April Beauties

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 April is full bore golf and track season.  I didn't take a lot of photos so we'll see....


Josh snuck out to Iowa this spring to ordain Keaton a high priest as he was called into their Bishopric. 



We celebrated Easter and everyone made something - we had such a lovely Sabbath cooking in the kitchen together.








Faith and her friend Camry worked super hard and finished their math books early!  We had to have ice cream to celebrate.

Kenna golfing...  
So the JV girls don't get a lot of competition because most schools don't have a JV girls golf team.  Their coach fights for them to have opportunities.  This spring she managed to get them invited to a boys JV tournament that had over 70 participants from 9 schools, including the JV boys from Grants Pass.  Our girls were the only girls there.  Kenna had the match of her career, scoring a PR of 92.  She placed 15th over all and beat all the other GP players, both boys and girls.  It was a really exciting day for her!


Also - Kenna was asked to Mo-Pro by her good friend Jarom



Natalie did so well in track.  She continued with Javelin, setting a PR of 68'.  
She also attempted pole vault and learned how to clear the bar at 5'6" - taller than she is!




And finally 
- Mormon Prom 
- hosted by our good friends Steve and Cambrie at their house
 - was a huge hit.






Somehow I didn't get a copy of the large group photo for Natalie, but here she is with her crew.











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