Brian is from Idaho Falls, ID, and I am from Orem, UT. We met many years ago at Utah State University. We have 3 daughters: Maya who's 9,Kaitlyn who's 7, and Taygen who's 1. We had twin boys Dylan and Gavin. We lost our son Dylan, but Gavin is 4.
We went to Lagoon for Brian's work. It was the first time Taygen could ride the rides. She was pretty apprehensive at first. She only liked the rides that she could ride on with somebody. She loved the carousel the most. She would not get off that ride. She screamed and kicked and threw a huge tantrum. So the operator let us stay on a few times. She still didn't want to get off when it was time to get off! Maya was finally tall enough this year to ride the Rocket. I can 't believe she is getting so big! We just barely took her for her first time to ride the rides! They get so big so fast!
Kaitlyn finally wanted to try out for the summer swim team this year. She was pretty scared about swimming in the deep water so I really didn't think she would make the team. She surprised us all and made the team. This was their first swim meet together. I am always amazed at their swimming abilities because I don't swim!
It's that time again. The school year is over and the girls have been practicing like crazy to be ready for their annual piano recital. It was a little more difficult to get the songs perfect with the time we had. Their school is longer now and they don't have as much time to practice. Still, they both played 10 songs and were nearly perfects on most. I was mostly happy with their performance. Their duet together sort of fell apart. They had played this duet in sacrament meeting and did really well. I guess it just wasn't meant to be! Next year we may have to memorize less songs!
"I wish none of this had ever happened." (Frodo) "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us." (Gandolf)
