The last few months were full of travel and other business. There was a lot to get ready for and recover from and I haven't taken time to write about any of it, so I'm trying to catch up now! Our next trip was to Andy's concert. Jeff was called as YM president and had to tend to those duties, so I went down to Texas with Aimee for a girl's weekend. The concert was amazing, like nothing I've ever experienced and then Aimee and I decided what we wanted to do most in Texas... play!
While we were there I found out that Jackson broke his OTHER arm!
While I was in Texas my living room finally got painted white! I've been painting trim white for a while now and I knew how much work it was going to be to do this whole room so I got smart and hired someone. I love it SO much! It is so much brighter and feels like a new room.
He broke the left one the weekend before I left playing dodgeball with the neighbors and then 8 days later broke the right one. His biggest concern was figuring out how to do his school work. He thought his teacher was mean for wanting him to write the best he could with his left hand. I don't know what else she would have done!
I have been volunteering in Harrison's class once a week and I was really impressed at how he was putting words together, so I decided to teach him scrabble. He beat me!
We went to Yukon's Festival of the Child with Aimee and kids. They have so many fun things for the kids to do. We wished we had gotten there earlier as there was so much that we missed out on and the place closed down on us!
Harrison was very excited to have me come for Muffins for Mom's. I love visiting the school, but not so much when everyone else is there too! Still, it was fun for him to show me all of his projects and all around the school.
Here is an impressive work of art that he made!
A few weeks later I was on my way to Utah for Trent's wedding. This is a pic Jeff sent me while I was away.
I arrived in Utah early so that I could help with preparations for the wedding. It was also Mother's Day, so we had a family gathering at Pam and Jerry's. Corey and Liz have a beehive there and decided to check on it that day. I was standing at a safe distance, but still had a bee get caught it my hair. That was an experience!
Trent's fiancee Kat had a lot going on with her family. Her mom had been in and out of the hospital and her dad was on his deathbed at the hospital. She was making her own dress and hadn't been able to finish with all of the things that were happening. She brought the bodice of the dress to work on during mother's day dinner and I was really worried if she'd be able to finish it in time for Wednesday.
On Monday worked with Liz making all 17 cakes! She had all of the cooking done and we just worked on frosting and fillings. It took us 10 hours, but was a lot of fun.
While I was away Lincoln received a science award at school.
On Tuesday I was prepared to do whatever was needed and ended up making the veil. It had been a while since I sat down behind a sewing machine, but it was fun and I think it turned out great. She looked beautiful and it was a lovely day.
One of Jerry's mission companions came and sealed them. That made it extra special. The spirit was so strong and I could have stayed there all day. I was in the first row that was dismissed and I actually cried because I didn't want to leave.
I wish you could see how beautiful this is with the sun shining through. It was so lovely.
We had a luncheon at Magleby's and then headed to the aviary to prepare for the reception. I had such a nice time catching up with family and enjoying the joy in the air.
My friend Marty Elmore is serving a mission in SLC and sent these fun 3d puzzles for the kids to put together.
The last week of school I went to field day at both Harrison and Jackson's schools. Jack couldn't do much with two broken arms so we wandered around together just talking with people.
On the way to the awards assembly on the last day of school I saw this bus in the ditch. I never did find out what happened. I assume no one was injured because it wasn't a news story.
We got a call and an e-mail that Jack was receiving a special award so Jeff even took off of work to be there too.
For Memorial day we headed back to Texas to the Gaylord and invited Loo and Andy to join us.
We had a great time together wandering the grounds and playing at the waterpark. We even tried out their spa options like the sauna, steam room and salt scrubs.
