Everyday Adventures

 Josh and Rob Allphin took Paul and Theron to a Jazz game. Paul enjoyed that.

Tessa loves the teddy bear that Gavin gave her for Valentine's Day. When we went to Walmart for Tessa and Rockwell to buy gifts for their Valentines, we ran into Gavin while he was picking something out for Tessa. It was so funny. We also ran into Audrey's grandparents, but luckily Audrey wasn't there with them. That would have been really crazy if we had run into both of their Valentine's there. :) Audrey and Rockwell hung out at our house for a while on Valentine's Day, got some McDonald's for dinner, and then went to Provo Beach Resort for laser tag and the ropes course.

Damon finished up his basketball season. He improved so much this season! The first few games he passed the ball as soon as he got it. He gained the confidence to keep the ball and dribble it as the games went on. Then he tried taking some shots. And in his last game he played great defense, dribbled the ball, made great passes, and even made a basket. It was really fun to see him learn and gain confidence. He loved practicing the drills his coach taught him at home. It was a fun season!

Grandma and Gramps came to his last game, and then took Rockwell out for his birthday lunch and shopping. It was fun to have them here for the day!

Rockwell is really enjoying playing volleyball. 

Sadly we missed his game today since we were at Tessa's gymnastics meet. He called me as soon as he got home from the game and said he had so much fun and decided he wants to try out for the Freshman team at the high school. Aubrey texted Paul and me as well and told us about how well Rockwell had played and that she was strongly recruiting him to try out on the drive home. Haha. She's going to coach the Freshman team and has been encouraging him to do it, but we were concerned about it being too much since it's the same season as track. But he says he's all in now and wants to do both.

Grandma and Grandpa Ham were able to come watch one of his games.

Tessa's choir got to sing at the Capitol last week. She was so excited about this!

It's hard to see where she is, but she's at the top in the middle. :) They sounded great!

It was a fun experience for this Governerd mama to hear her daughter sing beautiful patriotic songs in our beautiful state capitol building. 

My friends and I made a girls day out of it. We went to the Church History Museum after the Capitol. There's an exhibit from Minerva Teichert there now. Most of us weren't familiar with her art, but Hillary really loves her work. It was fun to see her beautiful paintings and to spend the day with friends. 

We had to leave very early and so Damon went to the library with Paul before school. He loves when he gets to hang out at the library!

We went to McKay's farewell last Sunday. He gave such a great talk! He's very clearly prepared himself to serve this mission and is ready to go teach the people of Chile about Christ.

Grandma and Gramps had the family over Friday night for one last dinner before McKay leaves. They enjoyed the time together eating great food and playing games.

Tessa and I stayed home since Tessa had a super early gymnastics meet Saturday morning. We had a girls night. We went shopping, ate dinner at Cafe Rio, and both got to bed at 8:30. :)