Glen's Birthday; Escape Rooms in Vegas; Abe and Newland BYU Camp

Glen was happy when he opened the door to these three beautiful girls who came wishing him a happy birthday. 

His sisters wanted to have our monthly dinner date on his birthday. He chose Maddox. Turns out Rich had to miss the dinner because he was home dealing with broken water line issues. Sad because Rich loves when we all go to Maddox.

We got this photo from Abe's family showing them enjoying a special treat on his birthday. 

Abe was giving his dad a belated birthday gift by bringing Newland with him to Utah the day after Glen's birthday. 

They were arriving in town so they could attend a father and sons camp at BYU. They played lots of sports and saw many of the BYU athletes while they were there. 

Newland's watch showed how much movement they did each day while at their camp. Great thing for boys and dads to do together--lots of sports, activities and fun.

Abe was able to see his sisters for a few minutes before they headed out of town with Glen.

Sarah, Rebecca, Ben and Haley had planned a two-day/one-night trip to Las Vegas so they could go to five escape rooms, and so they invited Glen to go along with them. Escape rooms are not my thing, and driving that long and staying such a short time did not appeal to me. 

Besides, Natalie was coming to spend the night and so I had things to do here--like going to dinner at Olive Garden with her. 

We dropped her off at the airport Sunday morning on our way to the prison. She was flying to Florida to meet up with her family to go on a cruise.

Meanwhile, back to the Vegas vacationers...  They ate some good meals.

They went to the Bellagio conservatory and botanical gardens to see what was on display there.

The girls had planned to see an evening Cirque de Soleil show and Glen decided to join them even though he had seen that show before.

The five of them went to escape room after escape room after escape room, comparing them and deciding what they liked about each one.

Rebecca left Brooke in charge of her siblings while Dallas was at work and said she took her duty very seriously. 

She took the kids to the pond to feed the ducks.

She organized a service project for them to pick up trash.

She made sure they enjoyed a nice treat when they were finished with their activities. What a fabulous big sister!

Abe and Newland were finished with camp at noon on Monday, so we invited the family over for a Memorial Day cook-out.

That afternoon was devoted to a trial run of the escape room Ben, Haley, Sarah and Rebecca have been making. They are planning to open up their own escape room and wanted testers. For right now, they have it set up in our garage and down in our exercise room. 

The men were the first testers. These children were the second testers. The third testers were Brooke, Caroline, and Caroline's friend Jenna.

Levi, Lincoln, and Kade were having a wonderful time that evening playing outside with their sticks and eating Starburst.

We were happy when we got invited to Caroline and Madison's spring piano recital. It is fun to see them up on stage performing. 

As has happened in the past, Caroline has been the only student who has had her piano solo memorized and performed without any music in front of her. Impressive, considering I have never been able to memorize songs.

Natalie arrived back in town in the late evening and was starving. She had a Costa Vida meal before heading back to her apartment in Provo.