July - summer is slipping by so quickly

 

July got off to a fast start! Here are Kate and I riding 4 wheelers in Spanish Fork Canyon. It was so beautiful. This was part of the Iverson Family Reunion.

Kathy and Gary gather all the family together.

Hiking Mt Nebo - This was quite the trek. We were all grateful when we got back home!

Graham playing in a waterfall in Nephi Canyon.

Girls camp - Kate goes as a youth leader - they had so much fun!!

Kate's new look :) camp sweatshirt and bday pants.

Graham is going backpack camping!

Graham is on the trail with the Deacons

Chad's bday !! Big 50!

Kate's team wins the Summer Night Lights Tournament!!

Kate made the JV team!! She gets another year of playing for Alta! We are so relieved, it was a brutal tryout and several friends DID NOT MAKE IT, though we thought they had a better chance than Kate!!!

Let the Summer vacation begin!!

Kate gets her first car!! She got this from money that she saved. Congrats, Kate!!

Happy Father's day!

Kate and parents go on Trek

Doing a hoe down!

We go to Europe!! Here we are, just arrived in Vienna.

Doing a Segway tour around town.

At Schonbrunn Palace, doing the labyrinth

Hallstatt! Cutest little town on a Alpine Lake

Riding the funicular

The Austrian National Library

Arrived in Budapest, this is the Parliament building

Caving under Budapest, Grahm squeezing through very small hole.

Danube river tour

Beautiful!

The medieval clock in town square

Going rafting on a slalom course

The Terezin Concentration Camp

"Work makes you free"

The armory display in Prague

Having a medieval dinner

Kate's birthday party!

We had a sleepover in Little Cottonwood Canyon for Kate's party.

 

May is full of sports, concerts, fun and excitement!

Ok - here is the big milestone - Carson Graduates from Alta High School tomorrow!! I can't believe it!! He is an amazing person. I love the way he treats people with respect, is super thoughtful in what he does and says, and he enjoys learning new things. You are amazing!!

Carson and the drum line for their last performance. Here he is playing Bass 2

A novelty percussion number, Carson in the middle with a broom.

Carson performs a Jazz Band Solo

Carson jamming with the Jazz Band

Chad and Carson

Carson and Eli

Carson and Kelsey

Kate's OM team had a great May - 4 straight wins! They finished mid D1, which was a new bracket for them. Way to go!

Graham plays lacrosse goalie and has some amazing games!

Getting the out of bounds possession

Shoot out in their playoff game. Graham and Nash vs 2 Mountain Ridge kids. We won!!

I get a Region PTA award! That was very nice of my Crescent friends to turn me in for that award!

 

April sneaks by

For Graham and I, April was all about the clubhouse. We planned, estimated, raised funds and started working on a massive clubhouse addition. This change made it 50% bigger. We added an entire new back section and extended around the top of a swing. 

Here is the before picture of the back of the clubhouse.

Here Graham and I are in the middle of the additions - The bottom addition is tall enough for Graham to stand in, the middle is a "loft" and the top is a wrap around deck.

 

Here it is all finished. The doggy stairs now give you access to the top in both the front and the back.

This is the wrap around deck.

Here is the middle with the loft

And the new and improved basement!

In April, Carson goes on Music Tour. Here he is at Disneyland with Kelsey. 

Then it was time to prepare Indoor percussion for state. This is Friends and Family night at Alta (AKA senior night).

Here is is getting recognized.

After celebration - Carson gets Happy Birthday sung to him!

The state performance. This was my favorite indoor percussion show of all time!

We celebrate Carson's 18th birthday!!

Now for Kate's April. Hike to the Alien Tower. Soccer games. Driver's Ed, Work.

Girls Pref with the Neighborhood girls!

Kate and Jacom

Fun friends!

Here is Graham jamming with his percussion tutor. Fun day!!

And, of course, Easter. Here we are coloring Easter eggs.

Easter afternoon, after a very spiritual and neat stake conference.

Finding Easter eggs.