Kevin and I had a getaway in Salt Lake City this weekend! We stayed in a really nice room in the Grand America Hotel on Saturday night and then on Sunday morning we went to the tabernacle for the Music and the Spoken Word broadcast. What a talented group of musicians! It was beautiful! Afterward, we went back to the hotel for a delicious brunch. It was really fun to get away with my cute husband! Shout out to my kids who took care of things at home and even went to church without us. They are great!

The view from our room

Savannah planned our Friday night festivities this week. We watched Antman and had Dakota and Hunter join us too! Savannah has made Marvel a weekly tradition for us! She is hanging in there with her college classes and her cool job. She took care of dinner for the fam while we were gone. She is pretty great!

Sarah has been healing from oral surgery all week. She didn't struggle with the recommendation that she not run all week, but not smiling and laughing? Impossible! Especially when hanging out with her new friend, McKay who makes her laugh A LOT. She still got her stitches out on Friday and she is very happy to have them gone!

Mariah's sports vacation ended and she started track this week. Just five miles a day to start. She was so relieved it was so easy. (!!!) She is also still working four days a week but she gets to sleep in now(7:15 baby!) and is looking a lot more rested. She sent her acceptance to Dixie State this week and agreed to run for them in exchange for tuition and housing. We are all really excited for her!

Cheyenne and Calianne don't start track for another couple of weeks. They had piano festival on Saturday so they spent their week filling our house with beautiful piano music! Sarah, McKay, Kevin, and I watched them perform for the judges on Saturday and they did Superior!

Bethany also performed at piano festival and we were proud of her Superior rating, too! She is also doing well in karate and getting ready for her Wizard of Oz performance this month for drama! I need to also record that Bethany had her last basketball game this week. I had a great time coaching this little team. They made great improvements and had a great time together.

This is a headshot that she took of herself

Benjamin and Beth and Cheyenne just finished a week with no screens! Cheyenne challenged them to it and they rose to the task! Ben was so bored, he asked Kevin to throw the football and some baseball with him, and once Kevin got over his shock, they did so and had a great time that included a bloody nose but not a knocked out tooth. Yay! Ben also did karate this week and at scouts he made a harmonica and a balloon-powered boat. Cool!