Michael and Michele!

We have been blessed with many wonderful friendships throughout our marriage but there are some that go a bit deeper and the friendship extends to what almost feels like family.  Michael and Michele are that to us.  Finally they made it out to spend some time with us and because they are like family, instead of making sure the itinerary was booked with all sorts of "Orlando" activities, they instead insisted on joining us for our normal day activities.  This included watching the boys participate in their last water polo match of the season and seeing Sage perform in her big musical theater production Aladdin Jr. that she'd been working on for months!  Of course we spent time enjoying the lake and pool and got in a beach day too!  It was an action packed but super fun extended weekend!

The boys last water polo game of the season! They may have lost by points but they won in spirit!!!



Aladdin Jr. starring Sage Roddy and three costume changes!



The fan club:



Of course photos with friends in the show and those fans who came to support are a must!




Sage is sure going to miss her teacher Ms. Lynch next year when she is zoned to attend the new middle school. While I'm thrilled for her school to be so close to home, I'm sad to see how sad she is about leaving so many good friends and teachers who will stay at the old middle school.



Aladdin! Oh how we laughed as Ty ran around the auditorium asking all the cast members for selfies with him. It was so cute to see how excited they were to see someone excited to have a photo taken with them. The cast member who played Aladdin is a close friend of Sage and what started as Ty getting his photo you can clearly see turned into practically our whole gang bombing the photo...lol!





The most perfect way to end our time with M & M was to take them to Cocoa Beach and end the day with some ice cream! Now we just start the countdown to their next visit! We love you M & M!

Ted turns 50!

Ted has been one of Jack's best friends since their BYU Hawaii days! And while over the years we haven't seen them as often as we like due to living on opposite sides of the country, recently they bought a place in Florida so how nice it's been to see them a lot more. It was ten years ago that Ted celebrated his 40th birthday in Hawaii with a large pack of friends but this time it was a nice small celebration with just his family and what a treat it was to be invited to join them on his special day! Jack and Ted were able to spend a day golfing together at Sawgrass before we all ended the night with dinner at Ted's favorite local spot and birthday cake back at the house. Happy Birthday Ted!

Grandma and Grandpa in search of warmth!

Well, once again the Florida weather didn't cooperate as nicely as it should have for Grandma and Grandpa's visit which was sad since they were so excited to escape the cold Utah weather but that didn't stop them from having a nice relaxing visit with us! They still got in plenty of naps, a visit to the temple with Sage, a ride on the jet ski for grandpa, and a trip to Gatorland...lol!
Here are a few shots from their visit!





Nothing screams red neck like a visit to Gatorland! It was a first for all of us and the perfect way to spend a dreary, cool Florida day and surprisingly it was quite entertaining. Here are a few of the creepy photos we took...




Always love having mom and dad here! Now we'll start planning a return trip when we can guarantee them warm weather... :)

Happy Birthday boys!

Look who's seventeen! Another year in the books. As it turned out this year Connor and Ty's birthday once again landed on a water polo game night so again we celebrated with the whole team! How sweet it was to have Connor's friends from school make a point to surprise him and show up for his birthday game! As a parent there are few things that warm your heart like having sweet friends support your children.




As for gifts, Connor is really into music and enjoys collecting vinyls of some of his favorite musicians which we frame and hang around his room. So he had some new albums he was interested in. He also is really into Superman...and has always reminded us of Superman! Ty is all about swim so anything swim he's into and he wanted a new swim bag. He's also really good at the butterfly so now he has a place to post his goal times! We also got them a wake board since they love to be on the lake. But by far the highlight of the night had to be the sweet power point presentation Sage put together as her gift to them, showcasing their life through photos and music with a sweet message at the end. Now that melted hearts!





Unfortunately due to scheduling conflicts this year a friend party got missed but I have no doubt we will do something big next year! Happy Birthday sweet boys!!!