Such joy to be able to move about and not be so paranoid about the virus.
I know it's certainly not over yet, but being triple vaccinated and masked up when needed, that gripping fear in the tummy is subsiding.
One of our darling Pathway students, Anisa, invited Roger and I to attend her wedding sealing in the Oquirrh Mountain Temple and a following dinner. We were honored and thrilled to see her so joyously happy. Her mom came up to us and told us how important we and the Pathway program were to her. She was in a bad place, her mom said, when she first began. We watched her, shy and unsmiling at first, blossom into a confident, happy young woman throughout the year as she came to our gatherings. We love her!
Oldest grandson, Josh, and new bride, Jaylene, drove from their home in Provo to the BYU-Arizona game when it was played in the new Raider football stadium in Las Vegas. They drove back to St. George after the game and stayed with us through the weekend. What a delight Jaylene is and adored new addition she is to our family! It was fun to cook for them and visit and catch up.
Josh and Roger played golf at Sunbrook
The next weekend, Rick, Jodie, Abby and Blake came to stay with us for Abby to play tennis with her high school tennis team in a tournament. It was scorching hot for those girls to play out in the St. George sun and her doubles team finished in the semi-finals with many teams competing in the state. Abby is such an outstanding and sweet, kind grand-daughter and we absolutely adore her!
Abby with Mom and Dad, her #1 fans
Josh organized a BYU intramurals kick baseball team with his relatives attending the Y (l to r) - his cousins, Jake, Peter, his wife, Jaylene, her sister, Sarah, his cousin, Anna, and his sister, Sadie, and husband, Joe. They have won all of their games to date. They make a killer team!
Roger has been enjoying his golf games with his foursome buddies every Monday morning.
I'm glad he is taking a few pics to remember these fun times.
Mariachi players in the Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas
We spent the day recently shopping in Las Vegas, and of course we had to stop for dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant, Los Lupes, in Mesquite on the way home.
Our dear friends, Lewis (Balladier banjo and guitar player extraordinaire) and Tess, celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary with a large family dinner and invited us to attend. The following week, USU honored the Balladiers with a lovely dinner and program, which I'll post about later.
Of course, we toasted our nephew, Adam, on his birthday, who passed away several years ago. He LOVED burgers and fries, so family members send pics each year, toasting him and his memory.
It feels so good to be able to be out and about, supporting those we love.
I'm glad you are able to get out and about. Triple vaccinated? I love that your family formed an intramural team. What fun memories! Congratulations to your Pathways student. You are doing a beautiful work there.
ReplyDeleteI love you were able to attend and support your pathways student Anisa's wedding. You most definitely were meant to be in her life at that moment in time and helped her blossom. I love that her mom told you this. Service is such a gift. You and dad exemplify pure love and all who get to be around you can feel it. That is so fun you got to see Abby's playoff tennis match, Josh and Jayleen were able to visit on their way to the BYU game. I love that dad has his golf buddies and gets to go golfing every Monday what a fun activity for him to look forward to each week. So nice of you to support Lewis and Tess and attend their 50th wedding anniversary dinner! Los Lupes and burgers and fries to top it all off for a fun filled month!
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