Grizzkids Pizza Party and Hockey Game

Another busy Saturday!!

We delivered cookies for almost 6 straight hours before we finally quit for the day and got ready for the Grizzkids Pizza Party and Hockey Game. If you remember right, last time we went to a hockey game, we signed up our 3 youngest and Taco and Burrito for the kids' hockey club.

They were all so excited when the invitation showed up in our email for the party. Adult tickets were only $10, but Bossy and Gamer decided to sit this one out, so my sweetie and I took the 5 kids and Sport to the game. We had so much fun!

The party started in the Centennial Room with pizza and drinks. There were a couple of players there signing autographs, but the kids were way more excited to see Grizzbee, the mascot, than actual hockey players. When we were finished, we still had about 45 minutes to kill, so we wandered the concourse. The Army booth was a favorite and the kids were given earbuds, water bottles, and pens. They also loved the one with the rescue dog (it had candy, which helped).

We settled into the game with kettle corn and cotton candy. After the 2nd period, Baby Doll was approached about doing a dance-off on camera. Unfortunately, she was bumped for someone who didn't even want to dance, but the MC gave her a cute Grizzlies frame for being a good sport. He also gave something to Taco and Burrito who were her entourage.

We left the game hungry since we had eaten at 5:00 and headed for the Village Inn to use my free coupons. Lots of fun and laughter followed and we ended up taking the grandkids home about 11:30. Tomorrow will be a rough morning, but it was pretty worth it.

The Amazing Crafty!

Today was the first day of dance competitions for Crafty. Her solo was supposed to be the very last one, scheduled for 9:30 pm, but they didn't get to it until about 10:00. Dance competitions are so expensive, especially for solos, and then they charge $7 for admission, so we didn't go to this one even though she was pretty miffed at us for not supporting her.

All ready to go...

We took the kids to the free theater to see Wonder. What a good movie! When we got home about 11:00, she still wasn't here, so I promptly texted her dance teacher. Crafty walked through the door before her teacher even had time to reply and she was carrying a large 1st place trophy for her division, but even more impressive was the ribbon for Exceptional Technique. There were hundreds of girls and only a couple of those ribbons were given out today and she received one of them!

Love that she is skilled in so many things. Can't wait to see what she does next!

CTE Influencer Award

So many amazing things have sort of slipped through the cracks as we concentrated on the wedding last week. Crafty was invited to an awards ceremony at Bingham where she was presented with the CTE Influencer Award for her work in the preschool and as an FCCLA officer.

We went to school early and she was presented with a certificate and a pin. There were 21 students who were honored from a student body of over 2500 students. They snapped pics for the yearbook and then we were given huge cinnamon rolls that were made in the school kitchen. They were pretty tasty!

Crafty has been doing great things this year and I am so proud of her for her hard work and accomplishments.

Bingham Monster Concert

I've been chasing around all day delivering cookies and taking care of kids, so it was actually a pleasure to finally sit down in the auditorium tonight for Sport's Monster Concert. Bingham had both of their feeder schools' bands play, then Bingham, and then all three bands together.

The blond guy sitting down on the left is our own Sport.

I just loved their final number with everyone as they played the Battle Hymn of the Republic. I think I've told you before that I would much rather watch a sporting event than a concert, but this number was so beautiful and stirring that I didn't want it to end.

Sport is still on the fence about playing in the high school band next year, so this was a good chance for him to get to know the director a little better so he can make these hard choices. I can't believe how rapidly the school year is coming to a close. The little kids got off track for the last time this year next week. It will be nice to have them home and not have to worry about homework all the time.


Now if I could just not have to worry about cookies...