Our spring break

Because I had a family wedding I needed to be at during the week of our kids' spring break, and also
 because Jacob is the kindest and wanted to give me some time to myself, I spent the first week of April
at home, while Jacob took the three youngest to Moab and Colorado, to camp and hike and bike and
adventure and have fun together. He's the best. And these kids are the most darling. And I'm so thankful
for the week to recharge and for the memories they made together. It was a good few days for all of us.

The sweetest of invites

Goodness, I'm so thankful for these people, this picture and this afternoon.

To be invited to the temple sealing of the daughter of my darling cousin and dear friend earlier
today, meant more than she could ever know. And to be with Brooke and her four brothers,
who are some of my favorite people ever, will forever be such a happy memory. I have long
felt so thankful that they are my family and my friends, what a blessing they've been to me.

These five are so close and I have often used them as inspiration when raising our own
children, to do everything in my power to make sure our kids are close and love each other
fiercely. So to feel included with this group of incredible people, who I absolutely adore,
meant so much. The sweetest experience I've had in a long time. Never mention feeling
heaven close, with my aunt and uncle, their parents, with us in the temple, along with
my mom and grandma and grandpa there also. I'm forever thankful.

Another tournament win for this guy

And finally this photo that will never stop making me laugh. Because when you ask for permission to share,
you take what you can get. This boy entered another big PDGA tournament yesterday and won his entire
division—in a playoff, with two birdies in a row to become the overall winner. And which resulted in him
qualifying for a tournament this fall in Missouri. He's honestly unreal to me. So ridiculously proud of him.

PS. I love so much that disc golf gives the weirdest/lamest/best trophies ever. They are so random and often miniature
and not even trophies most of the time and Ben has an entire nightstand covered in them. It's kind of the greatest.

School plays and choreographers

And then the week of the school play with this darling student choreographer. Grace attended the
play ​s​ix times this past week to be on the front row and help the whole cast throughout the song she
and ​K​enzie choreographed together. Forever thankful for ​t​his amazing mom, dancer and ​human
and how she included, loved, celebrated and cheered on our girl. She's truly the best!

Grace's Greek festival

The most fun week for this girl as her sixth grade year winds down. Greek festival on
Friday for this darling goddess of dance (as dubbed by her friends and peers).

Senior prom

Our darling boy and his last school dance this past Saturday. I absolutely loved taking the photos for
his group and yes, I most definitely got emotional multiple times earlier in the day when I thought
 about his impending high school graduation, moving away to college and then leaving on a  mission—
likely all within this calendar year. His unreal goodness does something to my heart and I just continue
 to watch him do amazing things, with hard work and his incredible heart, all while bringing laughter
and fun to every single situation he is in. Oh I'm thankful for our Ben. 

And his beautiful date, Leah. I'm a huge fan of this fabulous girl.

This picture most definitely made me cry when I uploaded it to my computer.
These boys have been such a huge blessing to Ben. I'm thankful for every single one of them.

And one final disc golf photo for those obsessed with the sport
(Ben at the top of the list), just for fun and because they are hilarious. 

It was a really sweet night for sure. I'm so thankful to have been a small part of it.

A dance festival for our beautiful girl

Grace performed with her dance company at the Utah Dance Festival on Saturday. They were absolutely
amazing! We love her dance studio something fierce and feel forever the luckiest that we found them
for our girl. The owners, the instructors, the dancers-everything about them is beyond fabulous.

This tremendous boy

This darling guy played hours of soccer each day throughout this last week.
He's working his head off and it's so incredible to watch.

Flag football fun

Ben's basketball season might be over, but the flag football season has just begun.

And this team of friends is just the best and way too much fun to watch.

A final year of the district book battle

This cutest girl participated in her final district book battle this week, for the fourth year in a row.
She's so amazing. And the fact that she loves to read so much brings me all sorts of joy.

♪♪It's the most wonderful time of the year♪♪

 

Our darling, talented girl

This sweetest girl received that cutest bouquet today, along with all of the adults
that helped with the school play, during one of the last practices before the official
 performances. So proud of our Grace and her amazing choreography skills, especially
at only twelve years old. She is something else and I'm just so proud of her.

