In 6th grade each teacher gets to pick one boy and one girl from their class that they think should get the Hope of America Award. It is for someone that has excelled in all areas of academics and kindness and hard work and all the things! Mr. Ellison chose Cali!!! She’s such a great kid!
At this same assembly Rose got the Kindness award for her class!! And Mia and Gentry got it for their classes. We have awesome kids and awesome “cousins”!
Fun with Maren and Gentry!
Cohen and Nixon and Noah and Emily and Ellie
Picture 1: look at all of that extra Easter Candy!
Picture 2: I got my first Covid Vaccine
Pictures 3&4: Maren and Gentry and Claira in their play – James and the Giant Peach
Pictures 5&6: Christy picking Camden up from his Freshman year at the BYU
Picture 7: Teachers Quorum Laser Tag – Packer
March 23: We had Gus, Dagny and Mae over! and Ben and Benji learned the New Street Fighter Game.
flashback: March 21: Hanging at the Hancocks
And the sign that Angelee made us: Strawberry Wine: MEMORIES
March 26: Ben had his 10 minute procedure done
Camry is on the PG Softball Team
We had fun comparing all of the kids “bare books” over the years! They make one at the end of every year in Elementary school.
We had to collect ROCKS to paint to take with us to St George for the Aspiration Hike: POKIES are the WORST
Ben got the chair swing hung up!!
Family History from John Lewis and Art by Rose:
Rose and Millie out with the Hancocks, Cali at Taylee’s birthday breakfast!
The kids had lots of school friends there and they escaped to the bounce houses. we hung out with the Hancock’s and Matt and Jamie.
Angelee decided to come to town – so Erica and LaNell and I cleared our schedules and had a Super Fun Girls Weekend! Sometimes it’s just so great to pretend you are a young high schooler again and can eat whatever and stay up late and laugh all night and day. We hung out at Erica’s on Friday night and then got Costa Vida and played Skull King at LaNells. We stayed the night at Lans house. On Saturday we went on a morning hike and breakfast at Communal and spent our afternoon at the mall. LaNell made us dinner and we played more games and watched BYU lose in the tournament and we went and bought matching sweatshirts! Then on Sunday we went to our homes for church and then over to Erica’s with our families for Manicotti dinner and more games. We stayed out late hot tubbing that night and hugged and called it a weekend! It was so easy and fun to be together. Made some new memories and enjoyed our old ones. It’s Funny How Those Memories They Last.
Erica and I went skiing at Deer Valley! I have only skied once and so I wanted to try it. I did pretty good but it was very tiring on my legs. I think we made it down the face about 3 times and then I was shaking and wiped. So… we walked back to the car and drove a few minutes down the road to Park City where I could use my snow board. I was pleasantly surprised at how much more comfortable I was on my board. And it was easier on my legs. We did about 3 more runs and then the blizzard kicked in full force so we called it a day and went to the Loco Lizard for lunch. I loved being on the slopes again and chillin with Erica!
Erica is the queen of the Christmas Cookies! She invites EVERYONE over to decorate and has so many colors and options! IT WAS GREAT!
We got to have a little Christmas, dinner, Bingo party with the Hancocks. Erica made us soup for dinner and then we played some killer BINGO.
Bingo was pretty fun, we played that you could steal prizes so we had some pretty intense moments. It was fun watching these kids be kids. No one wanted the night to end so the kids made up some games to keep it going.
At the end Ben taught them how to play “Hitty, Cutty, Slappy, Pinchy, Cow” – – – or whatever it is called. Still grateful for these friendships!!!
