Evelyn's birthday

 

This sweet girl is maturing so quickly. On her 14th birthday, I want to talk about how she's learning to stick with good habits... see people's needs... enjoy imagination... talk to anyone and everyone... work hard... hablar espanol... play music... and just be a fabulous human being.  I enjoy listening to her talk about whatever is tickling her fancy lately and giving advice when needed. I love you baby!  I'm looking forward to the next year with you too.  She's going to celebrate her birthday at Bear Lake this year so she'll come back wind blown and tan.  She was also honored for getting on the High Honor Roll this year.

Evelyn's last orchestra concert

Evelyn's really progressed a lot this year and I'm so proud of her!  She has two really good friends there and it's been great.  Sam and Brianna.  She's sad that her stand mate, Brianna, is moving to PA, but I'm grateful that she's made the last two years great for Evelyn.

 

Mother's Day/birthday

For Mother's Day/my birthday I requested a family picture.  It was a wonderful day. The pictures were over exposed, but it was still fun. We played games, watched a movie and I got lots of flowers. My favorite part was all 4 of the kids sang in Sacrament meeting.  Seth and I with the Primary and the other three with the youth group.  They made me cry.

 

Prom

So Ada's best friend was set to graduate this year and had never gone to Prom, so Ada and her dressed up and had a blast.  They've been friends since they were 7 and it's fun to see who they're becoming. 

 

Hope of America

Every year, our statewide 5th graders put on a spectacular show called the Hope of America.  I've loved the show all three times we've seen it.  This marked our last one for our kids.  Evelyn kept saying that we can come back when her kids do it.  Last time we had a hard time finding a cougar tail donut so Ada and I split up and ran the rim looking for one.  We both found them and we ended up with 6 of them on accident.  We shared one with Seth's friends, each of the kids had one and we took one home.

I was watching a kid in front of us that was obviously special needs. He was trying everything he could to get his dad to take him out of the room without actually throwing a tantrum.  His dad was handling it marvelously.  And when he was typing 'like yes my like yes' was when his grandma was stroking his arm.  It takes a village.

Seth with his donuts to share.

Evelyn is obsessed with these cougar tails.

Seth performed spectacularly.  You could tell he knew all the words and actions.  He performed them with gusto and I enjoyed watching him through my magnified camera lens.

 

Sam's last performance

Last performance for 10th grade.  He said that he's going to miss Jazz band the most.  But next year Milo and Oscar will be in both his bands and that will be fun.