April 2024

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.