Moving Up, Moving On, and just Moving

Summer moved up to 5th Grade

I missed Summer's first day because I was driving Kya and Clayton to Rexburg.  Mike did a great job making sure everything went smoothly.  It was nice that Summer knew just about everyone in her class (since she's been with most of them since 1st grade) and had already met her teacher (Ms. Flanigan).  Hooray for our last year of Elementary School!

Tyson moved on to BYU Provo

It was nice having Kya and Tyson at the same school, even if it was only for one year!  Tyson was pretty excited to get accepted to BYU...and that he gets to be roommates with his best friend Luke again.  So far, I have only heard good things and he is loving life at BYU (except for the fact that he has to pay to wash his clothes haha--$4 a load!!)

It was meant to be:)

And Kya and Clayton moved into their first apartment together!

Driving 12 hours to Rexburg with my "check engine" light on was a bit stressful (not to mention driving back ALONE).  But I was so happy I got to take the trip and help the newlyweds move into their first apartment.  It was so fun to open all their new things and set up their cute new apartment.  I think they are going to have a great year...especially since they don't have to deal with crazy roommates haha.

Lots of changes and exciting times!

Kya & Clayton's Wedding Day

 Perfect, magical, wonderful, amazing day full of love.  

Wedding Week

After an entire year of planning, the week of the wedding arrived...and we were ready, right?!

The first groomsman arrived the Friday before the wedding, and then after that our house was just a revolving door of family, in-laws, groomsmen, and bridesmaids.  There were dinners, hikes, sightseeing in Seattle, hot tub parties, bachelor/bachelorette parties, football games, and even a few rounds of Mario Cart.  It was exciting, stressful, fun, busy, and memorable.  

All the groomsmen but one...still waiting on most of the bridesmaids!

Watching Twilight, the night before the bachelorette party.  Summer was so excited to be included...even though we had to make her close her eyes a few times:)

Kya and some of her bridesmaids got ready at our place before heading to Seattle for the Bachelorette party (Jordan hosted the girls at her place for the bachelorette party)

Summer and I got to meet up with the girls at Alexa's for breakfast the day before the wedding

The rehearsal felt a little rushed (they only gave us one hour and then rushed us out for another event, so we didn't get any pictures until we got to the restaurant)

Rehearsal dinner at Brooklyn Bros Pizza in Everett.  So many people, so much pizza:)

Clayton's groomsmen hoisted him up to immortalize K+C 

Almost time for Wedding Day!

Another One Bites the Dust

This summer was Sheri's turn to reach the 50 year mark!  Holy Cow, how are we all getting so old?  We (as sisters) had plans to do something "beachy" at White Rock beach ,since Sheri LOVES the sun.  Then Paul called with plans to surprise Sheri with brunch at White Rock, so we combined forces and had the most perfect day in White Rock celebrating how much we love Sheri.

We went to Boathouse in White Rock.  It had the most beautiful view of the ocean...and I had the best quiche of my life!  Paul was so sweet to plan this for Sheri...and she was genuinely surprised (no makeup and all)

I was so excited to make a collage of Sheri over the years.  This is my favorite thing and is always a big hit.  Luckily there was room to display it at the restaurant.

We even got to meet Paul's parents!

After brunch we headed over to the park that used to be "the camp" where we lived when we lived in White Rock.  It's magical to be there as adults.  The perfect place to celebrate Sheri's birthday.  Tina brought leis for us all (and I brought a real one for Sheri) to go along with our beach theme.  Lisa created a trivia game to play about Sheri.  My team won...by a lot...probably because it was stacked with Me, Tina and Paul...and I get a little competitive haha.  But it was so fun.

We finished the afternoon at the lookout.  We rarely get a photo of all us together with our husbands so this was a gem.  Its always hard to leave when we are all get together.  Next year it's Tina's turn...

I am so grateful to have Sheri as my sister.  She is so fun and funny and brings so much energy and happiness everywhere she goes.  She is so caring and quirky and so talented.  I look up to her so much.  

Happy 50th Sheri!!!!

Let's Make a Trip Out of It!

Since we bought tickets to the Stadium of Fire in Provo, and half our kids are in Idaho, we thought we'd make a trip out of it.  We spent 3 days in Rexburg and 3 days in Provo with the kiddos.  (It was our first "gluten free" trip, which was tricky, but we managed ok)

A quick trip to see the Idaho Falls temple (and bonus, Clayton got to show us some of the things he had worked on during his summer internship)

While the boys went golfing, we got terrible/overpriced pedicures in Rexburg

Summer got to ride to the bathroom on Clayton's scooter (she loved it)

Mini golf and arcade

I love going to parts of BYUI campus that look exactly the same as when I was a student there...this part of the Hart building is one of those places--frozen in time.

Rexburg Rapids was fun...until thunder and lightning shut it down!

The sand dunes at sunset will always be my favorite:)

Summer even got to sleep over at Kya's apartment!!!

Then off to Utah.  First stop, Salt Lake City.  It was SO hot and there was a TON of construction, I could barely recognize temple square.  

Escaping the heat in the old tabernacle

We got to eat lunch and walk around campus with Darren and Stacie and their girls for a bit.  They were in town for Stadium of Fire too.

Provo Rec center

The disc gold that lasted about 4 hours...Summer was not a fan!

BYU Museum

Creamery on Ninth had lots of gluten free flavors:)

Bridal Veil Falls (can you see Kya and Clayton hiking up there?!)