Twenty-two years of our amazing Matt

 

This tremendous birthday guy

Happy Birthday to this tremendous human! Oh Matt is something else and I have felt
such a deep gratitude for him today—for who he chooses to be and for the privilege of
being his mom and his friend. He has one of the best hearts of any person I have ever
known and watching it in action the last twenty-two years has been such a gift and privilege.

And it’s definitely not just me. Matt’s strengths and talents make others gravitate to him and want to
be around him, especially his siblings. We all find him beyond hilarious. If you haven’t been around our
 dinner table with Matt, or listened as he told a story of some absolutely crazy thing he likely shouldn’t
have done but did, I’m not sure you’ve known true joy. And his immense amount of kindness, goodness,
wisdom, brilliance, athleticism and adventurous spirit just make him that much more incredible.

I’m just so proud of Matt and how he lives his life. The relationship he has with each member of our
family, and especially with Jacob and myself, means so much to us. I’m so honored to know and love
him and to be loved by him in return. Each of us are better, happier, kinder, and have far more fun,
because Matt is is our lives. I’ll never stop being grateful to God for sending him to us.

Happiest Birthday Matthew Davis, love you so much son!

Our favorite guy's birthday

Well, well, well, what do we have here except one of our favorite days of the year
and our favorite dad and husband in all of forever?! 

Here’s to the one that that never stops loving, serving, providing, caring, laughing,
crying, adventuring and just being there for each of us. We are SO grateful for who
you choose to be and how it blesses us every single day. 

Happy Birthday Jacob Ethan! Love you forever.

Family ski day

These four darlings, plus Jacob (the lovely photographer), spent the day skiing today.
It's a sad ski season in Utah this year for sure. But I'm so glad they could spend the time together.
Oh man, we could use some significant moisture in our little state.

(Nate was on his own ski trip with a friend and his parents, so while he was missed, we were glad he was having fun.)

Ben's senior year basketball season

An undefeated season for this boy and his darling friends.
I just really love watching this son of mine play basketball.

Just love these two so crazy much

Another tournament win for Nate

 And then in more stud news of the weekend...this boy won the championship of his
St. George soccer tournament Saturday! And scored the most amazing goal to ignite the team
and get them fired up. Oh I love him and his incredible heart and his choice to work his head
off to become the MOST amazing soccer player. Love this Nate boy so much.

Another tournament win for Ben

Look at this guy who took FIRST PLACE in his tournament today! Out of 35 players and
playing 40 holes. I'm especially impressed with this win, with him coming off of a significant
injury the last few months of 2025. It was a pretty big tournament for sure and I'm so proud of
this boy who works his head off to compete in this sport he loves. Oh this Ben Allen, I'm a fan.

College bound

This stud got the news a few days ago that not only was he admitted to BYU, but he also received a
scholarship to help pay for expenses. We’re so proud of him and who he chooses to be and his insane
amount of hard work the last several years. All three schools he got into are tremendous and it will be
exciting to see where life takes him the next many months. He’s so amazing. I’m so honored to be his mom.

An evening of ballet

This sweetest girl, went to Ballet West's performance of Peter Pan last night, because of the generosity
of one of the school play directors who gave us tickets to the performance, as a thank to Grace for helping
choregraph one of the main dances of the school play this year. It was just such a kind thing to do.

The athleticism and talent of these dancers was unreal. I couldn't get over it. And now,
many months into dancing pointe, Grace had a small idea how incredible it was what
these dancers were doing. I loved watching her filled with so much happiness
and awe. It was a good night. I'm so thankful I could experience it with our girl.

7th grade

This beautiful girl registered for 7th grade last night. Our sixth and final time.
I'm so blown away that we are here with our youngest already. But she is definitely ready.
Love her and her amazing, fun, hilarious, darling self more than I can say.

A Saturday afternoon hike

The best dad, the sweetest girl

A fun night

The most fun night with Grace's darling friend. I'm so thankful for how good
Ella's family is to our girl. They are just the best and we are so thankful for them.