The kids had spring break the first week of the month. They spent a lot of it at the gym, Landon going mostly in the mornings and Eliza at her usual times. Otherwise, they spent most of the week taking advantage of the warmer spring weather.
Eliza came up to work with Mike
Wednesday morning for a few hours. He had a busy week learning new research
techniques. Hallie babysat Lily and took Lily and Eliza with her to Dr. Phelps
the chiropractor. Lily was not so fond of the noise the table made, and Eliza
received her first adjustment.
In the afternoon Landon had his
biannual appointment with his ADHD doctor. Everything is well, and Landon will
see him again in another six months.
On Thursday, both kids went to
the dentist for an overdue cleaning. Fortunately, they had generally clean
teeth. Landon received sealant on his molars, and Eliza found out that she has
a small cavity due to some crazy little whole in a tooth. Brusha, brusha,
brusha, kiddos! We watched Lily again, and she came to the dentist with us, which
was a lot more fun than going to the chiropractor. We won’t bore you will all
of the rest of the crazy running around we did the rest of the day, most of it
in preparation to be gone for the meets over the weekend.
Friday morning of spring break
week Eliza had a meet in West Jordan at Academy West. Eliza performed well and
had fun, taking a gold medal for her efforts. We're proud of all the hard work she has put in, and we look forward to a couple of meets yet before her season is over.
Hallie made cute little handouts for each of the girls with nail polish, and after the meet most of the team went to lunch at In-N-Out. Love a place that is open for burgers at 10:30 am, and with the rain the kids all got free hot chocolate.
After lunch
we hit the road for Cheyenne, Wyoming, where Landon competed in the Region 9
Meet for his level. We hit snowy weather outside Cheyenne, but otherwise had an
uneventful trip. By the time we got to the hotel, everything was covered in
snow and ice. Brr! The thermometer said it was 19 degrees with a real feel of
0. “Kids, if you left anything in the car it won’t come in until morning.”
Landon and Eliza topped off the long drive to Wyoming with some pool time at
the hotel.
Saturday was mostly spent at or near the hotel. Mike did a bit of work, and the kids got some more pool time (both billiards and swimming). Hallie ran a few errands during the middle of the day when the temps rose a bit. We also met up with Landon’s teammates and their dads for dinner in town that evening. It is great fun getting to know the boys outside of the gym and a joy getting to know the parents as well.
Sunday morning, Landon competed bright and early. He placed eighth in Still Rings and Floor and got 12th place all around out of thirty-seven. Not too shabby! We look forward to seeing continued improvement next year. It may not sound like a big deal, but when his coach reminds us that last season he was competing two levels lower and that the beginning of the season meets were pretty rough for Landon, we are very proud of him! Landon has worked really hard this season and has shown much improvement.
After the meet, we headed home. We got a variety of weather on our trip, and like most of Landon’s other teammates we had to stop at Little America and most importantly get a soft serve ice cream cone for 75 cents.
Monday morning dawned too early for everyone, but we made it through that too. Mike started participating in a study on stress reduction techniques today. He’ll walk on a treadmill three days a week and get paid (a very small amount) for it. This plus a three-part series in mindfulness meditation should help him find his mellow place. Speaking of mellow places, while Hallie got an iron infusion, she had a serene view of the mountains from the hospital.
Landon will now start training to compete at Level 7 later this year, and he also got accepted into Future Stars. Summer will not be much of a vacation for him with practices Monday through Friday 9:00 – 1:00. Eliza is not far behind with gym three days a week, and the two will only overlap by 30 minutes. The gym will be our new summer home. Can someone build Hallie a bedroom at AirTime?
Hallie got involved in helping Mothers without Borders by labeling a bunch of return envelopes. Eliza helped out too by giving Mom the labels to affix to the envelopes. Hallie’s friend Sarena from gym also helped out a bit. We did close to 3,000 envelopes in about three afternoons – quite a feat!
On Friday, Mike celebrated his birthday with some wild weather. We got snow in the morning which melted by the afternoon. Mike spent the morning volunteering at school before spending some time with Hallie after her work and then watching the kids at the gym for a bit before running up to a car dealership to look at cars. While we have appreciated having the Oldsmobile, it’s time for a newer-to-us car. After spending some time researching options, Hallie found a minivan she thought would work for us, so we took a look. We ended the day with cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes, ice cream, and The Greatest Showman. In all, it was a great day for Mike to be with family.
Saturday morning, Hallie took Eliza to the car dealership while Landon stayed home with Mike while he did some work. We made getting the car a bit of a surprise for the two of them.
Later, the boys joined the girls, and we completed the buying process before going to La Brioche for a day-after-birthday lunch of Argentine cuisine. Yumm-o! Mike enjoyed seeing the wide variety of South American sundries there but lamented at how much more the yerba mate costs relative to what he has paid in California and Michigan.
