Spring Updates

The snow melted for the last time, and spring started to make its way into the valley. We had a few fun things here and there  -

For one thing, a very cute gal that Romney met in pre-kindergarten got engaged. Her name is Katherine, and she and Romney stayed buddies through several years of elementary school while she lived in the neighborhood. Then they moved to St. George, where they eventually landed in the same neighborhood as my brother Peter. So we have stayed in touch. I am especially fond of her mom, Marsha. So it was a real treat to get invited to a SLC-based shower for Katherine, although Romney and I did have quite the adventure when I thought I typed the correct address into google maps. I did not, in fact, type in the correct address and Romney and I ended up in a literal gravel pit in the distant hills of the middle of nowhere, USA. So we were a bit late to the shower. 

Also in March was our trip to see The Prince of Egypt. That was a Christmas gift I had a lot of fun with. Instead of just tickets I got everyone a funny Egyptian pen and a little trinket of some kind. We all enjoyed the play a lot, although maybe not as much as we were hoping to. I think our expectations were a little high.

 

The thing I may have been the most excited about was discovering that one of the General Authorities of our church was seated a few rows behind us. He's a wonderful man and I kind of wanted to go talk to him, but he was being slightly surrounded already, so instead I just snuck a little candid photo of him. Like a weirdo.

For ages and ages I have been promising Emma that I would make her a quilt. We finally had a chance to go fabric shopping over spring break. She picked out everything, including the pattern and every last color of fabric. I was very impressed. She had a very clear vision of what she wanted. I guess she loves gardenias, so she picked out a pattern that had some large star shapes on it. She wanted the large stars to be white like gardenias on a background of blue, with lots of tones of green and purple. She did a great job picking everything out. As I type this it is early July and I'm almost done with the quilting, then all I have to do is the binding. I'm excited to get it finished up for her.

I think I mentioned in an earlier post that Emma also got her first job - she joined the performing arts crew at This is the Place Heritage Park. She spent the whole spring going to weekly rehearsals, memorizing music and dances, and getting fitted in pioneer garb. She has been loving it so much. It's just her vibe. Romney worked there all spring as well, but moved on to other jobs early in the summer. (It's a long story...and not a pleasant one, but she's much happier now.) I'm sad Emma's perma-ride disappeared but I'm happy for both girls to be working in jobs they like so much.

 

Lastly, our family has found ourselves at the movie theater a lot lately. It feels like our theater attendance has plummeted since 2020, and it's in part to the fact that we just haven't been interested in most of the movies coming out. Of course there have been a few like Dune and a new Marvel here and there, but definitely not all of them. But some great stuff has been coming out this spring. Sadly, Emma is almost always completely uninterested in joining us. In fact, I think she loves it best when we all leave the house and she gets it all to herself. 

I think one of the most fun movie outings we saw was a re-release of Raiders of the Lost Ark. So fun to see it on the big screen!