Lawrences take St Geezy

When mom asked if we could all make it work to stay in a house in La Verkin (St George) that had it's own pool you know all the Lawrence kids were stoked. We had an amazing weekend. I think that this was the first time in almost 6 years that all of us have been on vacation together. 

We had an absolute blast! The kids (and the Lawrence sibs) lived in the pool. We had meals together, the kids had their own bunk beds and we just enjoyed being the same space.

The house was awesome! We all had our own bedrooms, there was a theater room, a huge kitchen, enough bathrooms for everyone and plenty of space.

We went to the Stagecoach for an expensive steak dinner, stayed up late, waited up for Brittnee for her online date, swam, ate, snacked and swam. We all voted that we should do the exact same thing next year. It made the summer that much more enjoyable and felt "normal"- like something we would have done prior to COVID- and that was what made it so awesome. 

 

K Man Turns 9

Kingston Grant is N I N E!  

What a fabulous boy you are! You had a great day- the most favorite gift was your baby Yoda doll. Who would have thought that nine year old boys would love a little doll that much- the whole first day, you and all your friends gently packed him around. He has already come on one vacation, one playdate and is with us all the time. 

You are one cool kid. You love LEGO (for life I am sure), Star Wars, friends, being outside, candy, snacks, soda, long baths, Nacho Libre, doing back flips on the trampoline, swimming and buying anything at the Dollar Store. You are sweet, tender hearted and kind. You are a great friend and we love that you always help others to choose the right. You don't like when we tell you that you can't do something and usually, with copious amounts of whining, you will get your way. You can build any LEGO set in record time, solve a rubix cube like it's nothing and make us so happy every day with the kind of boy you are. WE LOVE YOU, DUDE MAN!

You picked Sakana for sushi for your birthday dinner. You ate an entire roll and a half by yourself. Love our seafood loving boy.

CHHS 2000

In January 2020, Jeni Sorensen reached out and planned a weekend trip for us to get together- a HS reunion of sorts of the people we would actually want to see again. We planned for April and then COVID happened. We rescheduled for June and her sweet parents offered their house in Preston, ID or us to stay. I was SO ready to get away for a weekend. 

I literally haven't "seen" most of these girls in almost 20 years. We are all friends on insta and FB that was all. It was SO fun. They are all wonderful, beautiful adults and we had a blast. Jeni's house is HUGE- we each had our own room. I slept in, left the window open to let in the breeze, we had rain and thunder to wake us up one morning. There was also a rooster wake up call at 5 AM. 

Our sweet friend Jen Walker cooked for us the whole weekend (we only ate out the first night). She made tikka masala, breakfast cinnamon rolls from scratch, chicken salad,  breakfast burritos- no cooking was the definite win of the weekend. 

We laughed, looked at yearbooks (those inside jokes we thought would last forever were clearly forgettable). We talked about our kids, our college lives, our jobs- we have a lawyer, a Derm PA, teachers, city councilwoman and moms with awesome kids. We have all been successful in our own right and that was the most amazing part.

We did the Napoleon Dynamite tour- what else is there to do in Preston, ID? It was nice to go to a place that wasn't completely shut down by COVID too. We could go in stores, didn't have to worry about masks. It is such a small town- so weird. They have soda machines on the street so you can get a can of soda after church on Sunday and not have to break the sabbath. There are literally two stop lights, one grocery store and farms for miles. It was beautiful and quiet. We took out the side by side to a quiet lake, sat on the wrap around porch and just enjoyed being outside. 

I don't remember much from high school- I wanted to be done so badly but what I do remember is these ladies. We were good friends and they were good examples. It made my heart happy to spend time with people who knew me when I was a teenager and still like me now. These are the kind of high school reunions I can get behind. 

Napoleon's house-  left to right, Jen Walker, Ginger Thompson, Jeni Sorensen, Karissa Young, Rebecca Sorensen, me, Trica Norwood. 

Karissa and I- I think I missed her the most. We were SUCH good friends. I missed being able to laugh with her about stupid movies and music that we used to watch. 

Yearbooks

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