Monster Trucks and Basketball

Sometimes I really wonder what we would do without Mike.

He hangs out with us when we're bored, runs errands with me, goes on walks with us, and my boys adore him!  Every time Bridger hears the garage door open, he goes running for the door yelling "MIKE!  MIKE!"  Now that we don't all fit in one car, he cries for Mike when we meet somewhere instead of Mike riding with us.

Last week on Friday, Mike called and said that he was going to a Monster Truck Rally with his friend Mike and his kids.  Friend Mike's daughter couldn't come so they had an extra ticket and he wanted to know if Saxon would want to go.  Of course Saxon wanted to go.  He was SO EXCITED!  Well, Bridger realized that Saxon was going with Mike and he was devastated!  He sat at the bottom of the stairs crying "me want Mike!"  When Mike got to our house, he said that he would take Bridger too and just keep him on his lap.  Both boy promised not to tantrum or ask for anything, and took off with Mike without looking back.  When they got home, both boys had had the time of their lives and couldn't stop talking about it.  It once again reaffirmed that Mike is their favorite person!

Then, Mike text me on Thursday night to say that the Utah Flash were playing on Friday and to see if we wanted to go.  We met Mike and Jeff & Meg at the China Buffet (Mike and Jeff's favorite Friday night dinner) and then met Mike's friend Mike and his family at the Flash game at half-time.  It turns out that going at half-time was perfect!  My kids can only handle about half a game, and parking was free and so were the tickets.  A lot of people had left already since the Flash were getting killed, and so the kids had plenty of room to run around. The Flash ended up pulling it together and won in overtime.  It was a fun game for us, and the kids got to run around with friends, so it was a fun game for them!

Bridger was being so silly!  He kept giving me his cheesy smile and he kept trying to talk Megan into showing him her babies.  He tried to lift up her shirt to find them, and then he tried to open her belly with a key.  He is so excited to meet his new baby cousins.

Saxon asked me on the way to the game "Is Jeff having 5 girls or 6 girls?  Oh yeah, probably just 9 girls."  It was so funny!  He spent the whole time at the game playing with his friends and loving every minute of it!

Dalton spent most of the game on Megan's lap and loved every minute of it!