Going Through the Temple With Heather

 I flew down to California a week before Heather's wedding so I could help her with last minute panning as well as so I could go to the Temple with her when she goes for the first time. She asked me to be her escort through the Temple and I was seriously so honored and excited to share this time with her. Before the day I was spending some time with Ashleigh and her kids and I brought a carton of confetti eggs that I have had since two Easters ago. I thought Atticus and Abigail would enjoy smashing confetti eggs on their heads and they did. It took a minute to teach them how to do it and those eggs were harder than I thought and hurt just a bit on my head but they really enjoyed the egg smashing and all the confetti. It really was so cute to watch them.

This picture of Atticus needed to be highlighted because how cute and fun is he doing his little jump while smashing confetti eggs on his head. Kids can be so magical

Wednesday night Mom, Heather and I drove to the Newport Beach Temple for her endowment. I loved being able to be with Heather and before the endowment the Temple Matron talked to her and gave her some really great advice and words of wisdom. During the endowment I was afraid she and I would get the nervous giggles but I was careful not to look at her too much and I think we did a good job of holding it together. When we went in we saw that Ashleigh and Mom were sitting in the first row next to the two seats saved for Heather and I and I was very happy that we could all be together. I am so excited for Heather and love that she is now able to go to the Temple and that when we are together we can now add Temple dates to our list of things to do.

Ashleigh, Mom, Heather and Elizabeth

Lorilynn Phillips,  Connie Jones, Ashleigh, Mom, Heather, Elizabeth, Pat Donaldson ( I know she has widowed and remarried a couple of times but I do not know her current last name and this is the one I grew up knowing so it is what I am sticking with), and MaryBeth Stevens

Ashleigh, Heather and Elizabeth

Lacrosse vs Rocky

 I signed Kefford and I up to do stats at another Lacrosse game and this one was against Rocky at Rocky. I wasn't super thrilled thinking about sitting on the sidelines with other Rocky parents because I did not think we would win and they are pretty insufferable to be around when they are winning. The couple who were doing stats for Rocky were actually LDS and they felt they knew us from somewhere and Kefford said they seemed familiar to him as well but nobody could pinpoint anything, I did not find them familiar so I was out of that conversation, hahaha. I took pictures of Rylee during her stick check, before every game the referees do a stick check to make sure that the net on their stick is regulation and does not go too deep or is too shallow. For some reason Rylee usually always has an issue with hers and she has to have her Coach fix it and then she has to get checked again and will pass the second time. This time she passed the first time which was great.

This was honestly such a good game to watch, the score kept going back and forth with who was in the lead and the game ended on a tie which was crazy. In the case of a tie they put 3 minutes on the clock and the first team to score ends the game and wins. I was shocked when Owyhee scored and we ended up winning the game, the celebration was so fun and exiting. I kept it cool on the side lines to be respectful to the Rocky parents but inside I was so happy and jumping up and down. After we were done wrapping things up in the stats book Kefford and I waited on the opposite side for Rylee which is tradition and what I always do even though we drive separate. I like to see her right after her games and she likes us waiting for her. I watched a lot of Rocky girls walk off the field crying and I felt bad for them but again inside was super happy. It was such a good game to be at and to be on the sidelines watching. 

On my morning walks I noticed that most of the corners in our subdivision have tress that blossom with these flowers. I think they are such a pretty and unique looking flower. After passing them so often and constantly admiring them I took a picture.

I asked Aileen, Ann's Mom if she would send me pictures of Anna from baby to now, I wanted to use them at the Family Dinner I was in charge of the night before her wedding. She sent so many cute pictures but this one was my favorite. I cannot get over how stinking adorable she is in this chicken costume. She and Ryker are going to have such cute babies/kids and I cannot wait!

Easter Sunday

 Heather found this flag pattern when we were Black Friday shopping at JK Quilts in November. AS soon as I saw it I had to get it also because I loved it so much. I found material recently and cut it al out and sewed it all together and I love how it turned out. Every time I finish a quilt it turns into my newest favorite Quilt and this one is definitely a favorite. I love America and am so happy to have a a Quilt top that represents the Land I Love, I just now need to get it quilted.

I had a large Snoopy themed Hershey Kiss that I bought Kefford for Valentines day but forgot about it until I found it in my closet. I gave it to him a few months late and when he opened it we had to get out a Hershey Kiss, a mini Hershey kiss baking chip, a regular baking chip and a mini baking chip that I have in my pantry and do a size comparison.

I love this picture of Ryker and Anna, they are a very cute couple and Anna is beautiful as always. 

Easter morning we have church at 9 so I gave Kefford and Rylee their baskets after church. They both seemed pretty pleased with them and I felt I did a good job putting thoughtful, fun and useful things in the Baskets.

We took an Easter Sunday Picture and then changed our clothes and headed to Nyssa to have Easter Dinner with Kefford family. Kylie was their with her new baby boy so we got to meet Lincoln for the first time which was fun. Of course Rylee had a gang of Cousins following her around, she is a Cousin favorite and her little Cousins love when she is around because she hangs out with them and plays with them, it is super cute. It was a good Easter Sunday.

