May 2012

There was one more event in April - Womens Conference at BYU. This year it was just Jill, Tanya, & I. We went to the concert the night before and then the conference the next day. It was great just hanging out with some of my favorite girls!

May 11 we headed down to St. George to watch Brian Regan at the Tuacahn.
Funny as always!

We got up the next morning to go on a bike ride and realized we had a flat tire. Quick change by John to get us to the tire shop and then we were off on our bikes. A nice little mountain bike ride.

After that we went to the St. George Temple and did a session.

We also went down to Mesquite to say hi to Grandma O. I loved this picture of John helping her up the stairs. They adore each other. It's really sweet.

I took Jyson to dinner after a soccer game one night. John couldn't be there so we sent him a picture to let him know we missed him.

Date night. We went to the temple, got our favorite caramel apples, and then went to Barnes & Noble to entertain ourselves. I took this photo with my phone and it's now the wallpaper on my phone. It makes me smile every time I look at it.

Mother's Day! Jake got to call us from Japan with Skype so we could talk. Notice the Happy Mother's Day banner they had made in the background. It was great to talk to him.

As a special bonus, we also got to see Jyson on Mother's Day because his mom let us come up so Jyson could Skype with Jake for a few minutes. I don't usually love Mother's Day because the kids are always at their other mom's houses so this was a great bonus to see both boys!

I love this picture of Jake & Jyson waving at each other.

And of course...more soccer, the year-round sport.

Jyson loves to look at all of the pictures and videos on the computer. (I'm up to 10,000+ photos - all taken since we were married in 2004). Here he's watching Jake play a drum solo. I sent this to Jake.

This was my fourth year of coaching. It's a great job, mostly because of the great girls I work with. Our annual end-of-the-year retreat at Penny's cabin was so fun.

And finally, May would not be complete without Memorial Day and John's program at the Lindon City Cemetery. He does such a great job!

Gosh I love this man!

After the program was over, we drove over to a cemetery in Provo to find the grave of Dede Shepard. This girl was killed in a car accident in 1994 when she was 18 years old. John was the first responder to the scene. Her car was crushed so badly they couldn't get her out. He held her head and tried to comfort her until she died. It was a very emotional experience for him. He attended her funeral and wrote a note to her parents. They wrote him back thanking him for being with her in her final moments. He went back two years ago to find her grave and place a rose on it and did it again this year. Being there with him this year was very touching.