Graduation

Abby's Graduation was a huge disappointment.

Rain....Rain... more Rain....

then an announcement:

"We will move graduation ceremonies into the gymnasium"

our decision:

"We are wet to the bone, we will go home"

Oh well, Abby has a good story to tell.

London

Things we love about London:

-The Underground

-Big Ben

-The Tower of London

- "Les Miserables"

-The Thames

-Free Museums

-Used book stores

-Westminister Abbey

-Handel's "Water Music" by candle light

-the BBC (even if they don't have a gift shop)

-Double decker buses

-French Food

To celebrate Abby's graduation from High School, Kip, Kari, Krista & Abby spent a week in London. Lots of walking and public transportation. Historical sites. Bad food. Great memories.

Garden Party

A wonderful evening celebrating

Krista's marriage to Alex Burkhart

Spring

Quinn in the our beautiful backyard!

Piano Recital

Abby, Jenny, Emily

Senior Recital

Miss Cindy has been a great piano teacher! Abby performed three pieces--including an impressive Rachmaninoff.

New York Trip

Spring Break in New York City:

Met Art Museum

Central Park

Boat trip to Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

Dinner in Brooklyn with Lane, Adriana & Jasper

Mary Poppins

Manhattan Temple

Museum of Natural History

Flower Picts

I made these balloon flowers for decorations

at a baby shower. Abby enjoyed taking pictures

of them on one of our first spring-like days.

Cruise

A four day cruise to the Bahamas was just the thing we needed. It was really great to see the sun and spend time together. We both enjoyed snorkeling and relaxing with good books. The best part was looking forward to the vacation during the cold days of winter.

Mormon Prom

Five stakes get together each year to host a "Mormon Prom". It was a very successful event. Our Stake was in charge of food and the Stake YM & YW presidencies really went the extra mile. Kip's 2nd counselor is a chef and made swan shaped cream puffs and the ladies cooked crepe suzette to order. I spent over an hour putting frosting on hundreds of brownie bites.

Abby and her friends enjoyed being together and Kip and I even got to dance a little.

New Bathroom

The bathroom remodel is finally done.

It took two months but we are thrilled with the new space

and really love the big new shower.

It is also nice to be rid of the ugly wallpaper and the

hole in the ceiling that we have been looking at for about 10 years.