May 2024 Part 7: Soccer and Flag Football

Our crazy May included soccer games and flag football games. Gabe got to try his hand at goalie. He loves to defend the goal, but I think he does better as an actual defender instead of the goalie, though he did to great. 

Michael was on a team with 7th and 8th graders, and I don't think he enjoyed the 7th grade team members, but they did pretty good. 

Here Brian and I are with our little "Saint". 

Gabe did such a great job with soccer. 

We appreciated his awesome coach this year. We had a winning season. We are sad that Gabe doesn't want to keep playing. 

Saturdays in May usually meant soccer in the morning and flag football in the afternoon and evening. 

This one is blurry but included since it is Michael catching the ball and running it in for a touchdown. 

Gabe played with the third grade team, even though he was in second grade, so he could be on a team with Rixton and Karder (our former backyard neighbors. Karder is in the grade above Rixton and Gabe, so they both played up). 

Rachel got to go to lots of games. 

Here's Karder, Gabe, and Rixton. 

 

May 2024 Part 6: Mother's Day

Brian and the kids spoiled me, once again, on Mother's Day. Rachel was so cute and made a whole display of my presents and cards, pulling in my Willow Tree sculptures as well. 

Rachel made me a special string art in school. I don't remember what else I received, but I remember that I loved the gifts. My favorite is watching how excited my kids are to share their gifts. They are so sweet. 

We enjoyed a lazy afternoon reading. 

And then we all headed to the park to fly my new kite, courtesy of my Mom. 

We totally skipped and sang "Let's Go Fly a Kite" on the way there. 

I love kites, and this one was so awesome! 

We all took turns flying it. 

It was such a beautiful evening, and perfect for flying a kite. 

I'm so grateful to be a mother to these three kids; each one has been such a gift. 
 

May 2024 Part 5: Northern Lights

Brian and I went on a double date with Serene and Dustin in May to go see "Fall Guy." It was fun sitting next to Serene because she had the best reactions to the movie. After the movie, we were getting ready for bed when Serene and Dustin sent us a picture of their view of the Northern Lights, so we headed out to look for them. There is a bit of feeling like home when it comes to the Northern Lights. I remember my dad waking us up to see them when I was a kid, and I would someday like to see a really good show of them. 

I was a little disappointed that we could barely see them with our naked eye, but then we were stunned to see how well they showed up on our phone camera. It was like putting on magic glasses. This is from the hill just down from Suncrest on the Salt Lake County side. 

Here is Brian driving back. I made him stop for this picture, don't worry. 

We had to laugh that we saw them better from the clubhouse in our neighborhood. 

and at our house, due to Salt Lake City's light pollution. This is the view from our driveway. 

Here's our house with the Northern Lights. 

I wish we could have seen them better without the camera, but I couldn't get over how beautiful they were, and I'm glad we took the time to go see them, even though it was really, really late.