Small Catch up

Emery brought her ceramic home. I can say they are a bit better this year than they were last year. 

Jacks asked if we could get him a rotisserie chicken from Costco for school on Wednesday, and some wasabi. It was a weird request but we did.  

A group of his friends had a feast on the second to last day of school. They had pizza, desserts, chips, soda. When he started the year, he went to this school knowing that it was just him from his previous years friend group. I was worried about him eating lunch alone or not having someone to just hang out with. So to go from that to a big group doing something random like this made me very happy. He said they had a big crowd around them near the end. 

Just because they can be cute, sometimes. 

Jacks text Brad last night and asked if he could buzz his head. I don't hate his hair, but I also don't love it. As you can see in the pictures from earlier, he had a lot of it. It's now all gone, a nice cool summer cut. 

Photos Back

We got the photos back from the anniversary weekend and turned out really well. 

 

Birthday Week

 May is a very busy month for us, but it's also a really good month. Cam and Cailey are home now. 

Well they are done with school. They left Monday for the UK for a month. 

Flights weren't bad, and are still trying to get used to the sleep times. Since Cam's wreck he has been nervous in cars and cars being close to the one he's in. UK roads are not helping this. They are very narrow roads and driving on the wrong side of the road kind of messes with your mind too. Even with that, they are having a good time so far. 

First birthday up is Brad. We had my parents 50th, then that Monday we drove to Pocatello to help the kids moved back, then Tuesday was his b-day. We took the day off, ate some good food and built a Lego. Perfect lowkey day. 

Few days later the boys turned 20! I can't believe we have two kids who are no longer teens. The night before we drove to Twin so the next day we could help Charles with yard work. A lot of the siblings got together to help set his yard up for the season. 

Then we drove home and all the boys went to see "Mortal Kombat 2". Emery was out with friends so Cailey and I watched a chick flick and did nails. Its been so much fun doing nails like this whenever we want. 

When they got home we had meatball subs, Cam's birthday meal choice, and did cake. Beck wanted cheesecake and Cam wanted Tres Leche cake. Cailey and I made that and it was a hit. It turned out really well. Beck's birthday meal was the next day and he chose Pot Stickers. 

It's a little harder as the kids get older to give a year review. They change some and go through a lot but it's more adulting things vs little kid fun things. They both are becoming amazing strong adults and it has been fun watching them as they grow from older teen to actual adult. Beck had a big year with work. He's a shift lead and taking on more responsibility that way. When they pull number, he tends to have some of the best. He's been really into watching movies lately, and while they aren't my cup of tea, it is fun hearing about some of them. He is still working towards his goal for moving and is excited for that adventure.  Cam finished year 2 of college. He has grown a lot being away from home and having to take care of everything. We do still help some, but he is realizing the work school and work and eating and keeping a house is. He thankfully has had Cailey by his side the whole time too. He got into his first major wreck and is still healing mentally from that. And most exciting and importantly, he got engaged. It's been fun as a parent to watch them grow together and make the decision to spend their life together. I know it will be a great one. 

50 th Weekend Celebration

 This year my parents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Every person we told that to said how amazing it is, because you don't see many make it that long.  Brad made a video of the years, we got together for dinner and memories. Second day we went to the temple, the grandkids had an afternoon hanging out, then the adults went out to a nice dinner and finished off with family pictures. The last day we went to church together and had lunch afterwards. It was a busy but good weekend. 

It's Been A While

 It's been a bit since I have posted. There hasn't been anything too crazy thankfully. 

March Madness ended. The one person we thought would fail miserably was the one who won. 

He may have picked one of the worst teams to make it to the finals, but he picked the team who won. Better yet, 3 of us beat Brad. 

For Christmas Camden got a game called Pandemic Legacy. Each round you win builds onto the next. You are working to eradicate a disease. Some times you add new characters or make it hard by bringing in Zombie. Some cards you tear up in the end or if the character dies. We failed a hand full of times. Only killed one character, but finally beat the game a few weeks ago. We want to get another one to do during summer. 

It was prom time. Emery went with her group of friends again this dance. Of course you still have to ask someone to go with you, so she asked Jenna. 

They took all day to get ready together, went downtown to take pictures, ate dinner then the dance. She did stop by so we could see her. She was not super excited to do that, but it meant a lot to be included one tiny way.