~Field Trip

What a really great day.  Friday, no school but the

4th graders had a field trip to the Aquarium in Denver.

Jolene loaded on the bus with all the rest of her friends, I got to

ride with Raychel and off we went for an adventure.

There was so much to see!  We have never been to

the aquarium so we were pretty excited.  We saw

all kinds of fish, an octopus, coral, pet the sting ray,

saw birds, and even a tiger.  Not to mention the drive

over was also very beautiful.  Raychel took lots of

 pictures as we headed over the pass, we both couldn't

 believe how much snow was still at the top of the pass.

 

~Mother's Day

What a great Mother's Day weekend. 

I love to be out in the garden, so everyone bought me

more flowers to add to my flower garden.  I love all

the new plants, colors and the smells!  Then of course we

worked in the veggie garden.

Sunday morning the girls gave me their more

personal gifts.  Both of them gave me cards that

made me cry, they have a way with words.  Jolene

gave me a jar with all the ingredients to make

homemade soup. 

I love being a mother.  I am so grateful for these

two precious young ladies I get to teach and learn from.

 

 

~Garden Day

It's hard not to get excited about the garden.  We decided to make

it bigger!!  There is something about good, warm, weather

that makes me anxious to get out in the dirt, to get the ground

ready for all our veggies we are going to plant! 

 It was a great day.

~Sprained Ankle

 

I got a phone call from Jolene after she

got back in to school from recess that she

sprained her ankle.  She was not very happy,

she was trying to be so brave even though she was in

so much pain.  Once I got her home we propped

it up, got out the ice and stuck in a movie.

We had to make a bad memory a better

memory.  Now to keep this active one

down long enough to heal.

~B.O.B.

B.O.B is a reading group with the third and fourth

graders.  They have 10 books to read as a team since January,

they are paired against other teams to answer

questions about the books, {best out of 5}

 the team who answers to most

questions correct wins.

Jolene's team came in 4th.  She

had so much fun being part of

the activity. 



~Selfie

Raychel took her own picture tonight. 

She makes me laugh out loud!

~Sunday Photo

It's not very often this little beauty

asks me to take her photo, so after

church when she asked I couldn't

take it fast enough. 

She looked to beautiful

today, she is so sweet,

 I love her up to

the moon and back.

~Day in the Sun

Raychel had a track meet today so

we were able to spend most of the

day with Jolene. We went to the pond

with Drake, headed to lunch at one

of her favorite places, then she went

golfing with Ward and some friends

while I waited to pick Raychel up.

It was one of those Saturdays where

no chores got done, but some

great one on one time with the

girls.  It was a beautiful day. 

~Cat Walk

It has been a beautiful day.  We took Raychel

to track practice and Jolene wanted to

take the dog on a walk when she quickly

remembered that last time we tired that

he was to much for us to control.  So

she tired the jump rope around

Ella, and took her for a walk

around the yard.  They both were

in heaven.

Simple Joy

~May Day

 

Happy May Day!

The flowers are starting to

grow in the garden. It is a wonderful sight

after our long winter.  After I got home

from getting the girls today from their

many activities there were flowers in

a little basket on the front door handle for

May Day, it is nice to be thought of in such

a thoughtful way.

~Blue Skies

The sky was a busy place today. 

It reminded me of my life right now.

 With the end of the school year

right around the corner there is

so much going on and still going

to happen with concerts, field trips

sign ups, conferences, projects that if

I don't plan carefully I am going to run

into get confused and end up on the

wrong path.  I am excited for this

school year to come to a close,

I am excited to have our girls home

for Summer!

~Temple Square

Being just a few blocks from

Temple Square we had to make a stop.

The grounds are so beautiful!

The flowers are in full bloom.

Seeing all the flowers Jolene and

I can't wait to get home, have nice

weather and get our flower garden in shape.

There is always such a beautiful spirit around

the Temple.  It was nice to walk around,

visit, answer the girls questions and

just be together.

~Draper Temple

What a wonderful day.  We were

able to go to Utah this weekend to

be with our Nephew as he

went through the temple before

he heads out on his mission to

Argentina Mendoza Mission.

We left the girls in the van watching

movies right in front where they could

also watch all the brides come out.

They loved it!  There was so many

flowers in bloom and so many colors.

It has been hard at times like this

to be so far away from family. 

I felt so honored, grateful and happy

to be able to be with Dennis on his

spiritually, special day.

I have some amazing nephews. 

They are all become great men.