MPA reunion and other fun things

Yesterday I attended an MPA reunion with a couple of my old classmates, and saw a few more in the evening on a Zoom call. It was way less friends than I'd hoped, but great to see the few I did! We went to the This is the Place monument and had a great time. I love all my old MPA friends. 

Just like last time we went, the kids really loved panning for gold. 

And the girls rode the ponies, but it got cut short because of thunder. They only got to go around about twice, but better than nothing I guess? Genevieve was only BARELY short enough to ride them, as you can see from her dangling legs. I'd say she was probably too tall, but she slipped in. 

We got lucky on weather. It was pretty stormy all day, but we only got sprinkled on and the temps were chillier than expected. Honestly, it was amazing for end of May. 

In the evening we went to an F3 Memorial Day BBQ. That was tons of fun. I snapped this shot of Chloe and Aaron chatting and drinking some ginger ale. So cute. 

 

Loving the warm weather

I’m so amused that Genevieve took a spring school picture in Bill’s old family reunion hoodie from 2004 or thereabouts. She has the best style. 

Chloe and I wandered the neighborhood last night. We played at a couple different parks and played catch. 

She wanted to show me her trick. 

I planted our planter. 

I snapped this at Chloe’s soccer game. She’s really enjoying it this year. 

 

Sports, activities, games

We're Gund stuffed animals and squish mallow stuffed animals lovers over here. We have SO many. The kids play with them all, so I don't even complain that much when we get more. 

Spencer has really been having a good time with soccer this year. He continues to improve his skills. Always fun to watch. And as every sports parent knows, also so incredibly aggravating to watch, hahahahaha! I love watching my kids play. I also hate watching them play because I always want it to go well, and it often doesn't. 

Activity days fun for Genevieve. She's so ready for young womens. The next oldest girl in our ward is probably nine and in third grade. Genevieve is almost done with fifth. But oh well. Such is life sometimes. They are still doing cool stuff. 

Aaron was in percussion club this year and they had a fantastic performance this week. It was so fun to watch!

Chloe played goalie for a minute at soccer this week. I was like what the what??? She said she wanted to, but she was also glad to get out of it a few minutes later. 

And she has some new soccer shorts with POCKETS! Woot woot! She loves them. 

Spencer woke up at midnight last night and mixed up some cheddar biscuits and curly fries as a surprise for Mother's Day today. It was QUITE the fun surprise! Bill helped him deep fry the fries and bake the biscuits this morning and they were both delicious. 

 

Lots of celebrations

Spring soccer. You NEVER know what the weather will be. Wasn't expecting cold and rainy this week. We all froze. 

Genevieve and I checked out a cute little waterfall in Sandy off of Wasatch Blvd last Sunday. It was a pleasant little hike. Not even a mile out and back, but a fun little place to explore. 

I hung my medals! Bill did too, but I didn't get a picture of his. He has his own cool set of medals from all the stuff he's done. 

Another new pair of glasses for Genevieve. Poor girl, her eyes are changing really fast. We're hoping to slow that down. 

Summer birthdays birthday bash at the school. We brought Chick Fil A for Chloe and Carls Jr. for Aaron. Good times. 

We were SO sad to not be able to be in Texas for my nephew's wedding, but I was so happy to be able to attend my cousin's daughter's wedding and see a huge amount of my Jones side extended family. Two happy weddings on the very same day. It was a great day!