Another Ninja Competition

Tyler participated in another ninja warrior competition at the end of January. It was at a different gym, this time. He ended up bien third in the line up this time, so it didn't give him a lot of time to prepare and watch the others and learn from them. He actually did pretty well. I feel like the course was a little easier this time for him and he was able to complete at least part of all of the obstacles. The competition is steep at his age level, though, so he still placed like 17th out of 27. 

Here are some of the pictures from the course.

We left before the awards ceremony since we saw the leaderboard and knew that he wasn't in the top 5.

Nick and Anna's Wedding

We were happy to be able to attend Nick and Anna's wedding in Logan on January 18th. The weather was quite snowy that morning and we were worried about the drive, especially through the canyon  between Brigham City and Logan. But the snow stopped around 11 and the roads were pretty clear for the whole drive. We met up with Jeff right off of the freeway in Lehi so that he could drive up there with us and we arrived at the venue with plenty of time to spare. It was a full car with the 5 of us, Jeff, and Dad but the kids didn't complain about being squished in the back row.

The wedding was beautiful. I was surprised how similar it was to a temple sealing, minus being sealed together for time and all eternity. They were not able to get a temple reservation for that morning in the Logan temple, but they had plans to get sealed in the near future. My favorite part about the wedding, besides seeing the couple so happy, was the cute little flower girl that walked down the aisle. 

Everything took place in the same room. First the wedding, then the luncheon, and finally the reception. The luncheon was Cafe Rio and delicious. We didn't end up staying for the reception because of the long drive back home and wanting to get through the canyon before dark. We felt bad that Dad did not have a chance to see his siblings because of our early departure, but other than that we had no regrets. We are so happy that Nick and Anna found each other and look forward to getting to know Anna even better in the future.
 

Ashley's 17th Birthday

Ashley and Alyssa were both a little sad when we found out that Alyssa would be gone before Ashley's birthday. We did a double celebration for her, once before Alyssa left, and once after. She got to open one of our gifts and a gift from Alyssa. We had brownies and ice cream for a treat. 

On Ashley's actually birthday, we let her invite some of her friends over for a game night. They played jackbox games and then had cake and ice cream. Her friends were a little crazy, so Danny and I mostly hid upstairs. Her request for the cake was red velvet. She wanted a character from her favorite you tube channel, the beard. The Beard is always hidden in their videos, so we did the same with Ashley's cake and had her friends try to find the cake. 

Ashley was a little stressed out with how crazy her friends were acting and was a little relieved after they left that nothing ended up broken. She had a good birthday and we even got to talk to Alyssa for a few minutes that evening.