With the car buying process taking slightly longer than we figured (which is not unheard of), Eliza was a bit late to a birthday party of a teammate from gym. While Eliza was at the birthday party, the boys went and saw Ready Player One and both seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. Having leftover birthday cake sure is a treat.
For the next few days, we’ll be a three-car family until the Utah Humane Society takes the Olds into the loving care of owner number three. We wish them well.
In an unusual turn of events, our schedule for church changed, and we now go starting at 1:00 pm. The later time is a mixed blessing. We get a more casual start to the day, which we like, and with the days getting longer it doesn’t quite feel like the day is gone by the time we get home. Hallie has a new calling as Relief Society chorister, a perfect calling for Hallie at this time, especially with the traveling we have done this year. Eliza and Hallie went to choir after church, and it is not something Eliza will be joining Hallie in the future.
Saturday was mostly spent at or near the hotel. Mike did a bit of work, and the kids got some more pool time (both billiards and swimming). Hallie ran a few errands during the middle of the day when the temps rose a bit. We also met up with Landon’s teammates and their dads for dinner in town that evening. It is great fun getting to know the boys outside of the gym and a joy getting to know the parents as well.
Sunday morning, Landon competed bright and early. He placed eighth in Still Rings and Floor and got 12th place all around out of thirty-seven. Not too shabby! We look forward to seeing continued improvement next year. It may not sound like a big deal, but when his coach reminds us that last season he was competing two levels lower and that the beginning of the season meets were pretty rough for Landon, we are very proud of him! Landon has worked really hard this season and has shown much improvement.
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| (This is how the boys' sisters keep themselves occupied during competition -- gymnastics 'dos!) |
After the meet, we headed home. We got a variety of weather on our trip, and like most of Landon’s other teammates we had to stop at Little America and most importantly get a soft serve ice cream cone for 75 cents.
Monday morning dawned too early for everyone, but we made it through that too. Mike started participating in a study on stress reduction techniques today. He’ll walk on a treadmill three days a week and get paid (a very small amount) for it. This plus a three-part series in mindfulness meditation should help him find his mellow place. Speaking of mellow places, while Hallie got an iron infusion, she had a serene view of the mountains from the hospital.
Landon will now start training to compete at Level 7 later this year, and he also got accepted into Future Stars. Summer will not be much of a vacation for him with practices Monday through Friday 9:00 – 1:00. Eliza is not far behind with gym three days a week, and the two will only overlap by 30 minutes. The gym will be our new summer home. Can someone build Hallie a bedroom at AirTime?
Hallie got involved in helping Mothers without Borders by labeling a bunch of return envelopes. Eliza helped out too by giving Mom the labels to affix to the envelopes. Hallie’s friend Sarena from gym also helped out a bit. We did close to 3,000 envelopes in about three afternoons – quite a feat!
On Friday, Mike celebrated his birthday with some wild weather. We got snow in the morning which melted by the afternoon. Mike spent the morning volunteering at school before spending some time with Hallie after her work and then watching the kids at the gym for a bit before running up to a car dealership to look at cars. While we have appreciated having the Oldsmobile, it’s time for a newer-to-us car. After spending some time researching options, Hallie found a minivan she thought would work for us, so we took a look. We ended the day with cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes, ice cream, and The Greatest Showman. In all, it was a great day for Mike to be with family.
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| (Nice hat hair, dude!) |
Saturday morning, Hallie took Eliza to the car dealership while Landon stayed home with Mike while he did some work. We made getting the car a bit of a surprise for the two of them.
Later, the boys joined the girls, and we completed the buying process before going to La Brioche for a day-after-birthday lunch of Argentine cuisine. Yumm-o! Mike enjoyed seeing the wide variety of South American sundries there but lamented at how much more the yerba mate costs relative to what he has paid in California and Michigan.
With the car buying process taking slightly longer than we figured (which is not unheard of), Eliza was a bit late to a birthday party of a teammate from gym. While Eliza was at the birthday party, the boys went and saw Ready Player One and both seemed to enjoy it quite a bit. Having leftover birthday cake sure is a treat.
For the next few days, we’ll be a three-car family until the Utah Humane Society takes the Olds into the loving care of owner number three. We wish them well.
In an unusual turn of events, our schedule for church changed, and we now go starting at 1:00 pm. The later time is a mixed blessing. We get a more casual start to the day, which we like, and with the days getting longer it doesn’t quite feel like the day is gone by the time we get home. Hallie has a new calling as Relief Society chorister, a perfect calling for Hallie at this time, especially with the traveling we have done this year. Eliza and Hallie went to choir after church, and it is not something Eliza will be joining Hallie in the future.
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