Monday, September 6, 2021
Dear Elder Schenewark,
Tuesday night found Dad and I at the high school football field with Sawyer, watching GMS and AMS in a football scrimmage. Half the field was for the seventh grade teams, and half was for the 8th grade. Apparently before we arrived, as we were dropping Breyer off for her volleyball practice, Miller's A team was on the field first, and he ran two times, as quarterback, for two touchdowns. Those are the only two plays he participated in. Those were the only two touchdowns for either grade among all 12 teams (A, B, C 7th-8th grade AMS/GMS). Miller also played in a few defensive plays, and had a nice tackle of the quarterback for a loss. The head varsity football coach approached Miller and told him he would like him to play for him next year. Miller just said "Okay." But he has told us multiple times he's not playing football. Dad and I lasted about thirty minutes, and left, the 100 plus degree heat, metal seats, and turf field making the environment more than sweltering. Sawyer hung out in the air conditioned volleyball gym until he finished.
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
I apologize for not getting a letter out in a timely manner. It was a very busy weekend, and I never sat down to type.
Sawyer wanted to have a game night and it evolved into a Labor Day party, Monday. We had eight high school kids, two middle school kids, and one very cute elementary school kid playing games outside (KanJam, Kubb, corn hole, basketball) and inside (darts, Just One, couch, Twister).
I set up a mimosa bar, the nonalcoholic kind, where the kids could make their own concoction. There was a cooler full of Sonic ice, and orange juice, cranbury juice, lemonade, raspberry lemonade, 7-Up, and sparkling water. There were also cut up pieces of pineapple, strawberries and raspberries.
For lunch we had our signature natural casing beef hot dogs and bratwursts, buns or wraps, potato salad, coleslaw, lots of chips, and a veggie tray. Later on towards evening we set up a fondue selection of marshmallows, homemade Rice Krispy treats made by your cute elementary school kid, strawberries and bananas. Also a big hit and again, suggested by your cute elemetary school kid.
While Miss B was excited to help set up for the party, she wanted to help Sawyer mow. He was using the tractor and weed whipping. Unfortunately, she ran over the sprinkler head, so we have our very own Old Faithful in the backyard. How can you get mad when she was trying to help? I couldn't. But I am a little frustrated trying to get someone to call me back.
We were going to make brownies, but discovered the heating sensor or thermometer must be out, as everything gets burned. The oven heats up to tremendously high levels and then flashes an error code. The oven is original to the house, so 13 years later it probably needs to be replaced not fixed. It's been on our radar this year.
And the third strike - the dishwasher broke. It too generates high heat, but no water is moving. Nothing like dirty dishes that have been heated and dried three times for me to realize it's not working. I was going to send Jarrod out for a dish drain but after taking out all the dirty dishes realized I could use the dishwasher. The last loads in the dishwasher were all the sacrament trays Miller brought home Sunday. I'm very grateful we pushed those through on Sunday.
Thank you for your patience!
Love listening to you talk. Sometimes I just close my eyes and absorb your voice for a minute. By the way, Miller found your section of the closet and has decided to try a few of your shirts out when he's required to dress up for football. He found his own flamingo shorts, and paired it with your shirt, and used your toucan shirt with black shorts. Thanks in advance for sharing!
Love,
Mom
