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05/17/15 Laurito's Visit



5/17/2015
It's been a busy week as dad winds down his sports year. He has been working super long days and getting very little sleep. I think 3.5 hours a night has been typical lately. But I think he survived and can slow down a little bit now.
The girls have been busy too. It's so weird to think in a week we'll be done with elementary school forever!
WOW. We are getting old!
Grandma and pa Laurito came and have spent the week with us. They got here Tuesday night and will leave tomorrow. They have kind of been doing their own thing and us ours and then we have dinner and the evening together, maybe.






Friday Holly got a trophy for 2nd place in the science fair. She sang so long, farewell with the choir and got to sing the last part solo. (the sun, has gone to bed and so must I...goodbye...) She was also recognized as getting the Eagle award (4 kids in the school so far have done it but they said 2 more are trying to get done and they will actually award the shirts and eagles next Thursday at 5th grade graduation.)
Saturday gma and pa Laurito and the girls and I went down to St. George and did the walking tour of Historic St. George. We only did about 1/2 of it. We went through the daughters of the Utah pioneers museum (grandpa bought taffy for the girls) and then through the Brigham Young house. Afterward (about 2 hours of walking and museums) we went to iceburg and grandpa bought us milkshakes. I thought the girls might be bored with it but they said they really enjoyed it. And at dinner they were repeating a lot of the things we had learned from the tour guides so they were apparently paying attention!
Then we went to charming charlie's and had Suzanne pick out jewelry (2 necklaces) for mother's day and the girls picked out a head band and earrings and 4 bottles of nail polish. They all loved it and it was under $16 for all the stuff. You'll have to check that place out when you come home...great place to buy gifts for the women in your life!
Grandpa took us to Golden Corral for dinner ($86, OUCHY!) and it was pretty yummy. Everyone was pretty starving by the time we went because we had eaten a late breakfast and then a milkshake but we never really had lunch and we didn't eat until about 7:30 p.m. So it was probably even better than it really was, haha.
(Darin) Seminary graduation is today and Bryce Taylor's farewell and then (Darin) graduation later this week (the Taylor's have a LOT going on in their family!!! We got invited to all 3 events and afterparty's for them this week.
Anyway it's a busy time of the year -- I think I have 3 things I have to leave work for this week to go see the girls at school stuff.
Hope everything's going well and you are settling in and loving your new area. Can't wait to hear all about it!
Love you!!!








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