March 26th was Grandma's 80th birthday (Rhett's 7th) and it was also prom for Star Valley High School. Drake Green's family was visiting grandparents in Idaho Falls (It was Post Falls Spring break) and he and Esther planned for him to come for prom. During the planning, Myrisa also was included in the trip.
They arrived mid-morning. We served a brunch. Then most of that afternoon James, Dad, Esther, Myrisa and Drake all enjoyed a wonderful time on the snowmobiles thanks to Bart. There was quite a group riding. The sun was shining beautifully and everyone came back with sunburned faces.
We served a dinner of taco salad. Then the prom people got ready for the night.
Dad, James and I went to bed about 9:30 and set the alarm for 11 to wake up to greet the prom goers, who arrived home close to 12. Drake had brought ice cream and I had a chocolate cheese cake also. Drake was staying at Grandma's and James accompanied him. Grandma and Grandpa had left that morning to go to Brennin's mission meeting the next day. Dad drove over to build a fire in the furnace so they wouldn't sleep cold.
Easter Sunday was the next day. We all rose a little slowly, but made it to church fine. After church, before dinner we had an Easter devotional. We read some scriptures from the New Testament and watched "Because of Him".
We had ham and cheese potatoes. Myrisa likes potatoes, so it was a good meal for her. And Drake learned to like applesauce with the ham.
After dinner, Esther, Myrisa and James went to check on calves while Dad and Drake hid some plastic eggs throughout the house. When they all came back we had an egg hunt.
Drake and Myrisa left about 5 to drive back.
Esther's stretched out legs, tired from all the dancing!
The next weekend was a trip to Utah to support Esther with her Treble Tones and to let her have a tour of BYU in Provo.
We left Thursday night, Mar 31, and traveled to Vera Lyn's and Scott's. Brad and Jolene Bradshaw and family were guests, they came last minute, so it was a little busy, but Vera Lyn and Scott seemed happy to host.
Early Friday morning Dad and I went to the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. We were too late for the 7 a.m. session, and sealings were needed so we did sealings. There was a very good spirit there with some of the names and the people participating.
Back to Vera Lyn's and then off again to have a tour of BYU. We met Joshua at the Hinckley, and got a guide who directed us around. Joshua also added some of his insights. Esther got a t-shirt.
Next we had lunch at Joshua's apartment. He had leftovers from his dinner group, only 4 people showed and he had prepared for 12. Briana came too and it was fun to visit with her. Joshua served tacos with more authentic tortillas that he bought at a Hispanic market, I think. He had also made some yummy guacamole and pico de gallo. Then he had a Thai rice pudding dish for dessert. Rice pudding with mangoes. It was very tasty and it was fun to try something different.
Off to Salt Lake to get Esther there in time for her warm up with Treble Tones who were singing the national anthem at a Jazz game. She had to be there early. We liked the parking spot we had, so we decided to walk to Temple Square and do a little sightseeing. We ended up going to the Church History and Art Museum.
I forgot the camera and didn't think to use Dad's phone to take a picture of the big screen. We were way up in the highest seats and there was no way I could have gotten a photo from there. But we could have gotten a nice shot of the screen. The girls sounded great and there was a nice close-up of Esther. I tried to find the video that was posted on facebook, but can't seem to find it now.
The Jazz won. Scott, Kenyan and Cameron came too a little later - they hit traffic - and used our three extra tickets.
Jared was in the area that night and we planned to have breakfast with him the next morning. We thought of taking him out to eat, but Vera Lyn suggested just have breakfast there. She and I planned and she showed me where all her ingredients were, so Saturday morning while she was out on a 10 mile run and Scott and Cameron were doing a 2 mile swim. I made a couple of breakfast casseroles, which I should have done three - and a couple of batches of muffins - pumpkin and berry.
It was fun to briefly see Jared. He was a hit with one of Brad's little girls (heartthrob!)
After breakfast, we were on the road again back to Star Valley - listening to conference on the way.
We stopped at a Chick-Fil-A on our way out of Salt Lake. With our Jazz tickets we won a free chicken sandwich because the opposing team missed two consecutive free throws.
We stopped in Evanston at a Wal-mart and picked up a few things we needed.
The next day Grandma and Grandpa came over to watch conference. We had dinner between sessions, lasagna. General Conference was wonderful. We feel so blessed by such inspiring leaders.
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