It's been a busy week! On Thursday, Benjamin had his district finals track meet! He ran the mile, the 400, the 800, and the 4x400. He did great, earning points for his team in the 400 and the 800 and especially the 4x400 where his team took first! It was a cold rainy day but he had a great time. He has really enjoyed this track season!

Bethany had a choir concert on Wednesday and a dance performance on Friday. It's so fun to see her on stage! She smiles through the whole thing and seems to have such a great time. The music was beautiful for the choir concert and the dances were fun at the dance performance. She performed foxtrot, swing, and country. On top of all that, she got her learner's permit on Thursday! She's asked me if she can drive everyday since!

Also this week, Mariah came up to UVU in Orem (about 20 minutes north of us) to run in the Conference Championships for track. She came up on Tuesday and we got to see her race on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings. She ran the 1500, the 800, and the 5K. She PR'ed in the 5K and was super happy about that! We think she is pretty dang cool. I was super happy that she got to come home Saturday night! It's been fun to have her back in the house again!

Savannah had a fun time coming to Beth's choir concert with us this week. She said being in the high school brought back a lot of memories! She had a good work week with some late starts but was always there. She also weeded my front flower bed and planted some veggies for me for Mother's Day. That was super sweet!

Kevin made a great mother's day for me. He did a lot of yard work yesterday and bought me some hanging flowers for the balcony. Today he made dinner and had the family over including his mom and Jim and we all shared a favorite memory with our moms. It was really fun. 

I also got an extra talk with Cali (in the morning) and Chey (in the evening) today and that was super special. I love those missionary gals and miss them so much!

Mariah graduated this week from Utah Tech University with her bachelor's degree in Sports and Recreation Management! We are so impressed with her and all she has accomplished! She got to wear a cool sash for being a student athlete and a gold cord for being summa cum laude. She was well decked out! Kevin and I drove down Friday morning with Megan, Bethany, and Kolby. Her department served us breakfast and had a short ceremony reception that we enjoyed. Afterwards, Mariah gave us a tour of campus as well as the HPC where she had the majority of her classes and worked last year. Then we drove over with Mariah to see the outside of the Red Cliffs Temple. So pretty! 

That afternoon we met for lunch with more people who wanted to congratulate Mariah! We went to ChuckaRama with Granmda and Grandpa Elton, Aunt Maggie, Dylan, Liz, and Becca. It was so fun to see them and feel of their support. 

That evening was the graduation. Mariah looked great in her robes and we cheered loudly when they read her name! We took lots of pictures and went out for smoothies afterwards.

Saturday morning, Kevin, Kolby, Mariah, and I went to the St. George temple early in the morning. What a beautiful temple! Afterwards we rejoined Megan and Beth and had breakfast. Then we went to Mariah's apartment and helped her take some things down to the car. She needed to stay for a few more track practices before conference next week. So then we said goodbye and headed home. It was a great trip!

We found Savannah and Ben safe at home. Saturday was May the Fourth so Savannah went to a reshowing of The Phantom Menace with her friends Joana and Stewart. She had a really good time. She also made it to work everyday this week!

Benjamin had a track meet on Friday! He was going to go to a campout Friday night but he didn't get back from his track meet soon enough. He did great at his track meet, though! He ran the mile and placed third and the 800 and placed second and the 4x400 and placed first. On Saturday he had a double tennis lesson and his teacher was impressed with how well he's doing!

It was super fun to have Beth on the trip with us this weekend. She is doing well. We saw Beth's endocrinologist on Tuesday morning and got news on new medication. We haven't seen any real changes yet and that is hard but it is always good to know the doctors are on our side and are trying! She still runs out of energy in the afternoon but she is trying to make the most of it!

In other news, we made good progress on wedding prep this week.  And the end of school is coming closer and closer!

Here are some more graduation photos from Mariah: