Baseball, Birthdays and Some Other Things.

The last day we were in Wyoming Della didn't seem to be her chipper shelf.
We got home and the next morning she had a burning fever, sore throat and

had zero energy. Same story for Lane.

They both got hit hard with the flu and missed a week of school.

I can't remember the last time we had kids that sick for that long.

It was no fun.

This is her at the end of the week feeling much better!
We went outside to get her some fresh air.

You can see how happy she is to put the flu past her!

The youth put on a Veterans Dinner to honor those who have 

served our country.

Casey asked my cousin Leah if she could come speak.

If you know Leah, you know she is a God and Country- fearing woman!
She once taught History to highschoolers.

She is very involved in politics and her community.

She serves on the Queen Creek town council and volunteers for

sex trafficking organizations. 

She even had red, white and blue for her wedding colors.

It was so nice of her to come speak to us about how we need the Savior

to help us through these hard times our world is seeing today.

Rusty started baseball for his school team.

He did great pitching some games and loved being back out on the field.

I heard a knock at the door at 10pm.

I had a hunch it would be for Lane.

I was right!

He was already in bed so I quietly tried to wake him up to go see 

what was at the door.

He moaned and mumbled then rolled over, even after hearing what it was.

I told him I would take a picture and he gave me a thumbs up.

Ha, boys are so different than girls!

I'm sure most girls would have sprung out of bed with excitement.

His friend Phoebe asked him to WINFO.

I shouldn't be complaining, I ended up with a midnight snack!

Treys parents were out of town so he spent the night at our house.

We put them both in the toy room and it melted my heart to see

them playing a game with the girls.

LANE TURNED 17!!

As you can see, he loves posing for pictures.
Candid shots it was.

Oakley sunglasses, gift cards and candy.

And more money from the grandparents. 

Top golf sure got a lot of business from us!

Rusty had his birthday party.
We went down at 5pm for his event to start.

His friends from school.

Daxton, Cannon, Trygg, Redding and Trey.

After their time was up Casey took them to Andy's, then

to play basketball at the church the rest of the night.

I stayed at Top Golf because Lane showed up with his friends

for his party!

 

I love when I can hit 2 birds with one stone!

He didn't want a big 16th birthday party.

And to be honest, he didn't want this party, either.

The kid hates attention!

But this was a good compromise and I pinky swore I wouldn't sing happy birthday

or make a fuss in public:)