Megan had an orchestra concert this week!  She did great!  It was so fun to hear her play.

We sat in the front row.  That meant that I could see Megan really great -- and the cellos, but none of the rest of the orchestra.  Ha!  Oh well.  It was worth it to see Megan.  Grandma and Grandpa Gazdik came and me and Kevin and Cheyenne and Bethany.  Meg is really progressing on the violin and sounding great.  She is even starting to enjoy it.  It's a lovely thing.

Other than that, we had a lot of basketball games, of course.  It was Sarah's last week of regular league play for her team so I tried to make it to both of her games.  I made it for at least 3 quarters of each game.  It was great fun to watch her play.  She is very tough and can stand strong even when there is a LOT of pushing going on under the basket.  She usually is the one with the ball when the dust clears, too.  It's been a lot of fun watching her play this season.  Her team has a tournament next week and then that's the end!

That is actually her in the blue in this very blurry picture!

Mariah had games on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.  She won all of them.  Because of her?  Uh . . . yah, actually.  Probably!  Actually, they probably wouldn't have won without their Dad's awesome coaching on Saturday.  He's really rising to the challenge of coaching this private team and learning a lot on the internet.

Here he is even managing to fit in a quick Sodoku game after he made dinner and set the table last Sunday.  Isn't he great?

Cali and Cheyenne had games on Monday and Thursday.  They are sure giving it their all!  The people they guard can't even see the court, let alone if the ball is coming their way!  They are persistent.

Megan had a game just on Thursday and no reffing this week!  It was a lot easier of a week for her than last week.  Although, their basketball game was not easy.  They encountered a new defense, according to Kevin (I was at C&C's game) and couldn't figure out how to get around it.  Kevin is on it, though, and by the time they play this team again, he is going to have a plan. . .

Bethany had preschool two days this week and ballet on one day.  I went to the gym one day to practice shooting and brought Beth and Ben with me.  They played with some extra balls.  Bethany named her ball, "Orangie," and she cheered for it to win in races against Ben's ball.  Everything is something she can nurture -- even inanimate objects.

Ben is even more obsessed with Umizoomi than he was last time we talked.  He watches it at least five times a day and can't be talked into watching or doing anything else.  When he does play on his own, he can be heard singing, "Super shapes!"  Or saying, "We're gonna save the day!"  He has very definite opinions about what clothes he'll wear.  For instance, I bought him some new fuzzy, footed pajamas -- you know the kind that are so soft when you first buy them, but after several children, they're just kind of thin and unimpressive.  Do you think he would wear them?  Crazy kid!  I love him, though.  After dinner the other night, he climbed up on the back of my chair and then twisted around to give me a kiss -- snotty nose and all!  "I love you, Mommy," he said.  Is that awesome or what?

He does occasionally also play on the ipad.  He's getting really good at the puzzles!

Savannah started an ACT prep class this Saturday at BYU.  It will last eight weeks and be every Saturday morning.  She is not at all looking forward to it.  Poor girl.  She is tough, though, and is doing it because she knows it will help.  Hopefully it won't be too miserable!