Emi's birthday weekend

It seems like I'm always posting about Emi lately .. Can you tell she's the only kid left at home? :) It was Emi's birthday Saturday. She spent the WHOLE day at a band/percussion competition. I stopped by for one of her pieces:

Then Alyssa came over (to see Emi) but since she came over early, we got to hang out for a while. We went to grab lunch and then to the mall to find a present for Emi.

 Later that night, we went to dinner at Bohemian Brewery (they have yummy German food and Emi's choice) and them home for cake (which was an ice cream cake) and presents. Long day but wonderful!

Sunday, Emi got her patriarchal blessing. It was a beautiful blessing--full of amazing things!!! That girl has the world promised to her .... I was very touched.

Perfect Weekend.

Alyssa's College Graduation

Here she is walking to the spectrum on the graduate campus parade:

Here she is getting her diploma:

 

Logan and Preston

This weekend, I had the chance to go up to northern Utah twice. On Saturday, Dain, Emi and I drove up to Preston (Idaho) to a funeral. Dain's best friend from high school's dad died of colon cancer. It was an interesting funeral with great talks by both sons about their dad's life. His dad was a WWII vet and served in the Korean War. It's amazing how people from these historic events are dying ... Heroes from another generation who gave us so much by giving of themselves.

After the funeral, military honors, and mandatory Relief Society luncheon (no funeral potatoes ... what??!!), we drove back to Logan. On the way, we stopped at the Pepperidge Farms factory store and loaded up on gold fish crackers, cookies, and other treats. We bought some treats for Alyssa too. Then we went into Logan, picked her up and went out to lunch. It was nice to spend time with her and she's one of the reasons I'm glad to be back in Utah. We missed seeing her for three plus years, so this is great for us. Emi had packed a bag and she got to spend the night with Alyssa and her roommates. Dain and I headed back to SLC but not before stopping by his brother's house to say hello. His brother Jon and his wife Angie have lived in their "new" house for 8 years and we had never been there. It's a beautiful house. It was great to see them. We then came back to our condo. I was exhausted. lol It was nice to have a quiet evening at home.

Sunday, I headed back up to Logan, this time to go to church with Alyssa for family day. One Sunday a year, families are invited to church with the students and then they serve lunch. I got to see many of her friends, meet the ones I had only seen on Facebook and meet their families. Emi got to sit thru Sunday School and RS. The lunch was yummy and it was complete with plenty of Aggie ice cream. YUM, YUM, YUM. I loved spending that time with my two girls. Dain had to be up at Brighton to sub for someone so he couldn't go. Then Emi and I drove home.

It was a great weekend. I'm grateful for the time I spent with my family, with extended family, with friends and eating ice cream. :-)

Alyssa Was Here!

 So I am WAAAAY behind on posting. We were SO lucky to have Alyssa come home for a few days! We miss her a ton. She's graduating from Utah State at the end of this school year .... Yikes, where has time gone? Of course, besides swimming and eating out, we had the requisite family (minus me) basketball game. I'm the official photographer and cheerleader. I cheer for whoever makes a point. And we did hit a concert too. It was fun!

Push Ups Part 2

Alyssa reminded me that when she came home, she also beat Christian ....  I just have to brag (sorry Christian). :-)

Woman of the Year Nomination

So Alyssa was nominated at Utah State University for the Woman of the Year Award. I'm so proud of her! She's in her third year of college and working hard to keep her grades up. She's also on the Dean's list. Yay Aly!

Alyssa

Alyssa was asked to sit for pictures to be published in some Aggie publication. Isn't she beautiful?? As the mom, I'm biased and I think she looks very pretty!


Here she is with "the Erin", as we call her at home. Erin and Alyssa have been good friends since about 6th grade!