Memorial Day

Lehi is the only place to spend Memorial Day.  You get a great history and family History lesson.  We started up at Aunt Mary Lou's Grave in Bingham area in a graveyard that is not kept by anyone.  It's sad really that the city doesn't take care of it.

 There are a lot of graves like this one there.  Sad really. 

Then we went to the Utah Veterans Memorial Park to visit with Aunt Millie.

I just love that cemetery.  It's so amazing to see all the families that come to see their loved ones and those who laid down there lives for us.  

This is where the cremated bodies were. 

  While we were there we saw Lori Hinckley's grandma and grandpa Olson.  Grandpa Ed and I shared a birthday.  I was particularly close to him.  I tended to cling onto any Grandpa that would let me but Ed and I were birthday buddies.  I left him a Penny. 

 This monument was right there so we stopped to read it and it made Grandpa cry. 

Then we headed off to Lehi's cemetery to find our closest relatives. My Grandma and Grandpa Shelton.

 My grandpa's Sister.  Another Aunt Mille.  She was the one who my dad would go visit in Canada in the summer. 

 Aunt Ellen who JoEllen is named after.  Grandpa's other sister.

 Freddy Shelton.  Grandpa's Brother. 

 Aunt Rita.  She and Aunt Ellen are the only ones I remember.  And of course Uncle Fletcher.  His burial sight is here in St. George.  He is the youngest brother.  He took care of my dad the most. 

 Then we walked over to see Max and Katie.  Best buds.  

 The three stooges, checking out gmas and gpas headstone.  It's pretty amazing!

 Then before we left I had to go see my BFF.  Jason. 

I love being in Lehi for Memorial Day.  It's my version on Dia de los Muertos.  Hopefully they are all hanging out there too just waiting to see who will stop by to see them. 

Vegas 51's

So this will be our official last baseball game with the Red Rock kids.  So we only took the boys and we took Shayne and Konnor as our other staff members.  It also ended up that we only had 10 boys that could go so we had 2 extra tickets so we took Ben and David too!  They were pretty tired on the way there.  Last picture of Joel driving the bus too. 

 David thought it was cool to wear my glasses. 

 I stole these off of Shayne's Snapchat. 

 It was a pretty bad game we were getting killed so we left early and took a drive down the strip before we went home.  It is fun for those kids who have never seen it before.  It is always fun to go see a 51's game. 

Josh's Graduation

Josh's Graduation was Thursday May 24th @ 1pm.  It was very different from Dixie's.  Dixie's was more like a bunch of high schoolers excited to get the crap out of there.  Pine Views was a bunch of high schoolers that were sad to be leaving but proud of what they had accomplished as a school and as a family.   They were both very good.  It was interesting to see Josh vs George after the graduation.  Riley Allen hunted Josh down and took a picture with him.  That was pretty much it. Maybe a couple other soccer buddy's.  But Josh is NOT social.  In fact this is the 3rd year in a row that no one has signed his year book.  Introvert. 

 

 

 

 

 Lane Riley and the Jaxton Keeler were both in the Bell Ringer Class and they played a beautiful song. 

 Josh's cap on the big screen!

 Uncle Brad is 3 for 3.  Every Pine View graduation he's been to he's fallen asleep in.  We even commented in George's how well he stayed awake.  I guess ours is just to solemn. 

 Henry sat next to me and we had fun. 

Riley Allen

Skyler Scott

Gonzo Vega

Skyler Stubbs

 Travis Roberts was the Commencement speaker.  It was great. 

 Mahonri Webb

 Kolton Willard

 Kelvin Armenta

 Riley getting ready to sing with the choir. 

 Principal Mike Mees!

 Josh getting ready to got through the PV!

Michael Wade

 Riley

 Kelvin

 SQUASH!

 Nikki Dinsmore!

 Porter Dumbroski.  (Used to be Draney)

 Ryley Duckworth

 Brandon Dye!  We have known these two kids longer than we have known anyone else in this school.   They were in our Coral Canyon ward back when Josh was just in CTR 5's. 

 Jordan Ott

 A-Rod!  Alex Rodriquez!

 This is the Swalger's sister. 

 Kyler Scott

 Sklyer Stubbs

 Kenzie Sullivan

 Tomasi Tonga!  He reminds me a Tongan version on C.J.  He's so awesome!

 Mohonri Webb

 Kolten Willard

 YEAY!!!  He did it!

 Here was everything that he wore.  Shayne made him a lei out of Ironman Swim capos in the color that he wore. then he wore the 4 ropes that he earned.  Red - for giving blood 4 times during the school years.  Blue & Yellow - FFA, Silver - High Honor Grades, Red, White & Blue - Eagle Scout.  Then his cap that he painted and his bow tie and goggles.  Then his 4 important medals.  His Ironman, 2 St. George Marathon, and his Spartan race medal.  Then his lei that I got him over top of it all.  

 This is me and my cute lei that I got for free from the lady that I bought the lei's from. 

After graduation Grandpa took us out to Golden Coral and then that night Pine View did an AMAZING thing for Grad Night...they rented out Fiesta Fun!  From 10pm-4am they had the entire place to themselves.  Josh said that they had a great time but wished they had more time there because he didn't even get to golf or do lazer tag because he was so busy.  That is a successful night!

 When they checked in they got a t-shirt and chap stick and their name put in for a drawing. 

 I didn't help out this year.  They didn't need as many volunteers.  But our friend Malinda Prior did.  I felt good knowing she was there. Josh said he had a great time.