Family Togetherness Week

Well, so far so good. We have made it thru two days of Family Togetherness week. My kids informed me that we are the ONLY family doing this. I said "no sir, I know Bishop Layton's family is doing it, Pres Riggs and Pres Derricks." They said "ok, then that makes the total up to 4 families." They are such TEENAGERS!

Well, Monday night we went to Michelle's softball game. Their team lost but Michelle scored 2 runs and got a couple of people out. She played first base. Then we came home, gulped down some dinner and wrote letters to the 6 missionaries that we know, 4 are nephews. Two more nephews will be going out within 2 more months.

Last night we went on a treasure hunt. We got mapquest directions to different locations. We started from home and traveled to Imax at AZ Mills Mall where we watched a 3-D movie on the Grand Canyon. It was made by some tree hugger people. The scenery was amazing and there were some exciting times going down the rapids. The kids all loved it. Spencer made sure they realized that we didn't agree with the "tree hugger" parts. We also used some coupons so it wasn't too expensive.

From there we ended up at Costco for the $1.50 hot dog - drink combo for dinner. From there we went to the dollar store and they all got $1.08 in change to spend on whatever they liked. I was really surprised that the older kids were just as excited as the younger ones. This is what they bought.

Brad used his dollar plus some of his hard earned money to buy glow sticks. He plans on using

them at Halloween or on a date.

Shannon bought, what else......make up....lip gloss.

Michelle got a rubiks cube.

( I don't know how long it will last since it is from the $1 store)

Rachel got ... make up. (She is trying to be like her big sistes.)

I told her she could only wear it when she was home playing.

Jenna..... silly nut that is so NOT like her sisters, got a dart gun! YES!!

I was so sad I forgot to take the camera so I could get a picture of everyone in their 3-D glasses. Shucks! So I'll post the rest of the week's activities later. Tonight we get to go watch Jenna and Rachel in their tumbling class. (You know how excited Brad and Shannon are about that!) he he