Then on Monday we went to Red Robin and Cold Stone 
as part of the birthday club. The only thing we had to pay for was whatever I ate. It was great! I think we'll start doing this every year. There are so many restaurants that offer a free meal on or around your birthday.
Thayne's Young Men won the stake basketball tournament so we went to a minor league game with them tonight. The YM were the only people in the North bleachers at the beginning of the game. We moved to a more prime location quickly after the game started and we realized how small the crowd was (probably about 200 people).
The funny part is that only a couple of the boys on the team are members. One of the boys recruited his friends to come play. They're a good group of boys and had a lot of success and fun this year. Personally, I'm always a little relieved when basketball season ends. Thayne has a big calling on Sundays and Wednesday nights but during basketball season he is also gone a lot of Saturday mornings helping to coach the team.
We both love working with the youth. However, recently I was released and put in the primary. I really miss the girls but primary is a lot easier and less time intensive (Wednesday nights were tough on Tyson). Tyson and I are loving primary. Since Thayne is still the Young Men president, we still get to see the Young Women a lot too.Here's a video of lil' Tyson going down a slide at Splash Lagoon. So cute! He would come up with the biggest smile on his face. We really had to keep an eye on him. He was not afraid of the water at all.
and Tuesday we headed to Erie to hit up Splash Lagoon (basically an indoor 7 peaks). We stayed through Wednesday and had so much fun. Tyson loved the water. Come visit us and we can take another trip to Splash Lagoon.
Jackie LaMacchia was baptized last week. Thayne has been hometeaching Jackie's family since we moved here and Jackie asked Thayne to baptize her. It was fun to be a part of Jackie's baptism. Poor Tyson caught the flu bug the same day and was dragged all over the place even though he had a 101.9 temperature. He wanted to be held constantly and would just whine in pain. Poor little guy.
This is a picture of our basement when our sewer backs up. I didn't know that you had to have your pipes cleaned occasionally. Well, now I know.
Now Thayne didn't enjoy writing, compiling, brainstorming, presenting, or most other parts of this research journey but he did put a lot of effort in to it and gave it his best. He came home last night and told me that he had won a trip to present his research. He didn't look very excited but I was instantly excited b/c now that I'm a stay at home mom it means that we can probably go with him. I told him that we could go with him and he cheered up a bit and then I looked over the paperwork and told him the possible different places we could go. There are 4 students that won a trip and they were told that they had to decide amongst themselves who got which trip. The possible trips were to New York City, Memphis, Hawaii, and somewhere that hadn't been decided yet. He, of course, wanted Hawaii but felt that because of his personality he probably wouldn't get that trip. I talked him into talking to the other students and asking them to draw straws or something else similar to that to decide who got to do what. Well, Thayne called me at lunch today and told me that we are GOING TO HAWAII!!!! He was contacted by the professor in charge and told that he had the top marks from the judges so he got first choice!!!! I'm so happy that his hard work has paid off. Mom and Tyson will definitely sacrifice their time to go to Hawaii with Daddy! Dr. Thayne has also started seeing patients. Yay!! It's exciting, fun, and a bit nerve-wracking. 
