Michael is 16!

We celebrated Michael's 16th birthday this month.  We love him so much and are so blessed to have him as part of our family!

Scripture Mastery 2013

This year was Michael's second year in Seminary (an early morning church class).  This year, they studied the New Testament.  As part of the end of year wrap up, the stake held a "Scripture Mastery" event where all the students were able to showcase what they've learned this year: how the scriptures apply to the normal, everyday life of teenagers.

Mormon Helping Hands 2013

Every year, we participate in Mormon Helping Hands, a day of service to our local community.  For the past few years, we've finished the ever increasing in size projects within a couple of hours.  This year, the city gave us a huge project which included painting fences throughout a local park, planting a ton of plants on a hillside, and moving 2 HUGE piles of mulch so that the hillsides were covered in mulch.

We had a lot of fun working (although AJ wasn't as excited as he was in past years), and we had a great sense of accomplishment when the tasks were complete!

Here are a few pictures.

Best Dinner Rolls Ever!

One of my dear friends, Jenna Livingston, makes the best homemade rolls I've ever tasted.  She was kind enough to teach the RS sisters how to make them.  I tried them out today, and they tasted as good as hers.  Thanks, Jenna!

I didn't watch the first ones as closely as I should, and they were a little more done, but they were still yummy.  Even with the "claws" hanging off.

The second tray turned out better.  I remembered to turn the ends down, so they didn't become claws.

AJ's GATE Night

AJ made a "GATE" project about volcanoes.  We went to the school district's GATE night and watched it.  It was great!

Here's a video of his actual project, which is a powerpoint presentation.

Pretty Sunset

AJ had a GATE (Gifted and Talented Education) night at one of the schools in our district.  On our way in, I noticed the most beautiful sunset, and I had to snap a picture.

Disneyland with Friends

During Spring Break, one of my favorite people in the world came to visit with her kids.  We spent the day, Thursday, at Disneyland.  Here are some pictures.

(David and Michael won this "front of the line pass" for getting over 11,000,000 on Power City in Innoventions.)