A Morales Minute

With the Juneteenth holiday Jaime didn't need to work on that Friday so we packed up and left at 5am Thursday morning for Rexburg! We made amazing good time and I had all my kids with me that evening!  They all miss each other. I loved seeing them spend little moments together laughing.  Chaz took a lot of time patiently showing Tyler how to play the guitar. Chaz has a pretty unique gift of being able to play the guitar just by hearing songs. Tyler had a great time learning from him because Tyler will be taking a beginning guitar class in school.  Saturday morning we got up early and went to the temple as a family to perform baptisms. Nothing better than being in the temple with your family.  Sunday was Father's Day. We attended church together in Olivia and Chaz's ward. Afterwards we changed and headed to the park to relax and visit. It was such a beautiful day. Both Koda and Milo had a lot of fun running around the large fields.  It was a perfect day! After th...

Tyler's last day of his Sophomore year.  Aidan's last day of 11th Grade.  Can you believe these boys both graduate in the next two years!? They will both be doing CBC running start classes this summer to continue with gettin their Associates when they graduate high school.  Let's bring on summer! We're ready for it to get warmer and to have some fun trips this summer.   

us closer to outdoor gatherings, flowers, and spring cleaning.  We celebrated Chris's birthday  I mean, Memorial Day by having a BBQ at their house. Chris doesn't like birthday attention on him so we had to be specific that this was a Memorial Day celebration and not a birthday party.  Flowers are looking so good in my yard! The peonies have bloomed and gone but the next round of flowers coming out are just beautiful! I love Cala Lillies and these are doing great. I had calla lillies in my bridal bouquet and I've loved them ever since,  Everything else is looking so beautiful. Chiawana had a free movie day so Bel came to join us to watch The Devil Wears Prada 2. It was great.  The freezer was turning in to a literal ice block and needed some defrosting. I was surprised to see how quickly the three of them jumped in to action to help me get food removed and placed somewhere to keep it frozen and then help boil water and remove the ice.  I forgot to take a be...

  Watched Lindsey on Whatnot again. She's so funny. Her co-worker James gets a kick out of her and they work great together.  Tyler usually doesn't like to go shopping but he asked me if I'd go to the store with him. I said sure since I had some stuff I needed to get anyway.  He's such a character and makes me laugh. This is how he shops at stores when he and his friends go together. He cracks me up.  Tyler had some money and wanted to buy a vinyl. He couldn't decide which one to get so I bought the Michael Jackson one because everyone loves his music. He was pretty excited to have two more albums to add to his collection to play on the record player in his room that Olivia left for him. 

I got to spend some time with ALL of my kids today! That's all I need on Mother's Day. Jaime and the boys were sweet to make me a yummy dinner but my favorite part is seeing these six wonderful faces all at the same time. It'd be better if it was in person but I'm so thankful for the technology that lets us spend some time together virtually. I'm blessed to be a mom and even more blessed to have been given these kids to have forever in my life.   

May is here so it's time for our famous themed May Days.  May the Fourth is always a favorite. I'm not sure the kids can say if they prefer the 4th or 5th. They love them both. It's fun to put on Star Wars movies to play all day and evening then have the foods to go with our Star Wars theme. I asked the boys if they still wanted to have these theme dinners since the girls were gone. I wasn't sure if they didn't like it as much with just Dad and I. But they said, very quickly, that they wanted to do it. So we did! And Cinco de Mayo is always a hit. I put the flag garland up. It really does make the space. And we put on  movies like The Book of Life, Coco, and Encanto.  I felt so proud! Lindsey and Olivia wanted to celebrate the 5th the way we do. Lindsey made enchiladas for not just the four of them but for other friends even. I told her how to make the Spanish rice. Everything turned out looking so good! Olivia learns in the kitchen from Lindsey. What a good example...