It always makes me so excited when I log onto FB and I have a new post from Luke's mission page. Today Luke had his last zone conference with President and Sister Rolfe. Luke has loved serving with them and has learned so much from the Rolfes. His new mission president is actually Elder Mower's uncle. Elder Mower was Luke's trainer and still holds the number one spot in the companions competition. Hopefully Luke will love the new President and his wife just as much.
About a month ago Joey found out that he had to go to Poland for training for work. He is going for one week, coming home for two, and then back to Poland for another week. He left on Saturday and will be back next Saturday. I decided to help pass the time, we would leave on Sunday morning and drive down to SG for a few days. We spent time swimming, celebrated Gray's birthday with Porkbellies and Pink box, went to the mall, went to DI, ran to the park as a family, bbq and another dinner with Jamie and Mindi, and played us some four square. It was a really fun trip just missed Joey and Luke. No here is hoping that the next few days fly by and Joey will be home soon.
I seriously love Monday's and getting to chat with my favorite missionary. He had a great week last week. He had Zone Conference and got to see his buddies, Elder Johns, Elder Davies, and Elder Polei. It was the last conference for President and Sister Rolfe. They will be going home soon. Then he got to spend some time with Jerry and Joyce this week. He made sure not to have any plans so Joyce did not feel like her time was interrupted. They had hot pockets and played cards. On Saturday he got to go on exchanges with Elder Crittenden, one of the Spanish elders. They had a lot of fun together. I am so happy for all of the experiences he is having. He has thrown himself in 100% and I couldn't be prouder. Love you Elder C!
Joey is leaving today for Poland. Gray's 13th birthday is on Tuesday but we decided to celebrate early so Joey could be a part of it. We all got up early and went to Village Baker for breakfast- Gray's choice. We then came home to open presents. Gray got some clothes, a video game controller, a rubber chicken, new sunglasses, pickeball racquets, and airpod pros. He was super excited. We then had cake and sang Gray a special birthday song. I am so glad that we could fit in a little celebrating before Joey had to leave. Happy early birthday Gray! Excited to have another teenager in our house!
It is for reals the last day of the school year! Even though the older three students have not been going for the last week, Tag went to school. Each day they did a fun day and today was super short. We all went to meet him at the corner for the annual popsicle party. So fun! Looking forward to a super chill and amazing summer.
Since Harlee isn't going to school this week we decided to get the garden going. Having learned from the previous two years, we planted a lot less this time around to allow for space for things to grow. In the white box we planted Cherokee purple tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and cucumbers. We bought a bigger cherokee purple starter this year so hopefully we will get more of my favorite tomatoes. In the smaller garden box we just planted one strawberry plant and the raspberry plants came back this year. Hopefully if we do not get berries this year, we will for sure get some next year. Here's hoping for a fruitful garden this year!
It has been a long weekend of dance and I love it! Tonight Harlee had her dance recital. She has been moved up to the oldest class and it has been so good for her. It has pushed her and her technique has really improved. She was in the production number that started the show. Then she performed the same three dances that she competed with on Saturday. Then she had a special part in the finale. Har just shines on stage and is such a beautiful performer. I love watching her dance. Grandma was able to come and watch her tonight which was great. Amazing job Har! You are my favorite dancer.
Today was Harlee's dance competition at Timpanogas High School. I love watching Harlee dance and I was so excited. Mimi also came to support her. She performed three numbers: first was hip hop which was a pirate medley. I loved it! They actually won best costume and best overall! They were also awarded Diamond which is the same as first place. Amazing! The second dance that they performed was their lyrical called Finding Wonderland. This dance was so pretty. Watching Harlee brought tears to my eyes. She is such a beautiful dancer and it was such a special moment. They were awarded Diamond on this one also. The final dance was their jazz dance called "One in a Million". This was a super cute dance where they were pageant girls complete with sashes. They took fourth overall with this dance and were also awarded Diamond on this dance. I am so proud of Harlee. She works so hard and it is so obvious. I love that she loves it and I LOVE watching her perform. Such a fun night.
Nash has been thinking about getting his patriarchal blessing for a little while now. Harlee told him of how they did a devotional at HXP b...
