A Great Weekend

***THIS IS A VERY LONG POST WITH LOTS OF PICTURES***
This past weekend was a blast! It was Katie's high school graduation, and so Cindy and AJ came down from Utah, and Daniel came down from selling pest control in Texas. It was such a fun filled weekend, and we were so sad when it was over. Saturday was Katie's graduation. Brandon ended up having to work, so he couldn't come (he felt so bad!). I was kind of worried how the kids would do, but they did great! I can't believe Katie is already graduating. It seems like just yesterday that I was, but it was eight years ago! Boy how time flies. Here are some cute pictures we got after it was over.


Future graduate
Mason and Levi are so silly. If someone is holding one of them, the other one has to be being held by the same person. David was so nice to humor them. Since Brandon couldn't come AJ drove my van. Here is Cindy sitting in the front seat. This picture was taken by Tori. She did a pretty good job!
Daniel and I sat in the back seat. Here he is trying on Tori's visor that she got from Dance class. It was so fun to have Daniel home. It feels like we never get to see him, and he is so fun to hang out with. He is so sweet with the kids. They just love him. He only got to stay for one and a half days, but it was fun to have him.
We went to Marie Calendar's after graduation which is what we have done after everyone's graduation. When we went there for Kristalyn's graduation the food was so yummy, so we thought it would be the perfect spot to go every time. Every time since, the food has been kind of nasty but we can't break tradition! I didn't get any pictures, but you can look at Cindyor Katie's blogs for pictures from there. After graduation we went to my parent's house to hang out for the rest of the day. Grandpa Park planned a really fun treasure hunt for the kids. They had so much fun. They started out with a treasure map that led them all over the house, and finally into the living room where they found another map, and little pouches with each of their names on them. Here they are with their pouches looking at the second map trying to figure out where to go next.

They were led to the back yard, to the big tree, the garden, and the corner of the house.
The final destination was the sandbox.

In the sand box were five X's made out of sticks. One for each of the grand kids, (including Carter). They each started to dig at their designated spots and they couldn't believe what they found!




Yes that is a five dollar bill! There was one buried for each of them along with a one dollar coin for each of them and lots and lots of quarters, dimes nickles and pennies. When Alexis found her five dollar bill the first thing out of her mouth was, "Now I can go to Hawaii with Katie!" We all got a kick out of that.
Here is Tori with her five dollar bill. It took her a long time to find it, but with a little help from everyone we found it. Mason collected coins for himself and Carter. Once he filled up his bag he would dump it all out and then fill it up again. What a fun thing for Great Grandpa to plan. The kids had such a fun time. They were still finding coins for the next few days, and I am sure we will continue to find more in the months to come.

On Sunday David blessed Carter. He gave him a beautiful blessing, and we were so glad that we could be there. Levi, Mason and Carter have all worn the same blessing outfit. I am sure we will be passing it along to many other little cousins to wear as well. Here are some pictures that we got afterwards.

Here are some more pictures form the weekend. The guys set up a badminton net in the back yard. We all had a blast playing. One night we decided to have the girls play against each other. We all did terrible! We sure had a lot of good laughs though.
Here is Levi sitting on my dad's shoulder's watching a movie. I have a similar one like this of Tori from Christmas.

On the last night we just sat around and talked for hours. Finally around 10 pm, we decided we better go home (considering Alexis had school the next day.) I called in Alexis to get her pajamas on, and she didn't want to, so Uncle AJ decided to put them on instead. =)


It was such a fun weekend, and we all went through a little bit of withdrawal when it was over. I am so thankful for my family and the close relationship that we all have with each other. Even though we all don't live here, everytime we get together it feels like no time has passed in between. Everyone fits in perfectly with one another. We can't wait for the family reunion this summer!