Sunday, June 13, 2021

Mystery Outing!

Last week we went on a Mystery Outing.  Most of it wasn't a mystery to us, but we didn't tell anyone where we were going. So it was a mystery to you! 
We drove past planted fields...
Is this where they learn how to make Blizzards?
We drove past farm land...
We drove past the dry California foothills...
We drove past Lake Berryessa...
We stopped for lunch in Napa.
Then we proceeded to our destination...
Anyone have a guess of where we were headed?
I will give you a clue: It has to do with Church History!
Stay tuned!

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Big Kudos!

I can't begin to keep track of all the end-of-the-school year happenings but I did receive some photos to document a few things.
Sophie graduated from 6th grade:
Joshua graduated from 8th grade.  They had no ceremony but you could pose in front of these signs.
Heidi and Charles got to go to a sealing in the Oklahoma City temple:
Sarah, in addition to a band concert, also had a choir concert and we watched some of it.
I just learned that Kathryn had a choir concert and they sang at the graduation.  She even sang a solo!
And Matthew had his High School graduation:
He graduated Summa cum laude (top 2.7% of his class)!
They got this photo while attending the graduation...
...and we got this screen shot while watching at home!
Congratulations, Everyone!!!!

Monday, June 7, 2021

More May!

Amelia turned 14!  She likes writing stories so she decorated her cake as a book that she is working on.
Busy at the temple and still wearing masks.  We stepped out the front door one evening after everyone else had left.
A talented photographer in another ward posted these pictures of the temple and said we could share them.   So beautiful at night!
Got to see several performances online including:
Penny's Variety Show
Sarah's 8th Grade Band

Camille's 5th grade band
She is wearing black tennis shoes with white laces in the middle of the picture:
Peter's band concert.  Among other things he played the cymbals and the gong.
Elizabeth's 10-12th grade band concert.  Flute and she's in the second row wearing a green dress, kind of blocked by the conductor.  (How dare he block my granddaughter!)
Katie performed in this show. It was fun to watch some videos they sent!
(But I got the song "Put on a Happy Face" stuck in my head!)
Memorial Day Sunday at the Melanchuks in Chico!
Daniel gave a great talk in Sacrament meeting--his first time!
We had a great schedule for our day as you can see below:
Darryl smoked some ribs and chicken for us!
Nathaniel likes his buddy, Grandpa.
Grandpa taught him how to play Nonograms...
...and then the rest of the family wanted to learn too!
Place cards for dinner:
Perrys arrived!
It was fun figuring out where to sit!
The cousins had a lot of fun together!
They even went across the street to truck scale to see if they could get their weight.
The kids do the dishes on Sundays in this home.
A good-bye pose for Grandma!
Kathryn likes to made fudge into different shapes
This was our dessert: A Liahona!