May Happenings

May was a busy month with all the end of year school activities plus Sarah's shower and birthday.

Megan flying through the air at a track meet.

Megan helped at a Kentucky Derby party.

Megan, Me and U

Megan and Me joined by a horse?!?

Megan playing in the final concert of the year.

Matthew playing with the jazz band.

Megan received the Outstanding Bandsman award.

Matthew and Megan were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society.

We got a new tree that the children have named Tiny Tree John. They often say goodbye to him as we leave and hello to him as we return.

Megan and Matthew went to Sean and Ethan's birthday party.

At the party, they pulled out instruments. Here Megan is playing a clarinet. Matthew played the French horn.

U and Me went to Serrano's for a combined Mother's Day/anniversary dinner.

Happy Mother's Day!

Me with her flowers.

We did a few puzzles including this one of the Polynesian Cultural Center.

Artemis, living a tough life...

We had a mac and cheese tasting dinner where we sampled three different types of mac and cheese.

The Bogle Band performed at the West Alley BBQ again. (They'd also performed here on New Year's Eve.)

Matthew and Christian at our house the day after the baby shower.

U and Artemis

Christian, Matthew, Sandy, Allison, Megan

Allison, U and Christian

Playing the hokey pokey and turning ourselves around....

Matthew continues to find new places to sleep.

A few memorable conversations/sayings:

Megan: Unless I'm going hallucinoid crazy.....

Megan and Matthew were discussing states they have been to one evening:

Matthew: I beat you to Nevada!

Megan: Oh yeah? Well I beat you to Arizona.

Ma: That’s because you were born first. 

M: Yeah, well technically I did beat you. 

They then proceeded to discuss how they stuck their legs out in the car when we were going to Canada so they could get to Canada quicker. They also commented that Matthew got to Hawaii sooner than Megan because he was sitting a row ahead of her on the plane.

After school one day:

Megan: ____ asked me if I thought any of the boys in our class are cute.

Matthew: Do you?

Megan: I asked if I could say my brother. 

Matthew: You think I'm cute?

Megan: Well I live with you and you aren't exactly hideous.

On the 3rd to last day of school, someone asked Megan: Do you know Matthew?

Megan: Which one?

Someone: Matthew O

Megan: Yes, I should know him. He’s my brother….

Someone: stares back blankly

April Happenings

 Life continues to march on.

We watched General Conference the first weekend in April

Artemis enjoyed her conference treats.

Artemis demonstrating downward facing dog while Matthew observes from inside Megan's tent.

Matthew in his conference tent. It was a bit warm.

Megan's calligraphy

April brought a lot of track meets for Megan. She participated in the long jump. Here are a couple photos from her first meet.

Matthew and a friend (Adam), booby trapped U's office one day.

U showing off the spider that fell on his head.

Reverse water gun (it squirts the person shooting it unless they know to switch the valve. Which U knew....Thanks Crunch Labs!)

Mystery puzzle (actual puzzle is a few minutes later than the picture given with the puzzle)

The YM/YW had a tri-ward dance.

Very busy day at AZCEND!!!

Jump Megan!

Juvenile great horned owl. Its mom kept watch over it until it was able to fly away.

Matthew and the jazz band at the state jazz band festival. They placed 1st in middle school/junior high and were told by multiple judges that they were the best jazz band they heard over the whole festival.

The entire jazz band. They do sound amazing!

Matthew participated in trombone day at the local community college. 25 trombones played a piece together. It sounded really cool.

Closer shot of Matthew at trombone day.

We did face masks.

Matthew relaxing in the tub while doing his face mask.

Go Megan!

Matthew participated in stake YM basketball.

U and Me went to dinner with Sarah and Champion. It was nice to visit with them. Me also took a couple trips down the see Sarah.

Me, U, Matthew, Artemis and Megan enjoying dinner at the park. Enjoying the nice weather while we can!

France Yum Box

Megan quote to mom and dad: You know more about chicken stock and stocks in general. And socks.

Last Two Track Meets

Here are some pictures from Sarah's last two track meets of the season.

Running the 100m dash. This track was a dirt track, which made running harder.

Running the 200m dash.

Getting ready for her last 100m dash of the season.

See those girls run! Sarah is in the inside lane.

Running the 200m dash.

Sarah really enjoyed track! And we really enjoyed watching her run and seeing her put forth a lot of effort to do her best.