This and That

Rockwell and Damon finished up their spring soccer season. They both played so well! 

  

I've signed Rockwell up for a new league in Provo called Provo Fury. It sounds like it will be a little more competitive than rec league, but not crazy intense like playing on a club team. Al is helping out with the league and volunteered to help at their kickoff party. I took her kids and Rockwell over to the party. They had fun games and prizes, and some Real Monarch players were there too.

I'm going to try to keep Rockwell practicing over the summer. We're going to work on his ball handling. I love taking him here to practice because I can just enjoy the beauty!!

We spent hours and hours outside playing basketball and riding bikes the other day.

Tessa asked if she could try riding her bike without training wheels. Paul and I both helped her try for a few minutes each, and by then she had it down.

  

I love to see my kids proud of themselves for accomplishing something hard!

Emilie has moved in with us for the summer. It's been so fun to see her so much more often! She let Tessa try on her crown and sash the first night. :)

Damon has loved jumping in puddles lately. We've had plenty of rain this spring, so he's gotten to do it a lot!

When Elena was in town, Al took her, Caitlyn, and Jonah to the temple to do baptisms for the dead. Hallee and Wyatt came over to play at our house. Rockwell was in school still, so Damon loved getting to play with Wyatt all by himself.

We went and walked on the Provo River Parkway with Al one day. They loved throwing rocks and seeing ducks, frogs, a snake, and snails.

Tessa and Damon are absolutely in love with Emily Best's puppy, Penny. Emily is so sweet and will always bring Penny out to play with them.

Paul has been cooking a lot since school got out. I've said it before and I'll say it again. :) I sure love that Paul loves to cook!

The kids are loving being out of school. I've really enjoyed it too so far. We've stayed active and busy enough that I'm not going crazy at all yet. :)

School's Out For The Summer!!

Tessa's first and last day of Kindergarten:

  
Rockwell's first and last day of 3rd Grade:
 

The kids were excited for summer break! As soon as school was out on the last day, we drove up to Thanksgiving Point to meet Grandma Clark and Carrie. Grandma is able to get the whole family into all the activities there with her Grandma Pass. It was a fun-filled day for sure! We started with the Butterfly Biosphere.

They had fun seeing all the bugs and insects, and playing on the slide and activities.



Then we went into the butterfly house.


There were beautiful butterflies everywhere. Everyone wanted one of them to land on us, but it sure was hard to hold still long enough. :)


Next, we ate some lunch and then headed to the Farm. The kids loved petting the rabbits, seeing all the baby animals, and giving funny names to all the animals they saw. Hayden and Rockwell named this chicken with a blonde mullet Mr. Harry Potter.



Their favorite part was the pony rides!



We got to take a tractor ride too.



After the farm, we headed over to the Dinosaur Museum. The kids seriously loved all this time with their cousins!

They all had a lot of fun playing with the dinosaurs in the sand and water.



The digging sandboxes at the end are always a favorite too.

Our last stop was the Museum of Curiosity. I didn't get many pictures there, but they had a blast running through all the ropes course and slides, trying to figure their way through a maze, and playing on the playground outside.


I don't think there could have been a more fun start to summer! Thanks for such a fun day Grandma Clark!!!

Memorial Day Weekend

Matt and Lori came to town for Memorial Day weekend so they could drop Cody off at EFY at BYU. It's always great to see them! We all went to see Aladdin on Saturday. Rockwell and I really liked it. Paul stayed home with Tessa and Damon since it was a little scary for them. Ron, Diane, and Jason were in town too, so we had a Hawkins family dinner at The Pie.

It was fun to see aunts, uncles, and cousins that I don't see very often.

We also did a bbq on Memorial Day. Elena taught Damon how to play Hands Up Stands Up. He is very proud of himself!

Matt flew back home to work, but Elena and Lori stayed in Utah the rest of the week. Lori spent a few days with her family, and then came back to pick Cody up. I was able to meet her and Al at South Fork Friday afternoon for a couple hours. We weren't sure what it would be like with all the rain and snow we've gotten this year, but it was totally fine. The kids loved playing in the river, playing soccer and frisbee, and going on hikes with Caitlyn and Elena.