April

Julian and Hyrum enjoyed their first day of golfing for the year

The Easter Egg hunters this year

The Easter Bunny visited our house

The ONLY reason Hyrum and I bought season tickets to the Theater this year...Hamilton!  This was my 3rd time seeing this musical and I loved every minute!

The twins had to participate in 10 hours of service before May 1st to qualify for graduation.  We signed them up to volunteer cleaning up a hiking trail here in Oregon...It wasn't very messy so I don't think they picked up much garbage but at least they got their service hours in:)

Back in Vegas to help Paige again while Zach was out of town.  It had been almost 2 months since my last visit and little Alistair was getting so big!

Getting ready for a walk with my little buddy

Took these two guys to the library and the park, the weather was just perfect

First time in the swing

Warming up with towels after a fun time playing at the splash pad

Can't get over this cute little face!!

Remy acts like he is too cool to hang out with me and the little guys but every once in a while we will catch him joining in the fun:)

I hardly ever remember to get photos with my wonderful sister when I'm in Vegas...it's always me and the kids but I LOVE hanging out with Paige!

Seriously adorable!!

Walking around Cannon Beach on a beautiful day in Oregon 

The twins FINALLY decided on a  college.  They applied to 3 colleges and got accepted to all 3!  Oregon State University, University of Oregon and Brigham Young University in Provo, UT.  I have to admit I was hoping they would go to BYU.  Hyrum and I both graduated from BYU and the cost was about 1/3 of what the Oregon schools would have cost.  But they had to decide where they would feel the most comfortable and have the best time.  They decided on Oregon State University because so many of their friends will be going there in the fall.  I can't wait for them to start this next chapter of their lives and I knew that no matter where they went to college they would have a great experience.  I am just so very proud of them!

 

Some Utah people came to Oregon...then I went to Utah

 Hyrum's sister Andrea, her daughter Stephanie and Katrina's daughter Ellen all came up to Oregon for a quick visit.  We had fun showing them around some of our beautiful State.

Haystack Rock (April 7th) We couldn't have asked for better weather...got my first sunburn of the year 😝

We drove out to Oceanside to explore the cave and fun beaches

Tulip Festival in Woodburn, OR

A cloudy but otherwise beautiful day

I couldn't resist the silly photo op:)

We hiked around Silver Falls State Park...so many pretty waterfalls.  The weather waited until we made it back to the car before it started to pour down rain! Perfect timing:)

I flew down to Utah to surprise my good friend (Lydia Beck) for her birthday.  We had a lovely brunch then had a great time exploring the aquarium in Salt Lake.

Our wonderful friend, Maratee Andrus, joined us for a benefit concert to support the citizens of Ukraine.  The invasion of their country by Russia has been a terrible thing and I'm glad I could help send money for aid with my ticket purchase.