BYU Education Week
Some of my favorite people came to Education Week this year. Lois, Nancy, Lyle and his wife Neica. So, we had to have a get together! We had dinner(barbecue pork sandwiches, fresh fruit, veggies and dip, macaroni salad, chips and carmel apple cake for dessert) at our house and an evening of reminiscing and catching up on each other's lives.
Three forever friends (Vicki we really missed you!)
Lyle and Neica
We were all so proud of Lyle! He was one of the Education Week presenters this year!
His class was on Raising Responsible and Resilient Children.
His class was on Raising Responsible and Resilient Children.
One of Lyle's visuals
Hal and I attended the Friday session and some other classes and Lyle's was by far the best class we went to! He is an awesome teacher with years of experience as a clinical social worker and counselor for LDS Social Services and for the Missionary Training Center.
I was so proud of Lyle and happy that I know him now that he is famous!
Friday evening we met Pam and Roger, Mindy and Addie for dinner at a Mexican restaurant and then we went to Jenny Oaks Baker And Family Four concert at BYU.
It was a yummy dinner!
The concert was so good - what a talented family!!
Springville Quilt Show
The girls and I and the four little ones went to the quilt show - there were many beautiful quilts!
Ruby, Evie and Dex
After seeing the awesome quilts, we all went to lunch at Gingers!
September Tea Party
We hadn't had a tea party for quite a while so, I decided to have a "Back to School Tea Time".
I decorated the canning jars and filled them with sunflowers for the centerpieces! (I got the idea for the jars on Pinterest.)
I found a sunflower graphic online and made place cards for everyone.
The girl's ran the Nebo Half Marathon that morning but they were still up for a tea party that afternoon! I don't know how they do it - they are amazing!
The guests arrived and of course we had to take pictures!
The Thomas girls
The Mickelsen girls
The Woidka girls
The Craw girls
Jessica and Gigi we really missed you both!!!!
The moms and London
The yummy spread!
I made cucumber sandwiches following a recipe from The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook and they were really good! I also used that spread to make meat and cheese sandwiches and the pinwheel roll ups. I
made some peanut butter and jam sandwiches for the kids. We had fruit kabobs and veggies and dip - everything was delicious!
We also had strawberry tarts, wedding cookies, sugar cookies, mini cupcakes and rice krispie treats. Of course we had lemonade and herbal tea too!
The girls couldn't wait to eat!
Dishing up
After lunch we talked about our ancestors - I showed pictures and told the girls some stories about Grandma Libby, Grandma Dorothy and Grandma Ruby. Following the Back to School theme, the favors were little notebooks and ink pens with colored ink. After lunch and the stories, the moms visited; and the girls played together and created a really cute skit for us to watch. They are so creative! We always have fun when we are together!
Grandma and London - she has the most amazing blue eyes!!
Patty, I just have to say that I think you are so amazing! You are the nicest hostess - such a good cook and you have the best entertaining ideas and make everything so special! We loved getting to be with you guys, though so briefly. So glad you got to get together with your high school best buds!
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing your high school friends. I remember them. That's awesome for Lyle. Your tea party looks just beautiful- it kind of reminded me of your wedding décor! What a fun day!
ReplyDeleteSo fun to see pics of your high school friends. Kay and I absolutely loved Lois, she was so nice to us. The tea party looked beautiful. You are the best cook and hostess with the mostess. Your kids are so lucky to have you close.
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