Happy It Happened: Week 4

Another week has come and gone, and here I am to gush about Nicky again. I know things have been very “Nicky heavy” around here lately, but it suits my current life phase, and I don’t think I’ll ever regret documenting these memories. Hang tight. Someday I’ll have something new to write about. In the meantime, here are our “happy it happened” moments from this week:

We had our traditional “familyversary”’dinner. We have been married for 22 years! 

Right as we were sitting down to eat, I opened the fridge and can of Coke Zero rolled out, fell to the floor, burst open, and started spraying the entire kitchen as well as my face. It was like a hose. I couldn’t open my eyes! 

Needless to say, we will be finding Coke splatters for the next two years, I’m sure.

On Wednesday, Nicky’s friend Addie opened her mission call (she’s the first of the girls in Nicky’s group to get her call).

Last week at the high school was senior week, so each day there was a senior activity. On Thursday the seniors played kick ball against the teachers and lost, so the teachers got to chalk them.

Scotty and I were at the school for another event, so we popped in to watch kick ball for a while. 

On Thursday, we reserved Nicky so we could take him on his (possibly) last “kid date” before his mission. We went to dinner at Red Iguana and then we went to the Conference Center. We wanted to go to the Tabernacle Choir rehearsal, which started at 7:30, but we got there early, so we asked the missionaries if we could go to the roof.

We chatted with some Sister missionaries and got some photos. Then we went back inside for the rehearsal. Nicky slept through a lot of it, but I didn’t wake him up because I knew he was still somehow enjoying it. When I eventually woke him to tell him it was time to go, he was a little disappointed. He wanted to stay, but it was 9:00, and we needed to head home to get the girls in bed. 

Nicky asked if we could go see the Come Unto Christ mural first, so we stoped by the painting for a few minutes and read some of its history online together.

Thursday was a busy day. We had the drama awards night at the high school. Nicky earned a gold letter in theatre, and he was acknowledged as a theatre all-star (by peer nomination and voting). 

We had to leave the drama award early to get to our dance concert. All four of our kids performed in the dance concert, which was so fun! Nicky was asked by one of his friends to be her partner in a dance.

On Saturday, we had a matinee performance of the dance concert. Then we all went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner.

One week til graduation. So far I haven’t really felt sad about it. I’m not sure what I’ll feel when it’s actually here, but currently I feel ready for it to end. It’s time for this boy to move on.