UIAAA Invitational & Timpvite

 Rockwell had a cross country meet in Spanish Fork.

They tried a new strategy to have the varsity team run together the whole time. It didn’t work great and I don’t think they will do that again. 

Rockwell finished in 17.20.26 (133rd place, 5th on the team).

Emilie and Matt came to watch him run. They always come to the races in Spanish Fork, and I always forget to get a picture. I remembered this time though! Yay!

Their next meet was the Timpanogos Invitational.

Rockwell looked really strong every time I saw him pass.

He had a great race and set a new PR!!

He finished in 16:30.7 (90th place, 2nd on the team)

Rockwell was really excited about his race. He felt great and was so happy to get a new PR.

Everyday Adventures

 Rockwell mowed a few lawns for his job this summer. 

Kathy Fullmer made quilts for each of us kids and Dad out of my mom’s clothes. Al helped cut the squares of clothes and organized it all with Kathy. I love how they turned out! We have so many memories of my mom in each of these shirts or dresses, and it’s fun to recall the memories every time I see the quilt.

Damon enjoyed welcoming the new kindergarteners to school on their first day. The student council spent a few hours helping the kindergarteners learn how to eat lunch at school and playing with them at recess and in their classrooms. He said it was his best day ever!!! 

Paul and I went to dinner and Whose Live Anyway with Katie and Ben. It was a really fun night! We enjoyed visiting during dinner and laughed so hard during the show. It was a fun date night!

Squishies are a huge trend right now. Swig was giving a free squishy with each 32oz soda bought one day. Tessa and Damon were so excited! We waited in line for about half an hour, but they were thrilled with their squishies and their sodas. :)

There have been a couple mornings where the kids have unintentionally dressed matchy. So cute!

The Ham Fam got together at Mel’s while Matt & Lori were here for a weekend.

My dad and I tried to solve the world’s prodems, but I don’t think we made too much progress. Haha!

Back To School

 Rockwell is in 11th grade

He's started wearing blue-light glasses. They look good on him!

This is how he felt about starting school. :)

Tessa is in 8th grade

This is how she felt about starting school. :) They both loved summer! 

They both leave before Damon wakes up. It's looking like 9th grade will move up to the high school next year, and they are excited about having a year together in the same school.

Damon is in 6th grade

Damon was super excited to start school! He's on Student Council this year, and he came home from his first meeting absolutely pumped to get back to school. He loved helping at Back to School Night. He has loved having Ms Jensen for a teacher and loves seeing all his friends every day. His friend Cody is the mascot this year. :)

It's always an adjustment to get used to early mornings, classes, and homework. They're feeling tired, but hopefully will get used to the schedule quickly and will have a good year!

Tessa was making us laugh during the photo shoot. :)

This & That

 Tessa, Scout and Brynn went to the temple for baptisms.

We had a Post-FSY activity up the canyon. We had the youth do some reflection and discussion in small groups.

Rockwell was a great group leader!

The rest of the night was games and food. I think the youth had a good time!

It was a lot of work to put the activity on, but I did get a few moments of fun line dancing. :) I do love being with the youth, and it was a great night reflecting on FSY and having fun together as a stake.

Paul and I celebrated our 21st Anniversary!! We went to dinner at Chom Burger and then went to the Wick Lab to make candles.

We started out smelling a whole wall of different scents and writing down any that we liked.

Then we went to the counter and a chandler (a candle maker) helped us find and combine the scents that we wanted. We could squeeze bottles and smell the vapors to see if the scents smelled good together.

Paul chose a fruity combination that smelled like his favorite shave ice, Love Potion #9. I chose a Christmas combination that smells like fresh Christmas trees.

It was a fun new experience!!

Damon went to the Lindon Pool with the Rosequist's for Dr Thompson's pool party. He won the hula hoop contest there too and won a Swig gift card and some candy. :)

Rockwell and his friends went to the sand dunes.

He said it was one of the most fun nights of summer!

He took a super cool picture of this weed! It looks like a big tree out in the sand, but it was actually a tiny weed. Super cool, Rockwell!

Cross Country boys are so funny! They found this couch on a corner on one of their runs. They picked it up and ran with it all the way back to the high school. Elsa said she wanted it for her room, so they loaded it up for her to take home. So random and so funny!