We had a very busy week!

Sunday was Seminary Graduation for Mariah. Mariah loved her time in seminary and I love that. She learned a lot about herself and where true joy comes and that God will always be there rooting for her. We got pictures with other graduates from our ward and then made sure we got pictures with Alex who moved to our new ward so is the only grad who Mariah grew up with and we have memories of them being little in Sunday School together!

Monday was Mariah's track banquet. She earned an academic all-state letter and her Varsity letter and was also awarded the Outstanding Athlete award. Wow, girl! Her coach said a lot of nice things about how hard she works and how she does a lot to encourage the whole team. It was neat to see her honored in that way.

Coach Sam

Coach Huffy

Tuesday Beth and Ben had their end-of-school dance concert. Every grade does a dance together. Sarah and I watched and had great fun watching both Beth and Ben really jazz up the field! I had to take pictures at home because they were too far away for good pictures at the school.

Tuesday, Cheyenne and Calianne had their awards assembly and a track party after school. Cheyenne got the coach's award and Cali got an award for being team captain. They both got papers listing their PRs, too, which I thought was a neat idea. They also received some academic awards during the in-school assembly. They are pretty cool kids!

Wednesday, Sarah attended the temple for the first time! She has been preparing for quite some time and we are so pleased that she has wanted it as part of her life and then made it happen. What a girl! We had lots of friends from Brookside who showed up at the session to support her and made it all the more special. We went out to eat afterward. It was really a great night.

On Thursday, Mariah graduated from High School! Ahhh! She graduated with High Honors and as a part of the Chinese Honor Society. Her YW president got her a lei. She looked great and we all went and watched her and soaked up the Pomp and Circumstance! It was a rainy, cold day, so we took pictures indoors. Afterwards, we had a barbecue at our house. That night, she went to the all-night party at the high school! Fun times! Congratulations Class of 2019!

Friday was officially the last day of school!! Yay!! My kids ae all very excited to be out for the summer! Now, if the weather could just warm up a bit we might feel like summer is really here! That's alright. We'll party as if it is summer, with or without the sun!

We made it through the last week of school!