The Scoreboard

When we went to the bowling alley for Jessica's birthday. I noticed the scoreboard.  This is for the season which just started two weeks ago, but it was fun to see my brother-in-law Allan and Gary on top of the board so far.  Way to go, honey!

Happy Birthday, Jessica---the BIG 30 years old!!!!!!

Jessica's birthday is actually on May 15th.  However she wanted to go bowling together and Ben was out of town for a couple of days when we originally had it planned so the date got bounced back to May 23rd.  It was so fun!  All of the kids were able to attend (which in itself is a record of some sort. Their work schedules are crazy.) Her Utah Aunt Valerie and Uncle Allan came.  In addition, one of her cousins, Chris, his wife and their two kids came.  Then later, her Grandma Hall dropped in.  We bowled and then ate pizza and cupcakes in the party room at the bowling alley.  Fun times.

Eating pizza in the "Party room" designed for 8 year olds.
Perfect for your 30rd Birthday

Ben (above) and Ben, Jena, and Gary trying out
the arcade games.

Scott's fake smile and Chantel's cute one

Cute girls!
Chantel and Tosha

Elessia, Jessica, Jena with Ben in the back
Also cute--and handsome!

The birthday cake which is really cupcakes!
Jessica likes owls!

It was one of those sweet Mom moments. Seeing my kids in the same place playing games is just one of those times for me.  It was especially great that Ben was able to be there.  Public is not always easy for him but he wanted to do it for Jessica and he had a good time.  One time when I was getting ready to bowl, Ben got a strike in a nearby lane.  I heard each of the kids graduating him--"Way to go, Ben." "Sweet" "High Five"--it brought tears to my eyes.  A simple moment, but sweet! 

Treats for the Laurels

May is a crazy time for YW especially for all of the Laurels.  They had a week of AP testing so they decided that they would just have a "Treat Open House" so the Laurels could just drop by and grab a bag of treats to sustain them in their studies.  Jena and I decided since she wasn't busy studying that we would provide a treat for her friends.

Instead of just designing something on the computer like I thought, Jena choose to write a note for each snack (a bag of chips of course.  That is Jena's trade mark.)  They turned out cute.

The Laurels loved them!  Great job, Jena.

Comet Fundraiser

Although I dislike yard sales, I will have to say we had a fun time with our (somewhat) annual Comets Yard Sale in Layton in May.  It was nice to clean out some stuff from our house and donate it to a good cause--either as it sold and raised money for Special Olympics or later as we hauled the remains to the DI.  It was a beautiful day and fun to be with the great families involved in our team.  That was one of the best decisions we made for Jena was to get involved in Special Olympics.

Jena and her friend Kaitlyn spent about 4 hours folding and refolding the piles of clothes.  They worked hard....and really enjoyed the free ribs from Famous Daves where we held the event.  Great times.

Jena is just about done with track and will be starting golf on the first part of June.