Sunday Evening Walks

We like to go on walks on Sunday evenings. Sometimes the whole family comes along. Sometimes we walk around our neighborhood. Sometimes we drive to a location and then start walking. Sometimes the kids ride their scooters. Sometimes a parent will walk home fast and return with the van to pick up the rest. Sometimes we see ticks. Sometimes we take pictures. Sometimes we get mosquito bites. Sometimes we hear a rattlesnake. Sometimes we read the scriptures on our drive home. Sometimes we get annoyed with others on the walk. Sometimes we have brilliant conversations. Sometimes we return home ready to sleep. Sometimes we get chased by geese. Sometimes we see deer.

This week we all walked together along a damned up portion of the Boise River (we parked at Discovery Park and walked towards Sandy Point). Roderic offered to give Beatrix a ride on his back which was nice since Mom and Dad wouldn't carry her. Leo practiced his photography skills by taking a photo of Ryan and I (with Dash). Sometimes the kids drink all of Mom's water.

Cheering for Family

One aspect of family life that I just love is cheering on the members of my family when they are performing and competing.  I want my children to cheer each other on in all of their activities.  We attend concerts, recitals, plays, track meets, soccer games, baseball games, Pack Meetings, Courts of Honor and cheer for the family member participating.

This past Tuesday, Sabrina performed with a vocal ensemble "Off Topic" in the Acapella Fusion High School Vocal Contest.  We took the whole family. It was at the Morrison Center on the BSU campus. The contest was decided by popular vote of the audience.  Everyone in our family voted for Off Topic - they sang well and even had some audience participation.  When the results were read and Off Topic did not place in the top 3, Beatrix was sobbing. Loudly.  "But, I wanted Sabrina to win!" It took several minutes to calm her down.

Maybe we're taking the whole cheering for family to an extreme, but I'm glad Beatrix loves listening to her sister perform!

Here is Off Topic performing their set.  Unfortunately, the video camera ran out of space and stopped recording right before Sabrina's scat solo at the end of the second song. Happily I also used my voice recorder, so we do have audio of that solo.  However it is not the same quality or volume.