April Fool's jokes were plentiful this year. Hayden drew a half mustache on Verity while she was asleep!
WHAT! Sister Chatelain just happened to "bump into" the Chatelain family at the Institute Building in Colorado Springs. How fun is that!!
Averly, Sister Tolk, Sister Ashton
Sister Tolk and Averly
The one-day-before-her-11th-birthday dinner for Verity at Texas Roadhouse!
Good morning sleeping birthday girl! Happy 11th birthday!
Kneader's Cinnamon French Toast for Birthday Breakfast!
Headed to school on a special day!
We all got to have lunch to celebrate Verity's and Jan's April birthdays!
Sister Ashton, Chatelain, Tolk at the Air Force Base museum.
Playing at the park with Evie Malcolm after school on her birthday
Averly arranged for the Barnum's to get a couple of Verity's favorites for her birthday - fruit pies and fries from McDonald's! What a surprise!
Nicest sister and neighbors ever! This is a letter Averly sent to Tina Barnum to give to Verity on her birthday. Tina made it super cute!
Verity got a little emotional and said, "Why am I so loved?"
Verity's request - Pizza and a movie party for her birthday night!
Kaleb in heaven with his Firefighter Rick pizza (Jalapeno and Buffalo sauce!)
Verity's cake = Strawberry short cake. So delicious!
No idea what's going on with Kaleb?
Presents time!
Verity's dress she'll wear as the flower girl for Given and Grace's wedding
One of Verity's beautiful 5th grade creations
Nicole Winder came over the next night to celebrate Verity's birthday with Dino nuggets and Tangled!
Nicest mom ever - checked him out of school to have a surprise lunch date with Hayden
One of Verity's birthday toys attacking her!
This is a Super sweet note Averly's trainer, Sister Ashton, sent us.
Welcome to General Conference! As always, Melanie outdid herself, creating epic meals and bags of activities and treats for EVERY Apostle's talk! So so fun! Sweet rolls too, of course!
A little conference dog pile on Given!
Melanie and Alex headed in for foot surgery #6 on Alex (last one, we pray!)
Coming out of the anesthesia after surgery
So much blood - seeping through the bandages already when we got home
Sleepy man!
No need for words...Yikes!
3 pins inserted in 3 toes
A little "Good-night Averly" picture from dad and Verity reading together the night of his surgery
Given's Bachelor party with his college roommates and siblings. They had a BBQ, played night games, then did hot tubbing at Triven's house.
Talking to Averly as she had discovered that her trainer and other companion are getting transferred, and she gets to help train a brand new missionary in a new 3-some. She'll be leading out the area! She'll do awesome! (2 months in her mission is all)
Hayden track meet in Rigby - running the 4x100 relay.
Averly in Colorado Springs with Sister Pew on an exchange
Beautiful Sister Chatelain
Sister Lewis, Sister Pew, Sister Chatelain
Hayden got invited to go with some friends to a BYU baseball game. There and back in a day!
Eli, Hayden, Evan Bateman, James Petrus, Payton Boyd
Emily Winder's wedding reception
With Nicole Winder
Mom, Verity, Given took a trip to Rexburg to help clean Given and Grace's new apartment. Got a little pizza and park play time after. Verity being swung high by Given!
Sunday game night with sailor's hats made for us all by Verity!
Kaleb being answered to prom (Lydia Giauque)
...with a little photo bomb from Given (BYUI semester ended - with us for a few days before moving to Arizona)
The boys enjoying "the answer" treats.
Lunch at Wendy's after helping move some things in to Given's new apartment
Verity's diagram of Enos' prayer cycle
Given and dad enjoying a good, cold, track meet with Hayden!
Dropping Given off at the airport. He'll live in Arizona for about 2 months with Grace's grandparents before their wedding.
Kaleb's senior year of tennis (at Bonneville tennis courts)
Kaleb's senior year of tennis (at Thunder Ridge tennis courts)
After a tennis match.
Visiting Jan to celebrate her birthday! (89)
Temple trip!
The day to get the stitches removed from Alex's foot. Sorry for the gross picture!
Tennis at Hillcrest
We took a little trip to support Kaleb at his tennis tournament in Boise. This is us at his hotel relaxing. He won two games on Friday!
Has Hayden finally beaten his dad?
Ty and Alyssa's family came to hang out with us (from Mountain Home) in our hotel. Here we are in the hotel game room
Verity and Luca
Enjoying a chilly version of Kaleb's Saturday match. Played a very good player (lost :( )
Lookin good, Kaleb!
We loved listening to Verity sing in a special stake Easter program. Powerful, beautiful music. She LOVES doing these!
After her program. She did amazing!
Alex took Hayden and Verity to Mackay, Idaho, to visit a seminary class the next morning. 2 hour trip to a very small town, but fun short time in a little motel.
Thanks for the caution, Verity, after mopping the floor! :)
