Jared Senior Award's Night

Jared had his Athletic Awards ceremony Monday night and his Senior Award's Night tonight. Jared just doesn't get into those kinds of things and chose not to go to either.  I was disappointed and tried to insist that he at least go to the Senior Award's Night, but eventually acquiesced. There ended up being a track dinner that night and he chose to go to that instead. So I went and picked up his awards at the school later in the week. Here they are!!

Skyping Jase

I was great to Skype Jase this afternoon!! It is weird to think that he will be home in just ONE month!! We are excited to see him again! I can't wait to hear all about his mission. It is one thing to receive letters (which for him are only a few sentences) but it will be quite another to hear about everything face to face! (Janelle is the only one that is still in her Mother's Day Tea costume!)

As we were settling in a few of the kids were crowding each other trying to get a spot on the couch. Then partway through the conversation they started carrying on their own conversation making it difficult to hear. Rick admonished them to be quiet or get out! Jase just got this big smile on his face and in the same teasing sing-song voice we remember from two years ago he nodded and said, "Now that's my family!" He seemed to be relieved that nothing had really changed in the two years he had been gone!

Mother's Day Tea!!

Our Mother's Day Tea was pretty rushed because Janika and Brandon needed to head back to Logan.  We pretty much just had Bridal Shower leftovers for our treats. Janika and Brandon were a prom couple (pretending to be Hailey and Jared from their last prom where they made their own goofy corsage and boutineer from Dollar Store flowers). Janelle is from the black and white silent movies -- which is why she edited herself into black and white. Jaiden is a spy, the boys are superman, Jenna is a Ballerina, Rick was a sick person named "Sloth." He went around talking in a very slow sickly voice. Since the church announced last Tuesday that they would not be chartering with the Boy Scouts of America starting in January 2020, I decided to dress as a Scout master to honor the time we have left (even though I am very happy about the announcement)!

 

Me and my goofy husband...

Jaiden asked us to get some "action" shots of her!

Janika's Bridal Shower

We had Janika's Bridal Shower (for the ward and a few friends) this morning at 10:00 in Kalli Potter's backyard. This kind of thing is stressful to me but thankfully I had the help of my friend, Allison, and there were several others who were willing to help bring food. Allison brought the banner and home-made blueberry scones with lemon curd, Charise brought Swedish Cream with berries, Juli brought strawberries, Sherrie brought grapes, Mariposa brought gluten free muffins, Ruby brought dairy free/gluten free muffins, Janika baked lots of mini muffins, I brought mini muffins, mini cinnamon rolls, watermelon, and pineapple.

Everything turned out nice and the weather was perfect! Originally it was supposed to be up in the 80's later today and I was worried about it getting too hot and so I planned it for a brunch in the morning for that very reason. But then the temperature ended up dropping 15 degrees overnight and we actually moved our chairs from the shade to the sun because we were a bit cold! We had about 35 people who came. I will have to remember that number the next time I plan something like this. We easily had enough food for double or triple that. I always over-estimate on everything because I don't want to run out of anything. At least we had lots of leftovers to pass out to our helpers and plenty for our Mother's Day Tea the next day! Janika got lots of really nice gifts. She and I are really grateful to supportive friends and family!

Girls' Night!!

Girls night with these cuties at Pizza Pie Cafe while Rick and Josh were at Father's and Sons!!

Josh Soccer

Josh really enjoys soccer and can't wait to tryout for a competitive team later this month. He wanted to tryout last year but we wanted him to give carolers a try and didn't know if he would be able to do both. He enjoyed carolers, but still really wants to do soccer and so this year that will be his focus. He will probably still be in carolers too. Josh was one of the best players on his team (and also one of the smallest!)  He is really fast and made the most goals this year. His team won every games except for one. We had several people come up after games and ask Josh if he was interested in trying out for their competitive team!

 

This was right before he scored one of his goals. 

The goalie is turned around in the second picture watching the ball go in! 

Jenna Soccer

Jenna had a great soccer season!! She and Clarissa were disappointed that they didn't end up on the same team. But they did end up with the same number!!