A week of fun in Payson!!

When Marilyn, Matt, Kolton, Lexi & Jensen went on a cruise................................

Grandma got to stay with Oakley & Addi in Payson and what a fun and crazy week it was!!!!. I arrived to find that Marilyn had left 5 pages of notes outlining the week's activities. Up bright and early every day, the kids got ready for school, Oakley practiced the piano, they ate breakfast, and then they caught the school bus (except for the days that they talked grandma into driving them to school). After school there was alway homework and reading and multiple activities.

Oakley had Karate.......
and piano lessons.........
and Cub Scouts!!!!
Addi had practice for a dance program. She had to get completely dressed and hair fixed for the practice. Thankfully, Marilyn had made arrangements for a neighbor to fix her hair and put on her make-up for the practice and the actual performance.

And then came the night of the performance. Oakley picked out some flowers to give to Addi afterwards to tell her "good job". It really was an amazing program!!!!!

The next night we met Noelle & Trent and the kids at Jump On It. We had lots of fun with some very cute kids!!!!!

On Saturday Addi got dressed in her "Princess" dress and we went to the Princess Academy!
We got to hang out with some beautiful princesses all day.

They event taught the young girls how to walk like princesses.

And then they got to go on a train ride.

And they had some projects for the girls to do.

Here's Addi with Princess Emily!!
It was a very fun day for Addi to be with some of her favorite princesses!!

On Sunday, we got together for dinner after everyone was out of church.

Dinner was topped off with Josh's famous cheesecake. Yummy!!!! And so fun to spend time with the family that live in Utah Valley!!!!

Lyman Girls Weekend (spa extravaganza)

A few years ago, Noelle started a new family tradition of having a girl's weekend once a year, where all the girls in the family get together (no boys allowed) for a few days of fun. This year our invitations said: "Come get pampered at our 3rd annual Lyman girls weekend (spa extravaganza), Feb. 24th-26th at Noelle and Scout's house!!

We came from near and far and met up at Noelle's house. Our first activity for our weekend of being pampered was for the "moms" to go to dinner at La Jolla Groves. The "daughters" stayed at Noelle's and had pizza & popcorn and watched a movie. The moms enjoyed a very delicious meal at La Jolla Groves. Yummy!!!!!





And then the real party began............spots were chosen, blankets were spread out and a movie was turned on.

After breakfast on Saturday morning, the days activities included, manicures and pedicures.......

CRAFTS!!!!!
and sewing skirts.

And of course, lots of food (topped off with this yummy chocolate fountain)!!!!!

And then it was time for our annual "girls weekend" auction. This year's auction included spa items such as: lotions, emery boards, sweet fragrances, etc. The hottest item of the night seemed to be "Wisps". Kristi was the lucky one to end up with this prize.
For those who don't know what wisps are, here is a definition: A disposable mini-toothbrush with a breath freshening bead that allow you to have a clean, fresh mouth with no water or rinsing!!
Once again, everyone spread out the blankets, put in a movie and were soon asleep.
After enjoying a delicious breakfast, everyone had to pack up and head home. We had an awesome girl's weekend. Thank you so much Noelle. Looking forward to our 4th annual next year.