Fun things

My friend, Beth, and I did a makerspace activity at the library.  It was fun to do somethings hands on.

We got to go swimming and Nellie's pool with my parents, Viv and Thea and Nellie.  That was fun, even if it was a little chilly in the middle of a heat wave.  Then we had a picnic at Nellie's house while the kids took turns telling Alexa to play different music.

Seth had a few free meals that he earned at school that expire in a month, so I took him on a lunch date.  This cute mug is always a good date.

Ada, Mom and I finished painting their library and got to go on a bike ride this week.  That was fun.  I didn't thing to take a picture of the finished painting, but I'll try to remember to do that.

 

Stewart Falls

These are pictures of Walter's baptism and the Stewart Falls hike.  They didn't get a chance to hike Timp this year, so they settled for a smaller one.  Jer said the kids did spectacularly.

This was from Jer and Margaret's bike ride.

Yay Hikers!

 

Last couple of weeks

Ada left for State FBLA competitions. She's worked so hard all year on it.  She and Alexx prepared the Chapter competition presentation and they won a trophy for first place for Chapter of the year.  They did amazing!  Ada said that they had the whole chapter in the hallway cheering and making noise.  She also got two 2nd places and a 4th place... which means that she's going to be getting $100/2nd place for her trip to Nationals.  And she's been working in the school store and will be able to pay the rest of the fees out of the credit she's accrued there.  I'm very proud of her for working towards the experiences that she wants to have.

Sam finished his drivers ed courses and his test.... now he just has to pass the driving test with the DMV before his birthday and he's golden.  To celebrate, I took him to Red Maple... this is how much our kids like this restaurant... He had a D&D session with his friends scheduled for right after his test.  I told him that I took Ada to Red Maple when she finished hers.  He immediately called and told his group that he wasn't going to make it and asked if we could go to Red Maple too.

While Ada was at her competition I had just these two cuties on a day off of school.  They wanted to go to Nickle mania.  We went and I played pinball and they played mostly Minecraft Dungeons.  Evelyn likes to collect the cards.  Seth played games to collect tickets.  He and Ada have a goal to save up 6000 tickets before they spend them.  We only go about 1-2 times a year so it will take a while.

We also took an afternoon bike ride to see how the temple's getting along.

 

This last weekend

We did a family baptism session at the Orem Temple.  Seth decided that he would be okay at home for the two hours that we were gone.  He did great.  It made my heart so happy to be in the temple with these wonderful people.  Ada had a fun time laughing at the really long jumper they gave me that I had to roll up to walk in.

Sunday, Jim showed us the completed trail down by Utah lake.  It was a beautiful bike ride.  None of the kids complained, everyone stayed up with the group until the last couple of minutes.  Well done family.  8 miles.

 

Randoms from while they were gone

Ada and Sam were gone for FSY. The house was quiet, there were fewer dishes and we missed them completely. We took an evening bike ride to check on the Lindon temple.  It's looking amazing. Then it almost rained on us.

We're reading Way of Kings. Seth and Evelyn choose to call snake grass "Knobweed".

We had a power outage that lasted for about 3 hours. Seth doesn't remember having one before, so it was new and adventurous for him. Evelyn was nervous.

The cats love the girls dirty laundry.

The first day I had off from work for the summer, I took Seth and Evelyn to meet up with Rose, Jack and Axel at the Lindon Pool. We were there for 6 hours and got thoroughly sun baked.

Scripture study

Evelyn got her first tutu and is thrilled!  She also asked me to teach her to shave in preparation for the ballet.

My ongoing project.  I was gifted a stained glass window class for my birthday/mother's day.  I've loved it.

We took Maura and Alexx out for her birthday. It was fun to chat and be together.

This wonderful father... for father's day received a shirt that was designed and made by Ada in Commercial Art.

Ada's turned into a gardener... but she had an allergic reaction to something... this spread all over her leg.

Evelyn's Acro outfit.  She's a high flyer in the Suessical Circus.

Chilling

Our "feral" pet cats chilling with the kids in the hammock.

 

randomness

We came down the week before Thanksgiving to hang out with family.  We're always up for that.

Seth's battle

My last fall bike ride. It was still really nice and warm after I went to Ada's Career Prepardness meeting, so I checked up on the Lindon Temple progress.  It was getting it's weather coat on before the snow.

Seth has started swinging with the cats... one really doesn't like it and hides her head.  The other just hangs out while he swings.

This marvelous niece just went through the temple.  I'm so excited for her!  Love you Mariah!