May Misc / End of School

 The youth went on a temple trip to tour the Yorba Linda Temple in May.  

One of the youth activities was a beach bonfire.

Savannah enjoyed hanging out with friends, a bike to the beach with me, shopping, and Chick-Fil-A.

Almost all of us got to chat with Jared on Memorial Day.

Savannah likes taking selfies.  Alex made a short trip to visit and help his parents. The only picture I saw from that was him mowing.  Weston found and carried out a lizard that made it into the house.

Nathan took a hike with friends in Utah.

We wandered around and enjoyed the chalk art.

Weston's cross country buddies convinced him to get a buzz cut (and they did the hair cut at school).  We went to graduation to support our friend Becca (and a few other friends).  Owen sang the National Anthem with the choir.  Weston started practicing driving - scary!!  He enjoyed hanging out with friends doing a nerf war.  I got one dinner outing with friends.

I enjoyed reading the yearbook entries.  Owen had a nice note from one of his teachers, which said, "I'm so impressed with how you live according to your convictions.  Many others could learn from your example.  Continue to be a bright star and shine brightly!"  The seminary teachers had good things to say as well.  Weston had 100% attendance.  He was described as quiet, humble, and knowing the scriptures.  His comments are deep and meaningful, and he was good at expressing gratitude.  Owen got the selfless service award for always being willing to help.  He (and Weston) set up the tables and chairs for the seminary rooms on Sunday.  

We went out for lunch on the last day of school.  

Choir and Band

Weston had one last band performance the end of May at a festival.   Owen and Weston had their spring choir concert in May.  Some of the songs are repeat performances.  Owen took a picture with all his senior choir friends, which he'll miss a lot next year.  He got to know the choir people really well and enjoyed hanging out with them.  He and Weston also got to take a choir trip to Universal Studios.

One of my favorite performances of the year was Owen and Ollie's song and dance of Napoleon Dynamite.  They sent in their audition to the choir teacher and she selected them to perform in the end-of-the-year show in front of everyone.  I did not realize that Owen had it in him, but he did really well on the dance.  After the show, he went out to eat and ordered as Napoleon Dynamite.  Although the cashier didn't know how to spell it right, we got a kick out of the receipt.  

Weston also sang a couple songs in the show.  Owen was in several songs, with quite a bit of dancing involved.  He was one of the guys in the light saber duel in one of the Star Wars songs.