HHS Robotics Qualifier

Hurricane High School holds a robotics qualifier for the FTC teams and Juliet has put in a ton of work for it! She's organized so many volunteers and all the other things needed and it's been a lot of work for her.

Merril, Maxine, and I came to help. I didn't really know what I was doing but we are able to help. She's going to be so glad that it's over! Good job Juliet!

 

Moto Adventures

It's a little cold at Toquerville and it looks like some adventures were had. The waterfall has some ice!

These guys. Lol.

Merril needed to go to California and Ryan tagged along and they rode motorcycles and looked at the ocean.

Merril recently purchased this Hayabusa. It's as good a reason as any to get out there and ride.

New Temple Bag

Maxine has been eyeing the new temple bags. I really like the one Grandma Gordon purchased for her. So I bought her a new one and she gave me hers. I've been using the same one for 24 years. Grandma Campbell made it for me. It was time for a new one. Yay! Hopefully this one lasts for just as long.

 

Update from Jack

Jack's report on baptisms: There were 2 baptisms in our ward this week. Sisters Lyn Vi and Moana got baptized and confirmed this weekend! It was really cool to see them go from people who were unfamiliar with the gospel to active members of the church. I was here for their baptisms and I was asked to baptize sister Lyn Vi. It was as amazing as ever to baptize a convert. The spirit was so strong. We also got a lot of people to come in support which was really cool. The whole room was full of people there in support. They were confirmed on Sunday and received the Holy Ghost. We also helped them to get limited use Temple Recommends so that they can go do baptisms in the temple. Hopefully we will be able to go with them for that as well! That would be really cool to do as well!

What a guy! He's doing great!

 

Ellen and Trentin Got Married

Okay, Trentin and Ellen were actually sealed in the St. George Temple on December 14th, I believe but the professional pictures just came back and there's an adorable one of Maxine and Ellen. I love her dress! It's so pretty! Cool bouquet too! It's crazy to see all these kids that used to hang out at our house getting married. What an awesome time of life! They are growing up to be awesome adults!

 

We Can All Attend the Temple

Mark is a brand new Deacon this year! He was so nervous to pass the sacrament. He didn't want to mess it up the first time. We keep trying to reassure him that it's a new thing and he'll get better at it with practice. Now he has a temple recommend too so that we can all go to the temple! We made an appointment as a family to go and it was great! 

Mark wanted a sweet treat at Yogurtland afterwards!

Jack would've liked to be here but he's doing great things where he's at. We missed him though! We'll do them all together when he gets back!

Maxine and Leighna and Fei

Maxine and Leighna are at a party at Utah Tech. Such cutie girls. They are at a silent disco. She said they had fun! Maxine and Leighna have gone to a lot of school activities together because they don't have a lot of friends at Utah Tech.

Also, Maxine has started hanging out with this guy she met at work at the writing center. His name is Fei, short for Shinfei, and he's a pretty avid boulderer. Apparently he's like really good. Like is one of the best in the area. But he's a little shy so we haven't really met him yet.

 

Epiphany

Everyone wants the baby Jesus and so that's what everyone gets! My king cake was pop can cinnamon rolls but they did the trick. 

I think Mark had 4 cinnamon rolls, trying to get a baby Jesus. For me, it means Christmas is really over. I'm sad. I feel like the new year slapped me in the face a little. How is it time to take down the decorations? I need to make some goals or something. 

Maxine's Moving Out

Maxine found a place next to the Utah Tech campus and she's moving out. It's on 700 South and 700 West. 

Loading up all the things! She searched around and found a good deal that wasn't totally terrible. They've just remodeled it so it looks nice!

I think it'll be good to be in town so she doesn't have to drive home and then back if there are social things. 

A Night Out

Yay! We had a hard time getting together. Valerie literally picked us up in her van and we just drove around and chatted. I will take a girl's night any way that I can.

Juliet made these little sauce dishes for me in ceramics and gave them to me for Christmas! I was so excited to try them out. 

 

Happy New Year!

It's been quite a few years since we've been to the Coral Pink Sand Dunes for new year's day. Mostly because we have sand dunes so close to our house and the Coral Pinks often have so much snow that it's hard to wheel. Mark brought his Christmas RC car and we played around at the top of the world.

If we look chilly, it's because we are. Chilly and silly. :)