Conference Saturday...

I know, I know... Conference is on Saturday too but this year we decided to take advantage of our DVR (to tape Conference), the beautiful weather, and some quality family time. The morning began with some delicious Dunkin Donuts at the skate park (we had to work off the calories from the donuts... well at least the boys did.... I just sat there consuming calories while taking pictures as usual). Jaxon found a new trick on the scooter which consisted of riding down on his bum with both legs up as he said, "Weeeeeee" all the way down the hill. After skating we decided to head over to Tempe Town Lakes to see a wakeboarding competition Glen Allen had heard about. It wasn't what we were expecting but it turned out to be a great idea. When we got there we saw that the Tempe Music Festival was going on as well. We didn't know that the music festival and the wakeboard thing were together so we decided to park in Lot 59 at ASU and trek over to the lake just for the wakeboarding competition. When we got there, we noticed the place was gated off, but there was no place to buy tickets, which we thought was strange (read below for futher explanation). We found a way in and after watching the wakeboarding for a while we decided to see what the deal was with the music festival and this is when we realized it was all part of the same event. At the music festival we walked around to all the different little booths set up, enjoyed some pizza, and free treats (Dr. Pepper, Mentos, Protein bars, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, etc. ) It felt like an afternoon trip to Costco for "sample time"! :) After getting our snacks we headed back over to watch some more wakeboarding and then called it a day because the boys were exhausted and Glen Allen had to get back for the Priesthood session.

*** On a side note, on the drive home, Glen Allen checked to see how much it was to get into the Music Festival and it was $45 a person (kids were free). Oops!! We got in for FREE!!!

Anyway, the boys of course crashed on the car ride home, but after a quick nap (which obviously wasn't long enough, which I discovered as the night progressed), we dropped Glen Allen off for Priesthood and then the boys and I did the traditional "moms and kids night out" with Grandma and Aunt Lyn. We hit Olive Garden for the "yummy breadsticks and noodles with the creamy white sauce" as Glen David calls it. Then over to the mall for a little shopping which actually turned into a nightmare with both boys. The trip ended about as quickly as it began after I had to make a fool of myself by chasing Glen David around the toy area 3 times as he yelled "I don't want to go home!". After about ripping his arm off, I caught him and drug him to the car crying the whole way. Needless to say, my patience were GONE (which tends to happen quite a bit lately with a 4 year old and a 2 year old).

Although the night didn't end as happily as it had begun... overall it was a really fun day!

The Skate Park adventure! "Weeeeee"!

The boys "giving loves" to each other in the car.

The Wakeboarding Competition

This was towards the end of the afternoon... can you tell by the tears?

Yummm.... Pizza!

.... and Ben & Jerry's!

The boys doing a bean bag toss to win a packet of Mentos!

Playing "swords" with the beads they were given at the music festival... don't quite know how you play swords with beads but they managed to try!

Playing with the footballs they won by spinning the Dr. Pepper wheel.