These kids are keeping me busy...

Another weekend, another gymnastics meet.  Charity got first all around in her level and age division, and got her highest score yet-9.55 on BARS!  This was her hardest event at the beginning of the season.  It's so fun to watch her progress!

This girl is really growing up...

And she has discovered her LOVE of typing!  😂 

Ladd and I took Hunter to Provo to visit Tanner, and SHOP, SHOP, SHOP for his mission.  It was a productive, quick trip!  It was fun to see some snow!

When you walk into Tanner's apartment, ALL the BYU girls sports posters are hanging on the wall.  I had to send a pic of the gymnastics team to Charity.  She asked "why does a boys apartment have a girls gymnastics poster in it?" Then she responded to her question, "Well, I guess college boys like to look at girls!" 😂 

Eating breakfast, with the beautiful Provo City Center temple in the background!

We went to the Payson temple, so beautiful!  Hunter has only been to our baby Redlands temple, and was very impressed with the size of these Utah temples!

We got a quick visit with the Milligans and Christensen's which was fun!  The boys got to workout and spend a little time together before Hunter leaves.  Wish we could've stayed a little longer!

 

February Happenings....

 Another meet for Charity!  She did great and it was nearby at Ontario Convention Center so all the grandparents came!

Scores...

Beam: 9.2; 9th place 

Bar: 9.3; 6th place

Floor: 9.1; 7th place

Vault: 8.9

Overall: 36.5; 8th place

Felicity has been asking for earrings.  I set a reading goal for her and she's been working hard to meet it so she could get her ears pierced.  She read extra on Feb 13, because she REALLY wanted to get her ears pierced on Valentine's Day.  She did it!  It was a very exciting day for her!

Valentine's morning, Charity had a Valentine "chopped" PJ party with her friends

And we took the girls out to lunch after the ear piercing...

Crazy Nap taker...

Ladd loves his golf, especially at Trump National, right on the beach!

We went to a hockey game with my cousins in Indio...

Felicity got a puck handed to her right off the ice, it was super cold!

We were sitting right behind our teacher from the charter school!  Small world!

Random Shenanigans around the house...

Crazy Nap taker...

These 2 like their cuddle time in the morning.  When it's time to wake up Charity, I say "Where's Charity?" and Cookie trots right up to her door.  

Cuteface

We saw Annie at Segerstrom.  Great performance!

Tanner went to a Summit reunion in Provo, so fun to see all these kids grown up!

Yay for Hunter!

 Hunter has been doing all the right things!  He decided to put in his papers for his mission and we were surprised we got his call on December 23 (we didn't think he would get it until after New Years due to the holidays!)  We were shocked!  New Zealand Hamilton Mission, leaving for Aukland MTC on April 9!  It has been so fun learning about New Zealand and I wish I could go with him!

Hunter got ordained as an Elder on Dec 22...

Then got his call on Dec 23!  Calls usually come on Tuesday, so we were shocked it came on Monday!  We got carolers as we were waiting for people to gather to open his call..

Here is are the guesses friends and family made...

Ladd and our neighbor Malia got closest by guessing Australia! Ladd had been saying for months he thought he would go international but English speaking!

Here is a link to the video of his mission call

It was a whirlwind with Christmas, then our Cancun trip, but when we got back, Hunter went to the temple.  Ladd and I, Jayme, Lee, and Brayden were all there to support him.  It was a great night and Hunter is going to be a temple worker once a week until he leaves...

There were also quite a few things to do to get his visa going.  We had to spend $500 to go to a "New Zealand approved" doctor in San Diego to get a basic physical done.  Apparently the one he did at Kaiser for his mission papers wasn't good enough for New Zealand.  But, there are quite a few New Zealand restaurant in San Diego, so we had a yummy lunch at a cute restaurant, "Raglans".  So Hunter had his first taste of meat pies!

We walked along the beach while we were down there, and Hunter caught a crab which pinched him and left the pincher behind and scurried back to the water!

Anyways, we are so proud of Hunter and the Man he is becoming!

First Gymnastics Meet!

Charity has found a passion for Gymnastics!  A few years ago, she set a goal of making a gymnastics team.  She has worked very hard towards this goal.  She made the team at the gym she had worked out at last spring, but they would not take her when we said we could not commit to Sunday competitions.  So we found another gym that was ok with that, she made that team, but ALL the competitions so far have been on Sunday.  Finally, a competition landed on a Saturday, and we were so excited!  She did great!

Click on the links to watch her routines!

Vault 8.65

Beam 8.825-6th Place

Bars 8.825-4th Place

Floor 9.1-Second Place

All Around-3rd Place with a score of 35.6-Great Job Charity!!

The meet was in Pasadena, and the theme was "Rose Queen" and so she got a little tiara and scepter, so cute!