May 2023

May...end of school year craziness.  This month just about does me in, and we're all grateful for a summer break after this month gets done!  Here we go...

We were able to go to the Saratoga Springs temple.  It was a pretty day and not that crowded so it ended up being so nice and it's so pretty inside with big spacious grounds as well.

Aria participated in the orchestra playing prelude and postlude musical music for the school play Annie.  She had fun being a part of it even though she wasn't in the actual play.  They had 4 different performances and they sounded great.  Aria had a lot of songs to practice these last 4 months and she did great in all of them.

Siena and Aria went to their 5th Grade Hope of America performance at the Marriott Center at BYU.  It was so fun and I loved all the music.  I even got a little teary at the last song about shining your light.  Such a fun experience for them.

Jaron participated in the Westfield run and got a top 10 finish in all the 5th grade boys.  That afternoon they had their color blast.  Ridgeline has never done this and Jaron had so much fun and had a good time as you can see from the pictures!

Jaron's soccer season came to an end.  He has had such a great time on his Surf team this year.  He has improved a ton and has made some fun friends and has loved being on a club team this year.  Tryouts happened the next week and although his team looks a little different he's excited to still have his same coach, Dallin.  He moved up a level this year and he's excited for the new challenge.

I went with the girls to their 5th grade Clear Creek camp.  We left at 7:30am and got home at 8pm.  2 hour drive each way but we had such a fun time doing ropes courses, crafts, games, hiking, skits and lots of other fun activities.  The 5th grade teachers did such a good job planning and it was so organized and well put together.

Siena and Aria also put together a famous person in American History poster and bottle figure.  Siena did Amelia Earhart and Aria did Laura Ingalls Wilder (anything slightly related to a horse!)  I don't know why but I don't have a picture of her poster but here is her bottle figurine.

The girl's soccer season came to an end as well.  Their coach this year was nice and they had lots of friends on their team which always makes it more fun.

The worst part about having kids at 2 different elementary schools is when the same event conflicts.  This time it was the dance festival.  So Shane went to watch the girl's dance and I went to watch Jaron's.  Luckily, we can record them for each other but it's always sad when I have to miss an event.  The girls did some song I had never heard of and Jaron's whole school did country western dances (Jaron was not thrilled as you can imagine.)

Jaron had a cardboard arcade game day.  He made a plinko game and skee ball game and had a fun day playing his and other kids games.

Aria started horse back riding lessons up again.  Her old teacher, Scott has been getting treatments for cancer and hasn't been up to it so we found a girl to do some lessons.  Our neighbor, Lisbon, is doing them with her and it's been fun for Aria to be back riding horses, her dream come true!

I helped with Jaron's end of school year class party.  We played some fun minute to win it games and the kids are always so excited for any little game you plan.

Jaron has had an amazing 4th grade teacher this year.  We were nervous about going to a new school, starting a new program, making friends, and Mrs. Pendleton has been amazing for Jaron.  He has progressed, loves school again and Mrs. Pendleton was always on the lookout to make sure Jaron fit in, felt comfortable and Jaron and I are both so grateful for an amazing year.

Lucky's snow cone shack opened up so we had to go get snow cones to celebrate summer!

Last Day of School!

April 2023

We stayed home this year for Spring Break but had a fun time doing lots of different things.

Monday was puzzle day. Siena and Aria created an escape room for us to figure out. It was fun and creative of them. We went to Labrynth that has lots of mini escape rooms/puzzle obstacle courses to solve.

Tuesday we got the biggest snow storm maybe of the season. So. much. snow!!! We were watching a friends dog and by accident left their garage door open the night before and all the snow blew into their garage and I spent a while shoveling it all out so we could even close their garage door. So the theme was snow day. Aria and Jaron played in the snow, Siena played inside and ran to the neighbors in shorts and a t-shirt to feed their dog, Aria played Christmas music on her violin. That night we watched Sound of Music which the kids had never seen and they liked it more than they thought they would.

Wednesday was Ninja day. We went to the Ninja gym which they love and always come home with blisters. We also saw the elk that live in the hills by us. They had some down trying to find grass that wasn't all covered in snow. It was the first time seeing them up close.

Thursday was Mario day. Siena made up a cute Mario craft for us each to make and then we went and saw the new Mario Movie followed by dinner at Shake Shack and a ferris wheel ride at Cabela's.

Friday was ski day. Shane, Siena and Aria went skiing and Jaron stayed home with me since he was sick. This was their last time skiing for the season. We also dyed Easter eggs for Easter on Sunday.

Saturday we had a busy day. We were asked to come help clean the chapel then we ran over to the Highland Easter egg hunt missing the starting time for literally 30 seconds and missed out getting any eggs. We are never late and I felt bad we missed it this year. Then we used our Lagoon passes for the first time. It was super fun and it had warmed up a bit so it felt good to be outside and feel the sun. It was super crowded but the kids were excited just to be there.

Sunday was Easter and we had our egg hunt followed by Church and dinner at my parents.  I only got one picture on Easter and it was not of us dressed up all cute for Church like I would've liked.

Lisbon our next door neighbor got a bunny and so the girls have all been having bunny/guinea pig play dates. And it's been nicer weather so they've enjoyed playing outside a bit more.

Jaron won the Goold Family March Madness trophy this year. He was so excited because he's come close but never won it.

Outdoor soccer games started up again. Always fun to get back into soccer and always fun when Grandma and Grandpa show up.

The kids discovered geocaching and have been having fun begging me to take them to find different geocaches. It's fun to see them get excited about new things they've never heard of before.

Jaron had his 4th grade country project. He did San Juan County and wrote to them and got a lot of cool brochures and information about his county. He even made some famous landmarks out of clay.

Aria had her end of year Orchestra concert and did a great job as always. I'm always amazed how well the music sounds with so many different students.

The kids had their end of school year knowledge bowl party and had a fun time going to escape room, which they always love!