How We Rock The Weekends

Rocking the Weekend

Chaperons at a dance

One Saturday night, Mr. D and I volunteered to be chaperons at a youth dance in Bellevue. As we were driving there, Mr. D asked if I thought my younger sister would be at the dance. I told him that she was in the Redmond stake and we were going to a Bellevue stake dance, so we wouldn't, but just in case we tried to think of a few ways we could embarrass her if we saw her.

When we arrived, we started walking through the packed gym, looking for the woman in charge to be assigned a responsibility. Within the first 30 seconds, we bumped into none other than my younger sister! I was surprised to see her, and she was ecstatic, wanting to introduce me to all her friends.

We left the gym, found the woman in charge, and received a job. We learned that we were at a five-stake dance and the 300+ youth there were many of the kids on the east side. Throughout the night we tried to embarrass my sister, but we didn't do a very good job though because she would just laugh at our attempts. We were glad we chose to volunteer to be chaperons at the dance.

Seeing friends in a rock band

On another Saturday night, Mr. D and I went to a house party to watch some of our friends who are in a rock band perform. They performed rock covers from bands including Sublime, Coldplay, and Paramore. The best part of it was knowing that the young lead singer with the purple hair was also six months pregnant.

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Family Reunion to the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State

Our family had a reunion in Washington state this past week! Our family took the big drive to Washington from Utah. We got to stay at a neighbor's home and do a few fun activities on the Eastside before heading over to the Olympic Peninsula for the reunion: Museum of Flight Raspberry Picking Hiking around Evan's Creek Preserve Ferry Ride to Bainbridge Island Visiting the Bainbridge Island Troll Here are the Olympic Peninsula attractions we got to experience: Hoh Rainforest Tree of Life Ruby beach Olympic Game Farm zoo Hurricane Ridge It was great, here are more photos from our trip:

Sean and Eunice's wedding celebration!

This past weekend we got to celebrate with our friends Sean and Eunice at their wedding! With help from our nanny, my brother and his wife, and a babysitter, we were able to trust that our kids would be okay back home for the weekend. Based on the photo below, can you guess what airport we flew to? We flew from Provo to Portland! I guess this carpet has been teased as very ugly and it was a trend a while back to take photos of your feet with the carpet when you pass through the Portland airport on social media. Most of the carpet has been replaced at the airport and the Portland airport has also been significantly beautified since. We got to see many people we love. On Saturday before the meet and greet at the wedding, we were able to hike a section of the Pacific Coast Trail, a trail that goes thru the United States from Mexico to Canada ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Crest_Trail ) with our friend Dan. The connection of us to Sean and Eunice and a subgroup of the g...

Outside and enjoying the sunshine

Our family recently crossed the 1 year in Utah mark. We've really enjoyed exploring the area and being outside. We love going on the Murdock trail near our home. Recently our oldest, Neil, went on his longest bike ride ever (a 20 mile trip!) and rode from where we live in Highland down to the Lindon temple (and back home). The boys love biking and scootering and visiting the various parks nearby. We've been really happy with our ebike (a radwagon) and this past summer added a couple escooters (secondhand segway ninebots). Hope you've had a great summer.

Mr. D and Mrs. M

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