Saturday, July 3rd

Happy Birthday Karen! We were hoping the Wilkinson's would be able to fly down here for the holiday weekend, but I think they are going to Cinti. next week. Maybe sometime later this summer they will come and visit. Barr's sister, Emily, brought Logan down earlier this week for a few days of Disneyland. It was fun visiting with them. The timing wasn't great since Brigham had cubscout camp everyday. I let him skip Wednesday since it looked like Logan was just going to be hanging out here for the morning. We took them to the pool for a few hours and I think they had fun playing together. Although Ben hid Logan's flip flops on top of the garbage can trying to be funny and the grounds crew must have thrown them away. I could tell Ben felt bad, but how many times does a kid have to make stupid choices before they learn? I told him not to hide them. It's like he feels like he has to do things like that to stand out or get attention. I wish he felt comfortable enough with himself and others to just be normal. To play with or hang out with other kids and not have to cause a scene or hurt someone. For the most part, he's a good kid. He's still learning though to think about how his actions and words affect other people. I sometimes worry about Brigham's self esteem with an older brother always putting him down. It's a vicious cycle since that just causes Brigham to be more annoying to Ben. They'll all love each other when they're older, right?

This morning is a bi-ward Fun run and Family activities. Barr and I will do the 5K race at 8:00 and the kids will do the 1K at 9:00. Since the July 4th festivities are all on Sunday this year, I think this was a great idea so that we don't feel like we're missing out on all the fun because we are trying to keep the Sabbath day holy.

Yesterday I took the kids to the movies. The boys saw, Avatar: the Last Airbender. Brittany and I went to Eclipse. Definitely made for the young teenage girl audience. She loved it. I found myself rolling my eyes and getting annoyed at all the drama and the never ending love triangle that's been going on for all 3 movies now. Brigham's friend, Reese, was there with his family and some friends. I was wishing I wasn't so cheap and that I would have just bought the kids the $8 popcorn and $5 sodas. I was embarrassed that his friends sat by him with his can of Sprite from home and his baggie of popcorn and Snickers bar and licorice hidden in his pocket! I don't know if he cared. Is it wrong to sneak snacks from home into the movies? Brigham asked me that as I was packing things in my purse to take. I guess since we have to hide it, it's probably not the right thing to do. I justify it by saying I'm paying $10 a ticket already. I'm not going to spend another $30 on snacks. That would be $70 just to take 4 of us to a movie! They only say "not outside food or drink" so that you have to spend more money. Is that bad? Would the prophet sneak a candy bar in?

I better get ready for the race...