Boring update

I somehow got away with hardly taking any pictures this week! But we did do some fun things.

Monday we all rode our bikes to Tyler's piano lesson! It was quite an adventure. Of course I pulled Kelsey and Brigham in the stroller, but even Madison rode her little bike the whole way (1.1 miles each way) and I was so proud of her. She can't go nearly as fast as everyone else with her little legs and little training wheels. But she has so much determination and did it anyway. I also love that we're close enough to do that! I think we're going to make it a tradition. There's a little park just around the corner from it so we played there during his lesson, then he rode down and joined us. That night Madison was so tired she asked me if it was bedtime yet at like 6:30! haha poor thing was worn out.

Tuesday we drove into Anchorage to attend a dance performance from BYU's Living Legends. Thanks to Carmin for getting us free tickets to the event. We had a great time and really enjoyed the show! They do different cultural dances from various places around the world. The very first one was a dance from Samoa, and of course they do a lot of whooping and hollering and yelling. Well it scared the heck out of Brigham and he was terrified! Crying so hard and climbing higher on to me and burying his face in me. Poor thing did not like all the yelling! haha. He has a very sensitive little spirit. :) Because it was downtown, Kenny even came out and saw us and let us use his card to get free parking! After the show we went back to the Sponsellers for a yummy lunch. It's always fun to catch up and spend time there.

Wednesday the kids like coming to the church with me when I have committee meeting cuz they get to run around like crazy in the gym with other kids. At least until about 6:50 when daddy comes and picks them all up :). He always has them taken care of and in bed when Tyler and I get home, and I'm grateful to him for that.

Thursday was a fun day at running group again. The weather was so nice we stayed after for almost an extra hour for them to keep playing.

Friday was also really nice. After school work we did all of our Saturday chores to get them out of the way. They were such good workers and I appreciate their help. Some of them are actually getting to the point where they are helpful! It's a miracle. That afternoon we went to the park for a while, rented a Redbox (night at the museum) and had a fun night-in. I even made yummy brownie bites for the movie. Kenny went to the temple after work so he didn't get to see the kids, but we had a good day.

Saturday I got up at 6 a.m. to go on a 10 mile run! Yikes that was a lot. I'm always pretty drained of energy for the rest of the day on Saturdays because of my long runs, which is no good because there's always so much to do on Saturday! I was pretty proud though because that's the farthest I've ever run, and I'm keeping up with my time goals, which makes me happy. Then Kenny had to go on his long run. I went to the grocery store and got some things done inside. While Briggs took a nap I mowed the lawn which was the first time this year! We spent the rest of the day putting chicken wire up around the chicken coop to keep them contained, and moving it across the yard away from the house. I never would have guessed how many weekends these silly chickens would take up!! Darn birds. But I also never would've guessed how much our kids would love having them. Especially Bryn and Kels. Tyler loves animals, but he mostly loves studying them, and observing them. Brynlee and Kelsey are just never happier than when they are holding and petting and loving on animals. They get it from their dad, no doubt. He is exactly the same way. Anyhow, we grilled some burgers for dinner. Kenny spent the whole evening working on his talk and I had a nice long soak in my bath tub with some Deep Blue oils. My poor legs were giving out on me.

Sunday. Kenny and I had to give talks in Sacrament Meeting today. We were both given conference talks to speak on. Mine was Rosemary M. Wixom's talk on Returning to Faith, while he spoke on The Parable of the Sower. I got a nice Sunday nap while Kenny's been gone doing more visits. I know he's so tired, he'll crash when he gets home. :)