Three of my friends have birthdays in April, so we had to celebrate by going to lunch at Plates and Palates.
Jane Crandall (birthday girl), LaVona Lewis, Jan Evans, Diane Stewart (birthday girl) and Colleen Kossin (birthday girl).
That evening we had dinner at Maddox with Glen's sisters and their husbands: Barbara, Rich, Ray and Maurine.
Cheryl and Jason's daughter Haisley was turning one and they threw a big birthday celebration.
We had the party at Mike and Lorene's. Loved the cute bumblebee cake and cupcakes Lorene made.
We went to the temple and to dinner with two of our missionaries who married each other: Jared and Sabrina Hickman.
We decided to rock out with my parents and Nani at Hale Centre Theatre while we waited for the play to begin.
It's always fun to see how the stage is set up and see how it transforms as the play unfolds.
Our missionary Miah and her family were moving out of state soon, so we got together with them at Olive Garden a few days before they left.
Rebecca said Madison's response was, "If they actually get my order right." It sounds like she is still harboring bitter feelings about how they messed up on her birthday dinner order.
Once back at their home, Caroline gave us a little piano concert.
She showed us one of her monthly science experiments.
Madison was eager to show us her artwork.
It looked pretty cool to see how they maneuvered between the two trampolines in their backyard.
I was admiring the beautiful pink-blossomed tree on the temple grounds with the colorful tulips under it.
Natalie decided to take a break from school for a few weeks, and since we did not like the idea of her all alone in her apartment all that time with nothing to do, we invited her to stay with us.
Wonderful of wonderful--they got all our orders right this time! It was fun having a little grandchildren dinner date.
Spencer showed us his trampoline jumping and flipping skills.
It definitely is the season for weddings. Our missionary Christian Garner asked Glen if he would be the one conducting at the ring ceremony.
After the ring ceremony, we ate a delicious dinner with their family and close friends.
Christian and Kenadi were so happy and excited as they anticipated the next event on their special day.
They were sealed in the Provo City Center Temple.
We picked her up after our full wedding day spent with the Garners. Golden Corral was our restaurant of choice that evening.
There were several other missionaries who attended that wedding and it was fun to visit with all of them. Ethan and Madeline Murdoch (two of our missionaries who married each other), Austin Randall, Brendon Anderson, Daniel Meyers, Joshua and Lilly Bourgeous (two of our missionaries who married each other).
Daniel and Saysha left for their honeymoon right after the family luncheon. It was kind of silly to light sparklers to see them off in broad daylight, but whatever makes them happy.
MOTHER'S DAY!! Rebecca's and Ben's families joined us for Sunday dinner.
Then it was game time!!
She was excited to learn Nani was coming over the next day and could sample what she had made. We all sampled and approved of the brownies.
The next day we had another missionary wedding for Daniel Meyers and his wife Saysha.
Our missionary Nate Wilson knocked on the door and was standing there with a bouquet of Mother's Day flowers for me. He has gifted me with flowers all three years since we had been home from our mission. He declared he will continue to do so until he moves away from the area. What a sweet guy!
Glen had asked me that very day in Costco if I wanted him to buy some flowers for me and I said no because I would rather spend the money on other things.
Looks like that was a great answer as neither one of us knew Nate would be taking care of the flowers for us.
Glen and I went to the temple to do initiatory at different times during the day. He chose early morning and I chose middle of the afternoon. Because I was alone, I took my time admiring all the beautiful pink and white tulips which were in the planter boxes.
Natalie's project one day was making Nani's brownie bites.
Nani asked Glen if he would look over her finances and give her some sound financial advice.
After the money business had concluded, we went to lunch at Cubby's.
We had yet another wedding reception--this time for our missionary Holly Palmer who married Pavel Bermudez.
Natalie was happy to go with us to Orem so she could get the computer cord from her apartment that she had forgotten to bring with her.
I told Natalie that Holly LOVES, LOVES, LOVES the color yellow and I was predicting she would have yellow as her color at her wedding. She did not disappoint!!
I love lemon desserts much better than chocolate desserts, so I was happy to have various lemon choices to choose from.
Natalie went along with us to another wedding that I didn't take photos of. It was Gordon and Carol Pope's son Alex, The Popes left within days of the wedding to serve their mission in Poland. It has been a busy month for them.
When Natalie heard the invitation from President Nelson for all the Young Adults to attend the worldwide Single Adult devotional Sunday evening at the conference center, she made plans for Rachel and Santi to pick her up so they could go together. They brought their friend Eden with them.
It was all a great plan...until...they found out all the seats were taken and they were turned away. UGH!! It just wasn't quite the same for her to watch the devotional with her grandparents instead of with others her age.
The bonus for being back at home was she was able to eat popcorn while she watched.
Nani came to our house again today so she and Glen could work on making changes in Nani's financial portfolio. Once they finished with their work, we headed off to Zupa's for a delicious lunch.
I am definitely liking it when Nani comes to visit!! It's so nice to go to lunch with her so we can have some non-money-related chit-chat time. The yummy food was a bonus.
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