Oh spring, I loveth you

Spring piano recital

This handsome guy played tremendously well at his piano recital tonight. I'm so proud of him

and his consistent, hard work. He is such an amazing boy and I so love being his mom.

More dance pictures

I can't even with this child (almost adult). Her beauty and her goodness and her talent
and her brilliance and her kindness and her amazing choices. I'm truly in awe of her.

Junior Prom

Junior Prom for our beautiful girl and her handsome date, Parker.

Kindergarten round up

Sweetest little miss at the Kindergarten round up this afternoon. She was
so happy. And loved having her big sister there with us. Love these girls.
And love this youngest and her excitement to finally start school.

A morning hike

A hike up Adams Canyon today, in thunder, lightning and eventually rain. Irresponsible? 

I prefer to think of it as communing with nature. Plus the weather was just lovely when I began

 my ascent. And I was shorter than most every one of the two dozen hikers I met on the trail, 

so suddenly I'm looking a lot less irresponsible and a lot more an expert in hiking safety.

He's such a stud

This boy of ours took second place, in the entire meet, in hurdles.

Light

On Sunday evening, I took my Mom her Easter flowers just as the sun
was setting. And took this picture from the cemetery. I love it so.

No greater joy

The blurriest of screenshots and oh I love it. We talked to this boy for just a few minutes on
Easter and he was so happy, so sweet, so hilarious, so much a missionary, so goofing off
with the other elders, so bilingual, SO joyful. What it did to my heart is indescribable.

"God be thanked for the matchless gift of His divine Son"

No words for how much I love these people or how grateful I am
for my Savior for making it possible for me to be with them forever.

So much talent

Holy frijoles, a borrowed iPad and the incredible talent of @annielinnlettering combined
to make this beauty and I just love it so. I'm so grateful for how often Annes is hired for
custom jobs because I get to see what she is capable of. Also, am I the only one who
thinks I should convince my gorgeous girl to start her own Etsy shop? I mean seriously.

The view from our back porch

Got pillows?

Track is back

 First track meet of the season and Matt rocked both the hurdles
(3rd place out of of more than 40 racers) and the 100 meter (12th place).
I love watching this boy compete. He really is something else.


Picture taken by our good friend, Jeremy.
Thanks so much Jeremy!

A sweet morning

 

I spent some time with both my Dad and my Mom this morning. I'm so blessed.

Third!

Third place in state for this girl's high school theatre group. Yee to the Haw.

Spring, soccer and subs

Spring soccer has sprung. And along with it, a super handsome substitute coach.

State theatre competition

Our incredible girl competed in the state theatre competition today and blew me away.
Her performance today was outstanding. It was even better than region, just a few short weeks
ago, and that performance was truly fabulous. I'm so proud of her. And not just because of today.
But because of who she is, how hard she works, what is important to her and that she chooses
goodness no matter what comes her way or happens to her. I'm so thankful I get to be her mom.

My darling little walking companion

Minimialists and traditions

Enjoying general conference crepes with some of our wonderful family.
(An Allen family tradition made twice a year by the handsome man I married).
We obviously keep the fillings to a minimum.