Weekend Update

We've had a nice weekend. Adam and Matt have tomorrow off from school so they're extra to have a longer weekend. The boys had a soccer game yesterday morning. One of the moms in our ward started up a mini soccer league because all of the other leagues in town hold their games on Sundays. So, most of the kids ages 4-7 in the ward joined up to have our own soccer league. The rest of the day was devoted to General Conference. Watching conference with children isn't usually quiet or relaxing. Most of the time it's a lesson in patience for me. We do have some type of conference activity and candy to keep the boys entertained and somewhat involved. We had conference bingo for them this time. I remember being Adam's age and watching general conference at our house in San Antonio and thinking, "this is so boring. I don't even understand what they're saying." And even though we heard lots of complaints and said multiple times, "put the ball away and come sit back down", it was nice to spend so much time together as a family. Any other Saturday would have been spent doing chores, errands, etc and we wouldn't have been together as much. Between sessions, Robert took the boys to buy new tennis shoes. We told Adam he has to finally get some tie shoes, not the velcro straps anymore. He struggled with learning to tie his shoes in kindergarten and hasn't wanted to do it since then. We explained that since he's older now it would be easier to learn. And it was. He got it down in just a few tries. Matt even learned how to do it. So, they did spend part of conference tying and retying their shoes. They're both at the age now that they only change shoe-size about once a year. And I've learned, through trial and error, that if we buy the better shoe brands (Skechers, Nike, etc) we only have to buy one pair per year. In the past I bought shoes at Walmart but ended up replacing them every 2-3 months. Now we just need to teach them how to ride bikes. That's for another weekend.