May Part 4: School Programs

May is a crazy month when you have kids in school like we do. Our schedules are not generally our own--someone else is deciding where I need to be. Sometimes, we have to divide and conquer to get to everything, and other times, things magically work out. Gabe's baptism weekend ended up being one of those serendipitous things that just worked out. My mom and grandparents were able to be in town for not only the baptism, Dad's sealing (okay, this was the only thing we planned because of Gabe's baptism the next day), Gabe's Let's Play Music graduation, but also for Gabe's end of year school program (and a soccer game). Before Gabe's program, we went to dinner at Cubby's, and I loved watching Michael escort Grandma into the restaurant. 

Gabe did a great job at his program, singing and saying his parts. 

The next week, Rachel got to participate in Hope of America. We had heard of this big 5th grade Utah rite of passage for years, but due to Covid, we missed having to go participating with Michael. Before the program, we grabbed dinner at BYU, and Brian and Rachel even did a mad dash of BYU store shopping for our reunion gift exchange that was coming up at the end of May (chocolate covered cinnamon bears and a BYU t-shirt). It's always crazy seeing how much campus keeps changing. Here they are working on the HFAC (Harris Fine Arts Center) where Brian spent so much time during his band days. 

This new sign is really fun, and we had to take a picture

or two. 

They coordinated the different schools with shirt colors to create this giant flag. I thought that was pretty cool. 

Can you find Rachel? 

How about now? 

They had groups come in for some preshow entertainment. One of the groups was a senior citizen dance company, and this lady did the splits! It was so impressive that I had to include it in this blog. You go, Girl! 

We also got to see the BYU dunk team and we were sad that Ella was in the Dominican Republic instead of performing for us. 

The program was very patriotic and inspiring, if a little bit cheesy. 

They included a number that involved the kids shining flashlights, and it was a pretty cool effect. 

We could hardly believe that another school year was coming to a close (we won't mention that I'm writing this post 11 months later, which means that yet another year has also passed.) We're proud of our amazing kids!