How Zach Spent his Birthday

Our weeknights are pretty much crazy. Our nights are filled with football, soccer, gymnastics, scouts, activity days, young mens and that's just the kids schedules! Well, yesterday was Zach's 14th birthday, and it was spent doing the same crazy schedule. I did my best to try to embarass him yesterday by going to his school while he was in class and putting a goody bag in his locker. Kris told me no balloons, so I kept it simple. I think I would have to try pretty hard to embarass Zach. He still thinks his parents are cool, I think! Anyways, he came home and got to open one present with just me present, then we had a quick dinner and carted him off to his football scrimmage, then I took Hayley up to gymnastics to drop her off, then back down to Zach's scrimmage game. Kris left the scrimmage a little early to go pick up Hayley, and then we all ended up meeting at home around 8 pm for the rest of his presents and cake and ice cream, all while trying to get homework packets done. Don't even ask about baths for the younger kids, we are lucky to squeeze 2 to 3 baths a week in! I think in a couple of weeks our weeknights will be less chaotic once football and soccer are done. As for his birthday, I think he had a great one, and he got what he asked for, no surprises! Happy Birthday Zach!

High School Football

Football season has started, and that usually involves Zach's games and games from the local high schools. Previously we were Viewmont Vikings fans (high school that the kids will go to), but most of the kids in our area are Davis Darts fans. The football program at Viewmont has been pretty bad the last couple of years, so Zach has decided to switch teams, at least for now. High school is still 2 years away, so we will see where he decides to go then. (Did I just say high school is just two years away?! Holy crap!) Anyways, this last weekend, there was a big game at the University of Utah between Alta (my high school) and Bingham (my dad's school he taught at and Zach and Hayley were Mini Miners - preschool - there). We decided to take the kids to the game, and since the Bingham side was closer to the entrance, and everyone but me wanted to cheer for the highly favored Bingham team, we sat on that side. Zach ran into some friends and took off to hang with them, while the rest of us sat in the family section and enjoyed the game. Unfortunately, my team, Alta, ended up losing, but I kind of knew that going in. Everyone had a blast, and I felt like an aged teenager trying to relive my past.