Sara's art project for this week was to paint a symmetrical scene. She chose to paint a sunset with a pier reflecting on the water. She started earlier than usual and worked on it for several days, but she still managed to stay up nearly all night painting, only 2 hours of sleep.
She got 2nd place on this one, only one vote behind 1st.
Tuesday, we stopped by Grandpa's house after school to wish him a happy birthday. It was wonderful to get to sit and visit with him for a while. He is delightful to be with. We both loved to listen to his stories and share the latest news from our family. He is lots of fun and we shared some good laughs and a few tears. We love you Grandpa!
Wednesday night, Sara, Daniel and I went to Symphony Hall to see the opera, Le nozze di Figaro or The Marriage of Figaro. It was a great show! Sara and Daniel did a little snoozing on and off during the second half. They didn't want to fall asleep, they both loved the show, they were just sleep deprived. It also was a really long opera, over 3 hours long. It went very quickly. It was a ridiculously hilarious. Lots of sneaking and spying and scandalous surprises. It was tons of fun!
Brigham and Callie Fish sat with us.
My irises are blooming!!!
I love how many yellow ones I have now. They are like sunshine!
Cute Leigh is busy cooking our grandson. They are both so cute!
She has also been baking bread. It looks delicious!
Josh was hoping her water would break while they were in the temple. Silly boy! Leigh was glad that it didn't, and so were all the temple workers, I'm sure.
Thursday at MCO rehearsal, Cory Mendenhall was conducting. We love Cory! He is such a sweet man and a wonderful conductor.
Friday night, Daniel, Sara, Jacob and I went to the final Phoenix Chorale concert of the season. It was amazing as always. The guest conductor this time was Brian Schmidt. He loves jazz. After the concert he shared with us about how much Bach's compositions and his improvisational skills relate to jazz. It was pretty cool. Lucas Miles was there too!
Saturday morning, Sara and Jacob served at Surprise Pride Day.
They did a little bit of everything, they got lost, smelled lots of weed and weeds, visited little Mexico and worked hard while a bunch of the other "workers" sat and stared at them.
They prayed that they would be able to actually be able to serve someone and they were!
Laney went hiking in the White Tank Mountains with Jessi and Tori. They were unable to go very far on the trail because of a big rattle snake blocking the way. They were warned to stay back, so they didn't get to actually see it. They still had a great time and enjoyed the beautiful weather.
They did see a cool lizard with a turquoise tail.
These two girls are such great buddies. They spend a ton of time together.
Our beautiful desert home!
Beautiful ladies!!!
Saturday, we also watched conference. It is one of my favorite weekends of the year. I love being together as a family and hearing the words and testimonies of our prophet and church leaders. Sam and Vivi came over after the priesthood session and stayed the night.
Laney and Vivi had fun dancing together.
Sunday morning, we all settled in to enjoy conference.
Everyone mostly stayed awake and lots of notes were taken.
In between sessions, we made scrambled eggs, French toast and bacon for lunch, and chopped up tons of veggies and shredded pork so it could cook during the second session, as a big batch of Thai green curry.
Freddy and Noah are such sweet brothers. Lots of love.
After conference we played Things and ate curry. It has been a beautiful Sabbath Day!
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