The Pearson Project

Monday, August 18

Simon went to the "Swing for the Kids" golf tournament today. It's a benefit tournament for Primary Children's Medical Center. They had a rescued golden eagle there and Simon got to pet it! So cool!

 

Sunday, August 17

This little tiny booklet is causing great stress and anxiety in my life. :) I am a Family History Consultant in my ward and at our last family history meeting with the bishop, he asked if Simon and I might be willing to teach a combined lesson on the 5th Sunday this month. By "combined lesson", he meant the WHOLE ward other than the primary! Yikes!! In preparation for our lesson, we are trying to fill out these booklets about our most recent 4 generations. They will be the main focus of our lesson in a couple of weeks.

 

 

 

Saturday, August 16

We spent the whole day outside today! I started working on the weeds in the backyard (yep, they're back). Dave and Simon worked on the basement for a bit while Viv and I transplanted flowers from her yard to mine. I also got on a roll pulling weeds in the front flower beds and finally got it all done just before dark. We took a break at dinnertime to go to our ward picnic. They do a huge slip-n-slide down the hill in the park. The kids and adults loved it! Dave & Viv joined us for the party too. It's been a really good day!

 

 

Friday, August 15

Jenni and I were so domestic today...jam it! Grandma Howard bought us each a case of raspberries (straight from Bear Lake) so we worked away making them into raspberry freezer jam. It was a lot of work but so worth it for a year worth of jam. Yay! I love having this done!!

 

 

Thursday, August 14

Girl's Night Out. Wahoo! Tonight was Bunco at Celeste's house. Melanie made these amazing Neapolitan cupcakes with strawberry ice cream float frosting. They were even more delicious than they look! I set some sort of new record by sitting at the same table in the exact same seat for the entire evening! I won the booby-prize by a long shot with only 48 points. The winner had 131 points! Yikes! Despite my horrible luck, it was a fun night! 

 

 

Wednesday, August 13

Zacky and I had a rough day. He threw a bunch Kendra's little plastic beads all over the family room, entryway, and hallway. When I asked him to pick them up, he threw an absolute fit about it and ended up falling asleep trying to pick them up. I was trying to clean the house at the time and threatened (to no avail) to vacuum them up. Ultimately, he got help from Kendra and Nick after school and they helped pick them up. Thank heaven for siblings that take pity on little tiny people with really big attitudes.