Game Time!

Tonight's basketball game was preceded by senior recognition of all the ball players and cheerleaders who would be graduating. LeRoy and I were invited down on the floor with Justin as he received gifts from the coaches.

Max, Zane and Kara joined us for the game. It was a first for Max and Zane and wow, those kids were silly!

It fun to see these boy cousins making memories together.

LeRoy insisted the moms needed to be in the picture so Kara and I unwillingly obliged. Months later it's nice to see us in the photo since we so seldom have pictures together.


Speaking of games....

LeRoy played video games with Nathan and Hyrum!!!!
No, really!!
And he is smiling!!

It was a football game but still! He played a video game!! (Does the abundance of exclamation marks get the point across?) The boys have only seen him play with a video game controller maybe once so this moment in time was definitely picture worthy.

Justin's 18th Birthday

He promised he would always be my little boy.

Older, wiser, clever, more fun than ever. I'm so honored to be his Momma! He is kind, thoughtful, hard working, respectful, and such a wonderful young man.


His personality and smile are joyful and contagious.

As a little boy he would take a bite of food and then stick his bum up in the air and sit on his head to chew his food. As a big boy he does a handstand to blow out his birthday candles.

His favorite German Chocolate Cake just like every previous year.

As a little boy he would nap or sleep anywhere, not worried about comfort. As a big boy his gymnast body needs the right mattress to allow his muscles to heal and relax. For this birthday our big boy got a big boy mattress for full nighttime comfort as he moves on to become a university cheer team member.


The Sweetheart Dance at the school came shortly after his birthday.

Justin and Kayla enjoyed an evening of formal dress up and dancing.