More Track Meets

 Rockwell had another track meet at Timpanogos. He had slept in that day and spent a couple hours in Paul's library for Career Day.

He felt sluggish, I think from being off his routine, and didn't have his best meet ever. His first race was the 1600m, and he finished in 5.38 (5th place). Paul and I thought it was great, but Rockwell was frustrated with being slower than the previous meet. He ran the 800m next and finished in 2.45 (4th place). And then he went right to the 400m and finished in 1.00.75 (1st place).

I think a 1st place finish lifted his spirits a little, but he was still frustrated that it was a slower time than last meet.

The last event was the 4x400 relay. Their team finished in 4.29 (1st place), but again, slower than the previous meets. It seemed like they all maybe felt a little sluggish that day. But some days are just like that.

The next meet was at American Heritage. His first race was the 1600m and he had his best PR of the season. He ran it in 5.16.31 (3rd place)!!! He was thrilled with that time! Next up was the 400m and he took 1st again with 59.4 seconds.

Then he did the 200m and PR-ed with 26.9 seconds (3rd place).

Last was the 4x400 relay and his team PR-ed on this one too with 4.08 (1st place).

Rockwell ran his lap in 58.98!!!!!! It was insane!!

These boys are such good kids. I love that Rockwell has a team that he loves.

State Gymnastics Meet

 Arete was the host of the State meet this year. I spent a whole day there helping to build the gym and then went straight to a concessions shift. It's a lot of work to host, but Arete does a great job. 

They started on vault and Tess scored a 9.425.

Bars was next and she scored a 9.475. She was really happy with that.

Beam was a 9.65.

And floor was a 9.3.

She placed 1st on vault

3rd on bars

3rd on beam

3rd on floor

And 3rd all-around with a 37.85

Their team took 1st place for Level 4. State Champions!!

It was another solid meet for Tessa Girl!

There were some vendors there and Tessa loved this sweatshirt that Arden's mom was selling. She said, "This is perfect! I say this to my friends all the time!" 

Around Our House

 We were so excited for Paul to come home from Europe!! We all missed him while he was gone. He sat the kids down to give them gifts he brought home for them. He had collected random free things from the hotels he stayed at and brought them home as prank gifts. It was really funny to watch the kids open shower caps and sewing kits and bars of soap, and hear them say things like, "Cool Dad, thanks for this." They were being so polite and it was really hard not to laugh. :) Once Tessa saw Damon's toilet paper though, she lost it and they all realized these were jokes. Haha.

Rockwell was actually excited for a shaving kit though. :)

Then Paul gave them the real gifts he had brought. :)

Tessa asked if we could paint her room purple. I explained to her how much work and money it is to paint a room, and that we were willing to do that if she agreed to throw a significant amount of things away and to keep it much much cleaner from this point forward. She agreed and went through everything in her room and threw a lot away. We took a weekend and painted a cute purple color, and also assembled a new bed for her.

It was a lot of work, but it feels so much better in her room now! She loves it and has done well keeping it cleaner since.

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Damon had so much fun at Arthur's birthday party. They had a "campout." They roasted hot dogs and marshmallows, played outside, and watched Bluey in a tent. It was a really fun idea for a party!

Our Young Women class went to the Orem Temple and did baptisms. It was some of the girls' first times and it was really cool to be there with them for that.