Kevin's Graduation

Kevin graduated on June 5th. The cords are for Math, English, Science, and Honors.

We are grateful for his many good high school friends.

They must be on a slope. Kevin's friend on the end is not that much shorter than him. These three will be attending Utah State in the fall.

 Kevin wanted to eat some place that had a buffet and Tuscanos fit perfectly.

Next, on to Utah State and a mission!

Memorial Weekend

We had a fun, family-filled Memorial Weekend. Friday was Nicole's open house and Saturday was the wedding. It was a privilege to be in the temple to see this wonderful couple sealed together. The ceremony was tender and everyone was so happy.

 After Nicole and Jordan's wedding dinner, we didn't want the family togetherness to stop, so we saw the 10 o'clock Avengers movie with a group of family. After dreaming about Hulk smashing things all night, I taught YW the next day (where I told the Laurels all about the wedding and was able to use it as an example of the importance of temples). Then we had a birthday celebration for Nate and Alisha's 6 year-old Kylie that evening. I didn't break out the camera for that party. Instead I took pictures of our Mount Grandeur hike the next day. The beautiful weather inspired about half of the valley to head for the canyons, so it really was a "veritable freeway" on the trail.

 These cute cousins loved chasing lizards and even caught a baby one.

The weekend was capped off by a barbecue at Brian and Sharla's cabin. Good food and great family all weekend--summer's perfect beginning!

Krysta's Graduation

All of Krysta's hard work has paid off. She graduated from UVU at the end of April! A few weeks later we got the good news that she'd passed all of her boards, so now the job search begins.

 

 Krysta needed a black graduation cap. Kevin's high school cap arrived just in time. Therefore, Kevin's cap "graduated" before he did.

Rachel's 11th Birthday

Rachel turned 11 in April! For a fun party we took the cousins to the zoo.

Rachel also earned the Great American Award. Fifth graders could earn this by memorizing all of the states and capitols, memorizing the preamble to the constitution, doing a service project, and creating an art project about America amongst other projects. She really had to go above and beyond to get this recognition.