Alice is always surrounded by friends - 5 of them sat with us at Charlie's choir concert!
Charlie also has lots of friends - he hung out with them after the show.
Bran muffins for Gen Con.
Grace and her district watching General Conference at the Mexico MTC.
We were pretty cozy for it.
Alice did artwork while she listened.
Toby set up a "nest" on the floor.
Dillon/kids came on Saturday after Conference. We passed along some of our old costumes to Gabe. He was so adorable! Remember when Charlie wore this?
And when Danny wore this? (Danny's huge head could never fit that hat so we bought a new one.)
Pepperoni rolls and potato soup with our friends.
Then backyard time.
All the kids loved getting into the costumes.
Blondies!
Alice has been making these cute clay worry stones that you rub with your thumb - so soothing!
Cinnamon and orange rolls for Conference Sunday.
And caramel apples of course.
Rubiks cubes during the session.
Brain jello.
Alice's pics from our Farmington Bay drive.
The kids always ask for these lifesaver mints to help with carsickness on drives.
The caramel apples were a hit!
Banished to the basement during Alice's friend birthday party.
She has really nice friends:)
Grace and the girls.
Bethany and the boys.
Paul's doctor put him on an antibiotic/probiotic diet, which includes sauerkraut. Does it count if you put it on a Big Mac?
It also includes Yakult, a yogurt drink.
I made Alice's mint chocolate birthday cake.
Alice's birthday dinner with the grandparents.
Grandpa made us listen to the entire "16 Candles" song as he and Grandma sang along! The kids needed it for their cultural history.
Toby gave Alice a hug for her birthday:)
He didn't want to be in any other photos.
Happy sweet 16!
Charlie is taller than me now.
Toby joined the Kindness Club and they had their first meeting. He's in the middle, well dressed.
Grace sent me that upper picture of an address she saw on the way to the Mexico City temple, because it's the same design as the one on our house (lower picture).
Grace bought Alice's birthday present before she left: a cute wireless speaker.
Alice's choir concert.
Backstage with friends.
Alice surprised us - we didn't know she would be announcing her choir's songs!
She's in the audition sophomore women's choir called Xela (pronounced Shayla).
Grace sees these little green monk parrots everywhere. They're an invasive species that started as pets.
Charlie bought a 3-D printer on Facebook Marketplace. He's still learning how to use it.
Jazz band shirt.
Toby had his final flag football game. This was the first time we realized that one of his coaches is former BYU quarterback Riley Nelson!
Remember this guy from 2011?
Toby's always the center.
They had their very first win!
Meanwhile, Danny and I were waiting for Charlie's band concert to start.
He plays trumpet in the 8th grade jazz band, and had a solo!
He plays French horn in the 8th grade concert band.
Charlie is everybody's buddy!
