Saturday, May 30, 2026

May end of school, seminary graduation, Escalante trip

 Andrew passed his driver's permit test on the first try. 



Mother's Day picture after church on May 10.






James had his end of year orchestra concert on May 12


Before graduation, the high school held an awards ceremony on May 13 where Ben was honored for his grades and earning the Ram Medallion, which comes from a combination of grades, activities, sports, leadership, etc.





James earned an award at the end of 7th grade called the Human Heart Award. I think it was for kindness and being a good person to others.



James participated in music in the parks at Lagoon on Saturday, May 16. His teacher sent this photo.


We also went to Lagoon that day and looked all over for him but never found him.



Ben graduated from seminary on Sunday, May 17, and was also ordained an elder and given the melchezidek priesthood.






Max and Elsa were there for the graduation.


Also in our stake are these two good friends of Ben's, Luke and Caleb.



JB took Ben and his good friends to the Richards cabin in Escalante in May. 

Here, he turned around and saw that the boys had all climbed to the top of the Scenic Byway sign. He said other tourists also took their picture.




Anytime they stopped they played with the hacky sack that I crocheted.



They made pizza at the cabin.
(L-R Ben, Mason Wallis, Braydon, Mason Lear, Tommy, Andrew and Caleb)




They played down by the creek and made a fort.


And made s'mores.


More hacky sack outside.


Hikes included Willis Creek



And Lower Calf Creek Falls.






JB said someone else there at the falls remarked at how impressed he was by the boys. All of them have mission calls, all are polite and respectful and support each other and also know how to laugh and have fun together.

Biggest hike was Broken Bow Arch.







On Memorial Day, we helped Suzanne and Seth's family pack up their house! 


And had yummy Chick-Fil-A afterward.




Field day at the elementary school on May 27! Here is Millie with Sylvie and Hannah, her two great friends. Goodbye to fourth grade!


Then, after the last day of school, Ben and James and Andrew buzzed their hair for the summer.



Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Tennis season

Here's the tennis season in pictures! If I remember correctly, Ben won most if not all of his region matches and maybe only had one non-region loss. 


March 9

The ladder tournament had taken place and Ben was part of the Varsity team.





March 19

Match at Judge Memorial.









March 22

Max was up to visit from BYU and the boys all played together.




March 26

Match vs East. Here is Ben with his Varsity Doubles partner, Josh Squires.

March 31

Match at Murray High. There was a small rain delay and then they could play. It was chilly.



April 14

Match at Cottonwood High.




April 15

Match vs Juan Diego.








April 17

Day one of Brighton Invitational, 



April 18

Day two of Brighton Invitational.


Ben twisted/sprained his ankle and had it wrapped. It swelled up bad but he is such a trooper.


Celebrating the invitational win with Varsity.

April 20

Senior night


L-R Alario, Tommy, Andrew and Ben.





April 21

Match at Park City. 



April 22 
Match at Bingham. The clouds were fantastic and it was chilly.



April 28-29 

Region tournament at home and at Cottonwood.



Max was up from BYU and went to this match.



A medal and plaque!






May 7-8

State tournament at Liberty Park. They didn't advance to the last day of play but gave it everything.






Ben's senior banner on the street!



May 26

Tennis banquet at Highland


Ben worked hard and had so much grit. He also had fun and we loved watching him,