April 2025

Verity with Gma Dutson (spring break in Utah)

Hayden's first year of tennis

Playing at IF High School in crazy hail!

Happy 12th birthday morning to Verity!

Homemade Kneaders French toast for birthday breakfast!

Sneaking out of school with mom and dad for bday lunch at Culver's

Afternoon bday movie party with mom

This is a weighted stuffed animal Verity got for her birthday. Its name is "Chunky".

So fun playing at Leo's place for Verity's birthday. Given and Grace came to play with us!

Gift time

Averly's amazing gift (through Tina Barnum, neighbor)

Verity loves her bananas!

Verity opening her little Snow College stuffed animal dog from Kaleb while he watches

Finished the night with a little bday ice cream from Artic Circle

Intensely watching the NCAA Final Four together (crazy endings that gave dad the "W" for the family bracket for the first time ever! [Thanks to Florida])

Alex and neighbor friend, Troy Barnum, enjoying a beautiful day of spring skiing at Grand Targhee Resort.

Temple time! Celebrating Jesus's ascension into the Spirit World on Saturday with our own work for those in the Spirit World (Happy Easter and Holy Week!)

More celebration of Holy Week - Resurrection scenes

Enjoying sticky guys flopping down the wall

Hayden's 9th grade Hillcrest basketball luncheon

More Easter week celebrations - We went to Lamb of God together in Blackfoot. SO beautiful!

Alex with seminary-teaching buddy, Bryan Atkins.

Verity won the Hillcrest seminary bracket challenge! Now her name is on the trophy with Given's and Averly's (we won't mention that only 3 people joined this year)

Passover feast together! Melanie created a delicious feast to help us commemorate the Passover feast for Holy Week.

Visiting an Easter display at one of our Churches

Then finishing it with a temple trip

Easter Egg hunts at McCowan park. Verity with ward friend, Morgan Jensen.

Hayden's posing pictures for his student council application (he won Sophomore class historian)

We made it to resurrection Sunday! The resurrection rolls are empty in the morning. He is risen indeed!

After-church Easter pictures

Easter egg hunt - fun to see Given and Grace in the action, too!

Love those lipstick eggs!

Of course - we had to finish Easter week with a bang and have our annual egg-drop competition (mom and dad won!)

Alex and Verity on the roof!

 I think the egg is broken!

And the final Easter-game celebrations with a ton of marshmallow peeps!

Grace and Hayden won the ultimate prize! Well done!

Porter Burke's dog, Turbo

Enjoying a warm day watching Hayden play tennis ;)

MISSIONARY PICTURES!