Conner's Prom

My boys have never been into dating. It drives me crazy, because dances come and go, and they never ask anyone!! In Grantsville, they have Prom, the dance that the boys ask a girl to. They usually have a fun day planned, and then go home, get dressed up, and go to the high school. Then they have Promenade. This is when the kids are dressed up in their formals, and they are announced one by one. The boys escort the girls down the steps as their names are announced, and once they have all been announced, they do a dance for the audience. The unique part about promenade is that the girls ask a boy to promenade with them, so you may go to Prom with one partner, then Promenade with somebody else. After Promenade, you go back to your Prom date, to finish the evening. 

Conner was asked to Promenade with Mary Rigby.  She's a sweet young lady who Conner practically grew up with. They were our neighbors for years, and she would play basketball with Conner and the "guys" in the neighborhood. He was happy to go with her. He didn't actually go to Prom, but still got a tux, and dressed up for Promenade, and spent every night for about 3 weeks learning the dance. 

Conner met Mary at the steps, gave her a rose, and escorted her down the stairs, and across the dance floor. 

Then we watched them dance. They did a great job!!

 After the dance, they announce royalty for Prom. It was very neat that Mary was named attendant to the Queen. Conner escorted her to the front again to get her tiara, and sash. I'm so happy for her!

 I love Grantsville's tradition! It was so nice to watch Conner, he was such a gentleman! Mary looked so pretty! A great night for everyone!

She said YES!!!

Steve met Sarah Hardy in December. They have pretty much been inseparable since that time. They make each other so happy. Sarah reminds me of my girls. She ran cross country, and we actually have pictures of her with Kaylea when she was still in school. She spent some time with Jessica while Steve was working in Provo, and they get along so well. Avery LOVES Sarah. She knows her better than Steve! It's really funny!

Steve proposed to Sarah, and we are ecstatic that she said yes! We are so excited to have her as part of our family!! They set the date for September 26th. Steve is going to Pennsylvania to work for the summer again, so they will be apart for 3-4 months. Good thing we have Skype, they will be able to talk every day if they like. Isn't modern technology wonderful?? We can't wait for the wedding!!!

Easter

Easter was very interesting this year. It was the first time I can remember that I colored eggs on my own. Jessica lives in Provo, and was afraid Avery would make a huge mess. I can understand that. Kaylea is on her mission. I know she would jump at the chance to color eggs with me! But I'm left at home with my boys... Steve offered to come with his girlfriend, Sarah, but they always come by so late, I just decided to do it. And Conner... he was NOT interested. I asked my hubby, Steve to color eggs with me. He thought it was a bad idea. There are some things men just don't do... haha! It was okay, I actually enjoyed myself. I made glitter eggs. They were very pretty. 

This is before the glitter! :)

My grand daughter has a HUGE personality. She is the happiest child I know, but she is also very strong-willed. Jessica is such a good mom, she is really working hard to help Avery understand boundaries, and appropriate actions, and all the good things moms are supposed to teach kids. Well, for Easter dinner, Avery started acting up. Mom made her put her nose on the wall... It's hard not to step in and just hug my grand baby, but Steve and I stayed out of it. We just pouted a little bit... Isn't she the cutest thing??? After about a minute, she decided she wanted to be sweet again. Jess, you're doing a good job!!!

Funny story. Before dinner, Steve, Sarah, Conner, Chris, and Jessica all hid eggs. We basically have 7 adults and one child. She had a lot of work to do, finding all those eggs!!! Well, they hid the eggs, and then we came inside for dinner. About an hour later, we all came out to watch Avery hunt for eggs. We hid a dozen colored eggs, and about the same amount of plastic eggs with candy in them.  By the time Avery was done, her bucket was so full, she was dragging it on the ground, haha! We noticed that a lot of the colored eggs were missing! There were only 5 of the 12 we had hidden. We noticed the neighbor's dogs in our yard before we came out, but had no idea they were feasting on our eggs!! That's the only explanation we could find. It was pretty funny!

The best part about holidays is family time. I absolutely love having my family together. We were only missing Kaylea, who is on her mission. She was just transferred to Santa Maria, and seems to be doing really well. 

Jessica and Chris (Chris is up for a promotion, and when he gets it, they will possibly be moving... Yay for them, boo for me. )

Steve and Sarah Hardy (Hoping she will soon be Sarah Collings... )

Grandpa and Avery bug... we can't get enough of this little lady.

Me and Conner. He's one good looking young man!

HOPPY EASTER!!!!