We went to the Syracuse Temple open house. It was an hour drive so I hadn't made it a priority to go. Lynnlee is the best though and encouraged us to go. We didn't have a reservation but just showed up and the wait wasn't too bad. We waited for about a half hour or so. I was doing homework on my phone so I didn't mind waiting. It was beautiful and worth the wait. There are two baptismal fonts so that is cool.
It really feels like summer when you can go to the water park. Last summer started off too cold. I was happy it was nice and hot so we could go. Tag and Kade were buddies and Sienna and I were buddies. It wasn't too crowded so we got to do all of the slides and it was so fun!
We haven't been good about visiting the cemetery on memorial day. Some years it works out and other years it doesn't. This year it didn't. We celebrated memorial day with family at Manila Pond in Pleasant Grove. This year Lynnlee brought Bailey and Hannah. Ali, Dan and Drew came. Betsy and my parents came. Grace and her friend Claire were there. It was a fun filled day! We were there from 11-4. The water was a little lower so that was disappointing but we still had fun paddle boarding, kayaking, and playing in the sand. It was so nice of Ali to drive to Heber and pick up my parents and then take them back home after. I was hoping everyone could come over for hot dogs and brats after but only Grace, Claire, and Lynnlee's friends came. It was still fun though. We played lots of Jack Box.
We went to the RSL game. The kids all get in for free because they each got a free ticket from UYSA. James couldn't come at the last minute so Kade brought a friend. Tag saw his friend Cole there so they had fun playing the games around the plaza before the game started. We got there early so we had plenty of time to walk around.
One of Lynnlee's friends hadn't been to Olive Garden so they all planned to have dinner there on the last day of school. That afternoon someone had the idea to wear formals to dinner. Everyone agreed and so they all scrambled to find a fancy dress. Lynnlee wore my old dance dress, and Hannah borrowed one we got from Katelyn. Their friend McKayla wanted to go to dinner but dress casual so she did and they were all good with that.
The top row of pictures is from the last day, and the bottom row is from the first day. You can tell because everyone cared about their hair and outfits on the first day of school. On the last day everyone was in summer mode and didn't care as much.
Marshall and Kade met up with the Deacon's quorum after Kade's soccer tryouts and hiked the Y. The quorum got about a half hour head start. Kade ran up the whole trail and made it to the top before them. Haha, so fun!
I love the Lehi Legacy Center members' 5k. I always love when it works out for us to participate. Last year I don't think we got to do it but this year we did, well most of us. I was buddies with Sienna. We brought up the rear. James was the front man and won the whole race. Tag was Mr. speedy not too far behind. Drew got roped into it because he stayed the night, haha. Marshall planned to stay with Tag but ended up a little behind him. Lynnlee was home resting and Kade was preparing for two soccer games for the day.
Kade wrapped up the spring season for both teams. He still loves soccer and is hoping to keep training hard so he can make the high school team in a year and a half. Starting in the fall he will play for a new team for LaRoca and then also a AA team with some friends. I think it will be a good variety.
Kade won't be playing with this team again because the team will only play in the fall and then it changes for high school tryouts and provisional. We wanted Kade to have the same coach for a whole year. He will miss playing with all of these guys!
James is enjoyed playing on the high school team even though it was a roller coaster. He started off the season playing Varsity and he got to play in four or five games. Then he bumped down and played JV and that was fun too mostly There was less pressure and more of his friends were on JV. As the season went on he didn't always get the playing time he deserved so that was frustrating. He got to play the last regular game of the season due to a red card and injury or something. He played so well and did an amazing job. The team won and he played a part in that. That allowed him to dress for the first state playoff game. That was exciting too. He only got to play a few minutes each half of that game. We were grateful he had the opportunity so we aren't complaining but I was annoyed that the coach didn't make any changes and sub more even since the whole game was the same thing over and over again. The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. That is totally what the game was. The starting line up were flat on their feet, didn't seem hyped or energetic and so I felt like they needed to switch things up. Anyways, that is just my personal opinion.