Hazel, Mia, Sadie, Rylee, Baby Lincoln, Maddie and Kinsley

Rylee's Senior Pictures...again

Lindsay Hurst did Rylee's Senior Photos in the fall but Lindsay isn't happy with the lighting and how they turned out and said she would do them again in the spring for free. Rylee wasn't thrilled with how she looked in her pictures and wanted to do them again in the Spring so she could have more flowers in her pictures. Before we headed over to the park for Rylee's pictures we stopped at Trader Joes to get some flowers for her to hold in her pictures. Unfortunately they did not have a ton of variety at all but we bought two bouquets that Rylee liked and ended up loving once we mixed them and she saw them in the photos. The pictures were taken at Katherine Albertson Park and Ann Morrison. Once done there we headed over to the Boise train Depot where we got some more pictures. We had her BSU stuff because of my waiting in line to get them but her Owyhee Cap and Gown hadn't been handout yet so we borrowed a set from a girl in our Ward who had graduated a couple of years earlier from Owyhee. It was Addi Bjorn, she is on her mission but her Mom was so kind to agree to us borrowing it. 

Once we got to the Train Depot we were wrapping up the pictures when Lindsay wanted to get some pictures of Rylee with the water feature. She had her take her shoes off and stand on the rocks that had water flowing down them into the small pool below. Rylee got on the rock and almost immediately slipped because it was wet and slid down the rocks to land in the water getting completely wet except for her head. I just started laughing, Lindsay felt awful and stopped taking pictures to try to help her out, I told her to take a picture and she snapped one before getting Rylee out. She was completely soaked and the water made her dress basically see through. The only thing I had with me to cover her was her BSU gown so I wrapped it around her and we laughed and laughed about it. Thank heavens we were just about done because this ended the shoot for sure. 

Cinderella

Another cool action shot of Rylee

For our Wednesday night Young Women activity we went to watch the musical Cinderella at Owyhee High School. Natalie Pace from our class basin the play as ensemble and we were so happy to go and support her. Addie Lewis from Rylee's age group was in the play also as Cinderella which was super fun. Rylee came with me and unfortunately we were pretty bored though the entire thing. Addie sounded beautiful and did such a good job but the guy playing the Prince could not match her singing and did not do so great which was too bad. Natalie was super cute in the rolls she was playing and I did enjoy watching her because she was so happy to be on the stage. I am glad we went to support our girls but I was really glad when it was over, hahaha.

l-r: Hazel Heslop, Claire Eaton, Makenna Lindley, Casha Shoemaker, Natalie Pace, Avery Ham, Nora Lewis and Sophie Hansen

Rylee and Elizabeth

Addie came out after the performance looking really cute but we all had to laugh when Leah found a picture of Harry Styles wearing the same top. I don't know if it is a flex for anyone that Harry Styles and Ddie were wearing the same top, Guys should not wear Womens clothing and I find it super weird that he does.

Lacrosse Senior Night

 For our Young Women activity our girls had the fun idea to do a board night. Everyone was to drink a board filled with a theme food. it honestly was so much fun and everyone killed it with their boards. I didn't really want to go to the store that day and I had some peeps so I used those for my board, I did a peep board.

Claire Eaton: Sushi Board, Layne Johnson: nuts and crackers board and Elizabeth: Peep Board

Kate: Soda Board,  Nora Lewis: Candy Board and Makenna Lindley: Chips and Dip Board

Avery Ham: Fruit and Dip Board, Casha Shoemaker: Ice Cream Sundae Board and Sophie Hansen: Fries Board

Senior Night for Lacrosse was coming up and as a countdown her coaches did a spotlight for each girl on Instagram. I loved the Spotlight for Rylee and had to take a screenshot so I could keep it.

I invited Alison and Whitney to come to Senior Night for Rylee. Alison obviously wanted to come and Whitney had told me she wanted to come to one of Rylee's games and this one was a good one to come to. I am glad they were able to come and take pictures and video of Rylee, Kefford and I for when she was announced and we walked out with her. Her teammates did posters for all of the Seniors and they all signed the back with sweet messages, so cute.

All of the Senior Spotlight stuff was done before the game and after it was over we settled in to watch Rylee and her team. Almost immediately, within seconds of starting, we learned that this game was going to be different. Our girls were on fire and offense kept getting the ball and getting goal after goal after goal. After the first two which happened within one minute of the game starting Whitney turned to me and said is this normal. I laughed and said not at all. Our team has done not bad this year but never has it been like this with us dominating from the beginning. After the first half we were so far in the lead that our coaches started putting defense in for offense and mid so they could have turns making goals. Rylee was the last one to finally agree to go in for Mid and she made the final goal of the game. it was so fun cheering for her and she was so excited after she made her goal. I did feel bad for the other team because we have been in that position in the past and I know how it feels but I was happy that we had such a great game on Senior Night for our girls.

Alison, Rylee, Kinsley, Saide, Lainey, Whitney and Dillon