Grandaddy Comes to Town

We were so excited to have Grandaddy in town this weekend.  Scott saw that UGA was playing UK in basketball on Saturday so he asked Dad if he could get tickets and come up and go with him and the boys. He flew in on Friday afternoon and we hung out at the house that night.  The next morning he was able to go see Owen and Parker's basketball games before heading down to Lexington for the game.  We went to church and then hung out a little before he had to leave Sunday afternoon.

Addie LOVES Grandaddy!!!  When she was about 9 mos. old, Dad came and watched her and the boys (mom and Donna came for parts too but Dad was there the whole time) for a week or more while Scott and I went to Hawaii.  I think they really bonded because Addie just adores him.  Dad came while Addie was at preschool so he went with me to pick her up.  As soon as she saw him she got the biggest smile and ran into his arms - so cute.  As soon as we got home she stole him away to play with just her in her room.  He played a lot of dollhouse and read who knows how many books.

The boys (and especially Scott) loved going to the game with Dad.  They got to eat at Cracker Barrel which is always a hit.  They said there were only about 10 UGA fans including themselves at the game.  They were also saying how nice all the UK old men working the game were.  

 We had so much fun having him here, the only thing that would have made it better is if Grandmama could have come too!

Pine Wood Derby

Parker had his 1st Pinewood Derby last night.  He has been so excited about it.  Since Scott and I aren't woodworkers, it was nice that one of the men in the ward (Troy Christensen) offered up his tools and help one Saturday afternoon.  Parks and Scott cut it out and then spray painted it blue and Scott put the wheels on it.  Parker really wanted it to be a BYU car so we ordered some stickers which didn't show up until the day of the race - that was stressful!

We wanted Parker's car to be his so he did all the decorating.  It turned out great.  He put windows and headlights on it and I think he was really proud of it.  Here he is putting the finishing touches on it.

We really tried to prepare Parks for the fact that he would probably come in last place because lots of the Dad's get really into it and are good at building this kind of stuff.  Scott has such a great way of making everything funny so Parker was fully prepared to come in last and he didn't seem to mind it because Scott had been joking about it so much.  It was funny on the way to the race he was going through everyone in this group saying why they would probably beat him and the reasons were "Adam will probably beat me because his Dad has tools" and "Isaac will probably beat me because his Dad has tools and he knows how to use them."  So funny.  Here's Parker right before the race.

 The competitors!

He came in last in his first race, then second in his second race and FIRST in his third race (and second place in all the rest of the races - they had 6).  It was very exciting. He ended up tying for second place in his division.  They only had one second place ribbon and since it was a tie he went home with the third place ribbon but I told him I'd get him a second place one.

 He came in second!!!

 Some of his buddies.

 Each boy got an award at the end of the night and there were some pretty random ones but Parker got "Fastest Looking Design" which was cool.

Unfortunately, Scott couldn't be here because he's in Minneapolis all week but Parker told him all about it on the way home.  He went to bed last night talking about what his car was going to look like next year - a bear car since he'll be a bear then.  Tonight life is great in Parker's world! - and mine.

Owen & Addison

Owen and Addie fight a lot.  I'm sure some of it is because they are together the most.  But today when I went to pick them up at the child center at the gym, they were in the little gym in the back and Owen was teaching Addie how to do a  bounce pass.  I watched them for a while without them knowing it.  It was so cute.  I love seeing those moments of them being friends!

Rock Climbing

Today the kids were out of school for MLK day so I wanted to take them somewhere to get some energy out.  Lots of the bouncy house places were to capacity so we headed over to Lifetime Fitness with a friend and her kids.  The boys went rock climbing.  They loved it!  I don't know why we haven't done this before, especially since it's free.

Here's Parker

 And Owen