Let Summer Begin!

School's out, we seem to be done with masks for the most part, and summer is shaping up to be a little nuts-o! Girls camp, YouTube conference, a trip to Bryce Canyon, a trip to South Carolina, Youth Conference, an internship, and then school starts again. Phew. 

May in Photos: 

The sheep came back to our neighboring field. They multiplied by about 3x, with lots of little lambies. They're SO LOUD. When there aren't any lambs, the sheep are super quiet, but those lambs make everyone really loud. We enjoy them a lot- but they do tend to escape, and Nils has had to herd them back more than once already. 

We've been able to go to a couple of Jazz games this month- the last regular season game, and a playoff game. Gooooo Jazz!!

Ava tried out for 6th grade student council for next year, and she made it! We had to make a video for her application where she showed how peppy she is. Success. 

We got new carpet upstairs in the front room, bedrooms and stairs. The old stuff was so garbagey- it was so thin, our toes would get caught on tack strips. Bleh. The new stuff is like heaven under our feet. We had to move everything out, which was a bit of an ordeal. 

Just Timpanogos being super attractive.

We were at Target and found this Cabbage Patch doll named Katrina. She looks just like me.

My skin has been acting CRAZY for awhile now. I made this list for the dermatologist, and came home with 3 prescriptions. My skin is nuts. It's not great. 

Ya know what is great, though? Addie. She got a job as a lifeguard for the summer, and started this weekend. Here she is, demonstrating blowing her whistle at pool violators. Watch out, everyone, Addie's on the case. 

I came upon a little store that sells Brazilian goods, and bought some of Nils' favorite treats from his mission. He's talked about these cookies forever, so it was fun to find them.

Nils and the girls had a good time trying to kill dandelions with a blow torch. Result: They're growing back...but it was fun anyway.

Aani got an award at the last orchestra concert for showing leadership. After the concert she said she knows about 4 people in her orchestra class, so she was a little perplexed. I will say she practices regularly, and she does lots of extra things in orchestra to help out, so I'm sure her teacher knows all of that. :)

Aani and Ava went to a lady bug festival with Nana and had a blast.

Aani got a frog, and his habitat with her babysitting money. Pip was intensely interested in this situation.

Meet Phred the Phrog. He does not love being held, or being outside of his home.

Work on the camper has started again. We hope to be able to use it this summer at some point. 

Anders graduated! Westlake put on a really great graduation ceremony. It was held at Rio Tinto stadium, so anyone got to go, and we didn't even have to wear masks. 

Anders starts an internship with OC Tanner next week, which they're paying him for. Payment was unexpected, but he's obviously super happy about it. When that's over, he plans on working for a few months, and then deciding whether he wants to do college or a mission. He's a good kid, and we're excited to see what he does next. 

All of the cliches are true. The days are long, but the years are short. Time is a thief. Life's a trip.