Griffin

Griffin, my sweet, kind, thoughtful, friendly boy turned 8 in May. He was so excited to be baptized. Griffin had tremendous support at his baptism, family from Utah and Idaho, friends from our ward and stake, friends from school, and friends from soccer.

When Griffin was baptized his toes popped up, the entire room gasped collectively, and Jeremy baptized him again. We feel blessed to be surrounded by so many good people and worthy priesthood men.

After the baptism, we had everyone over for hamburgers and hot dogs (Griffin's pick, after all, "everybody loves hamburgers").

Another cool thing about turning 8 is becoming a Cub Scout. The week after the baptism, Griffin got to go to the Blue and Gold Banquet and was recognized as the newest scout.

soccer soccer soccer

It's fitting to include a small sampling of pictures showing how we spend our evenings and Saturdays...

hobbies

We're hobby people. Thanks to my creative husband our children get their hands dirty and are invited to express themselves artistically. I haven't always loved that. I think I've mellowed over the years, and I really and truly love the creativity that I live with.

Jeremy teaches a pottery class one night a week through Murray School District (during the school year). He was invited for the 2nd year in a row to participate in the Murray High Arts Festival the last week of school. He gave demonstrations and gave pointers to students who wanted to try out the wheel.

It's neat to see him in his element. And even neater that our kids think that their dad is the coolest dad out there.

duets

My kids were awesome at the piano recital... honestly, my favorite part of my recitals are the duets. Thanks to Daynes for having such an impressive recital hall and for giving my students the opportunity to perform on such a beautiful instrument.

James & Christy

James and Christy were married in the Bountiful Temple! It was such a glorious day, all seven of my siblings were in the temple together, and we enjoyed the beautiful sunshine, and the spirit of the day.

It was such a glorious week, we stayed up much too late every night, and got up early to keep life running smoothly. I have happy memories of that week. It sounds crazy, probably, but Christy is the final piece. She compliments James in an amazing way and completes our family.

music and more music

Several weeks back we enjoyed lots of company for my little brother's wedding. The boys enjoyed playing guitar with Grandpa, who was here from St. Louis.

Anna performed in her first violin recital, she played several renditions of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. She did such a nice job!







The four elementary age kids performed in the school choir concert. Zachary sang a solo: "New York New York", and Anna sang a solo for one verse of "Grandma's Feather Bed." It was a delightful concert featuring songs through the years. We had visitors from Maryland (thanks Mindy and Thomas!) and Grammy. We also welcomed Grandpa Tech & Linda as well as Grandma & Grandpa Wright to the evening performance.

being trustworthy

Last month Zachary and Anna were both recognized in the monthly Character Ed Assembly for being trustworthy. Way to go! Some of Zachary's best friends were recognized also, it's great to have good friends!

hunting

Easter was just fun. The kids dyed eggs, hunted plastic candy filled eggs, and multi-colored hard boiled eggs at Grandma Wright's (fun with cousins!) and at home. Fortunately, Scout found and ate only one real egg.

ANP

Okay, look, life gets busy. We went on a phenomenal trip last fall, it may have been the highlight of blogging for me. Cool things kept happening, of course, but somehow it didn't end up on my blog. My baby turned 1, we spent time at indoor soccer games and Jr. Jazz games, started violin lessons and guitar lessons, went sledding and snowmobiling, hung out with cousins, and did some cool things in school. Jer got a new computer so I got his old one (better than the one I was previously using), and that shifted my photo situation. I've got it sorted out, am in the process of backing up all my pictures (and boy do I take a lot of 'em!), and am going to post some pictures tonight. Thanks, mom, for the kind requests to put some new pictures on.

Last week was spring break. We try to make the most of our vacation days so we planned a trip to Arches National Park. It was a glorious five days. We hiked, enjoyed cool weather (with only one thunderstorm), and hiked some more. My brother, Michael, and his fabulous wife, Colette, spent several days with us and we sure enjoyed them. It's always hard to pick which pictures to share, these are only a handful of my very favorites.

is a quarter really 3 months?

After a full quarter of absence, I'm back. We've been busy, the good kind of busy. In changing my background, I'm committing myself to returning to the blogging world. It's not a journal, really, for me, but the highlights of what is happening with my favorite people along with some of my favorite pictures.