Utah Grizzlies Hockey

We went to the Grizzlies game with our Get Out Pass. James and Lynnlee didn't go so we took two friends instead. James was with friends and Lynnlee was serving at a wedding for her friend's friend. 

Tag brought Gio and Kade brought Drew. It was a very fun and exciting game. The score went back and forth, and there were a lot of penalties.

Lynnlee's State FCCLA

Lynnlee presented with Hannah at State FCCLA in Layton. They left early Tuesday morning. The cool thing about FCCLA is that you can compete along or in pairs. She and Hannah got to do their presentation Tuesday morning and get it over with. Then they were able to relax and enjoy the rest of the time there. There were workshops, college booths and a service project that they walked around during their free time. 

Friday night they shopped at Target and bought matching shirts and ate dinner at Pizza Pie Cafe.

They walked around Barnes & Noble.

They stayed over night and Lynnlee got to room with Hannah, Brooklyn, and Lexi. Does it get any better

 than that? 

Wednesday they had awards. Lynnlee and Hannah got gold. A few other teams did too so they didn't qualify for Nationals but it is still really impressive that they got enough points for gold.

She got back Wednesday afternoon and was wiped out. Such a fun two days!

Top Golf for Lynnlee's Birthday

Lynnlee wanted to go to Top Golf for her birthday. Unfortunately it was too tricky to take her whole group of friends so we planned for her to take Hannah and Bailey. I took them on a Saturday afternoon. They had appetizers and sodas while they golfed and played the different games. We each won a game so that was fun. I enjoyed golfing too even though I played terrible. 

Cherry Peak

I was spoiled to have two ski days in a row. Charlie's family and my family went skiing to Cherry Peak together. James had soccer so he couldn't go and Lynnlee had a field trip to a Peruvian restaurant with her Spanish class that she didn't want to miss. I wasn't very good at taking pictures of everyone so this is what I have. It was definitely not crowded at all so we felt like we had the place to ourselves.

We had so much fun we didn't want to leave when it was time. We wanted to get back for James's soccer game so we had to leave at 2:30. Traffic was so crazy that we missed the first half but got to watch the second half. 

Rose at Deer Valley

Ali had a few passes to Deer Valley. It worked out for Charlie, Ashlyn, Ali and I to go skiing together while Charlie was in town. It was a beautiful spring day. It was chilly still but that was ok because the snow was better that way. We had so much fun skiing all around from the west side of the resort to the east side. We had a yummy lunch together at Silver Lake Lodge. 

We could see Heber very well on this clear, sunny day.

Sisters!!! I'm so glad I could go! It was a little tricky balancing school work this week but it was worth it to spend time with family.

Lynnlee's 15th Birthday

Lynnlee is 15! Her morning started off early because she had early morning seminary and she didn't want to miss it. She wanted egg mcmuffins and normally I make them homemade. Marshall offered to buy some for the seminary carpool for her birthday. So he got up even earlier and bought egg McMuffin s from McDonalds and brought them home before Lynnlee left to seminary. The young women leaders in our ward place this cute sign on your porch on your birthday. 

Wednesday is early out so that worked out well for her to not miss as many classes. I checked her out at lunch so she only missed her last class. We went to Cravings Bistro in Pleasant Grove. I have always loved the Monte Cristo sandwich but not I love it even more because they have gluten free bread. Lynnlee loves grilled cheeses so she was excited.

Her friends came over to hang out after school and stayed for birthday dinner and cake. We had grilled chicken Alfredo, garlic bread, and green beans. Then the best chocolate cake for dessert. 

We did presents at dinner since it was too early to do presents in the morning. The weather has been really wet so everyone's soccer was cancelled. It worked out perfectly because it allowed everyone to be home together for birthday dinner.

She went to young women's that night where they had a movie night. She had a great day! She is having her friend party at Top Golf on Saturday with her two besties. Then next weekend she is having a hangout with the whole big group of friends which is about 9 people. 

Lynnlee has enjoyed really good health all year. Her appointments have gone really well as far as her health goes. She is growing up and learning more and more and doing really well in school. She has a straight 4.0 so far. We don't pressure her to keep straight As but it is her own goal and she met that goal. She set some fun New Year's resolutions this year and has been really good at keeping them. Some of them are drinking 40 ounces of water every day, going to the temple once a month, and going swimming with me once a month. She wakes up at 5:00 with me on the day we go to the pool together. She swims with the kick board and fins or walks the lazy river.

She is very social and has a big group of friends at school and her two best friends in our neighborhood. She is always doing a puzzle, making a craft, or baking something yummy. She enjoys soccer and has made friends on her soccer team. She loves listening to audio books and has already listened to 17 books since January! She loves to shop and make videos. She and her friends come up with fun things to do and new things to try. She loves the shows Psych and Survivor. Her favorite music artists are Taylor Swift, Benson Boone, and Alec Benjamin. 
 

Rose's Scholarship Banquet

I received the James C. Hoellein Scholarship at the beginning of the fall semester. I was invited to attend the Donor and Student recognition banquet. I'm really glad I could go and that Marshall could accompany me. We had a really enjoyable night. We arrived at 6:00 for drinks and socializing. My Pharmacology professor is married to my statistics professor. They are donors and I got to meet them. I see them on the computer so it was really nice to meet them in real life. They are so nice and normal. Then I got to meet the director of the program director for Doctorate of Nursing Practice. She was also very nice and down to earth. 

This was the invitation. Everyone got a book with the names of the donors and recipients. They also had the names on the screens. The program included a speaker who was a donor and 3 recipients. Their stories were powerful and amazing. The three recipients were first generation college students. It was cool to hear what they overcame to complete school.

Leprechaun's Loco Lunch/ March Birthdays

We had the best time hosting March birthdays which was also Leprechaun's Loco Lunch. Even better was that Charlie's family was in town. So there were 28 people. We moved couches this time so there would be plenty of space. I liked our setup way more this year than last year. 

Every person gets three utensils each so we had 87 utensils out. It was really fun to see what everyone ended up with.

The kid table:

The teenager/ young adult table:

The adults:

We gathered and mingled. Then we all drew numbers out of a bowl to find out what utensils we were going to be using. Next we wrote the numbers our menus. Marshall then revealed what everything really was. Everyone dished up their appetizer first, then entrees, and then dessert. It is super silly and fun. 

It was the first time my dad has been to my house since his stroke. It is a really big deal and I was so happy having my mom and dad there!

After dinner the kids and teenagers played Vortaball and Jack Box. It was such a great day and fun night!