Lani's birthday

Last night, 45 of Lani's biggest fans, got together to celebrate her 64th birthday.  

Jamie and Emily hosted in their beautiful and fun yard.

The kids had a great time being together.

It has become our Birks summer family reunion.

It's a time when cousins can get to know each other

and just have fun together.

 

Libbie's birthday and a fun hike with Krista's family

Libbie turned 20 in May, unbelievable!  We had a fun lunch at Aubergine, a yummy restaurant in Riverton.  She is such a sweet and amazing young lady, we love her so much! 

Afterwards, I went on a hike with Krista's family, we had a great time,

 

Service with a smile

A few weeks ago, Jordan sent out a text so see if anyone would like to join his famly in making dinner at the Ronald McDonald room at Primary Children's Hospital. He has been wanting to involve his kids in service and got on the Just Serve website, and signed up.  It is for the families of kids who are in the hospital.  Krista's family and I wanted to help.  You have to do all the prep work there, so we made it as easy as possible.

We bought 3 Costco rotisserie chickens and made 50 chicken salad sandwiches.  We bought chips, potato salad, tiny oranges, carrots and ice cream sandwiches.  They never know how many people will show up, but told us to plan for 30.  We only had 4, and a few of the workers, but we had a great time being together making the food, and we got to eat it too.  It was yummy!

I have a lot of free time on my hands.  I've enjoyed making quilts for the Humanitarian Center,  but wanted something else to do.  I checked out the Just Serve website and found an opportunity to help at the local homeless shelter.  The last few weeks, I've been able to go and do odd jobs like sweep and mop floors, wipe tables and help serve lunch.  I have enjoyed visiting with the people there and hearing some of their stories.  

 

Molly's Missionary Farewell/Mother's Day

This has to be one of my best mother's day ever.  It was our sweet granddaughter Molly's missionary farewell.  She gave a beautiful talk focusing on her relationship with the Savior and how important daily discipleship is.She is going to be an amazing missionary.  They had a delicious brunch at her house afterwards.  

I only got a few pictures

Krista's family

Molly and her parents

Jordan's family

Josh's family was at the farewell, but they were heading to St George and left before I remembered to take pictures. I just saw this on Instagram and loved it of Molly and Libbie. We sure  miss Hailey who is serving a misson in Texas.

  

 What a great way to spend Mother's Day. 

 

Jack and Gabbie's Birthdays

On March 23, this cute boy turned 11.  He loves Indian food like his mom and dad, and wanted to go to an Indian resturant not far from his home.  They had the YUMMIEST naan bread!

Gabbie's birthday is just 2 weeks later on April 6th.  Mike wasn't feeling great, so I took her to Texas Roadhouse.  That place never disappoints.

 

So grateful for all our sweet grandkids!

Easter and Conference

I LOVE that we have been encouraged to make Easter a season instead of just one day.  We had such a nice week studying about Holy Week.  Our ward sent out messages each day about what went on that day.  We were able to listen to lots of podcasts explaining about it and it was so nice to really focus on Christ.  My decorations were centered on Christ so I have really enjoyed this Easter Season.

Nothing could have been better than to have Conference on Easter weekend.  All of the talks focused on Jesus and it was so nice to listen to our leaders teach us about Him.

This year, we actually had our Easter Dinner on Easter!  Jamie and her kids were in California for Spring break, visiting her mom, but everyone else was able to come.  We even had Tatia's family join us, so fun!  The Boys

The Girls

The Parents

We had a delicious meal which eveyone brought something yummy.  I'm so grateful for our Savior and all that he has done and continues to do for us.

 

The Bigs and Middles Christmas getaway

This weekend we had our get away with most of the Bigs and Middles.  Hailey wasn't able to be there because she is serving her mission in Texas, and Katie wasn't feeling well enough to come.  We missed them both!

Our first stop was the bowling ally.  Then we went to Zupas for dinner, so yummy!

We checked into our hotel and played a fun game Molly brought  and watched a movie.

I brought plenty of snacks.

The next morning we ate breakfast at the hotel and dropped Mike off at home.  Then we headed to the Bead Fairy.

The girls had looked on Pintrest to find ideas for the bracelet they wanted to make.

Libbie on the left made a pearl one, Abi is next to Libbie and chose all kinds of cool beads, then Molly  made one with pearls and navy blue beads, and Aida made one with gold, pink and pearls.  They were all so unique and pretty!    We had lunch at Chick Fil A before everyone headed home.  We had a wonderful time with these sweet girls.  We are so blessed.