cleaning done in the garage, and Casey got the lawn aerated and fertilized. (We plan on adding seed next month). Our tree was really showing off that weekend, and made me so happy to see blooming! (Simple Joy's)
For Casey's 40th birthday we planned and scheduled a trip to Vegas to see Garth Brooks. Casey has been a die-hard fan of Garth Brooks since he was a little kid and has had this on his bucket list for years and years. We had to wait till basketballs season was over and Garth Brooks took a break after December and just started shows up again this week. We left at a quarter to 5 in the morning on Saturday to fly out of Twin at 6:30. We stopped in SLC and made it to Vegas at 8:45 their time. Casey and I dropped our bags off at the hotel and walked around for a while enjoying the sights, a few stores. We ate at a Guy Fierie's Favertown Sport's kitchen and had some delicious Mexican pizza. Afterwards we went to the museum of Illusion. It was a cool place that the kids would've loved, and we had a fun time doing all of the interactive things it had to offer. We had some ice cream and decided we were done walking for a while. We went and rested in the hotel before we ate an early dinner and made our way to the concert at Cesar's palace. They locked our phones for the concert so no one could video, but we have access to photo's of the show that I'll have to add later. It was such a fantastic show. Casey was in heaven singing along to the songs with the rest of the crowd and soaking in the amazing feeling of seeing his most favorite singer live! Garth told great stories, sang his amazing songs (and more), and we even got a treat by having his wife Trisha Yearwood come out and sing some songs with him / for us! We were seriously beyond ecstatic with the whole performance!! Afterwards I dragged Casey back out among the Vegas Chaos to see the water show in front of the Belagio hotel, then we headed back to the hotel and tried get in a few hours of sleep before we were up at a quarter to 4 to get to the airport for our flights home. We made it home at one this afternoon. This is the first trip Casey and I have taken together since becoming parents. It was definitely a whirlwind of a weekend, and I'll be paying the price for lack of sleep for a few days, but it was 100% worth it, and a truly unforgettable birthday celebration for Casey!
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