Bladen's 17th Birthday

Happy 17th Birthday to my Bladen!

Bladen is my sweet kiddo who radiates with love for everyone he comes in contact with.

He's smart, he's kind, he's always willing to jump in & serve anyone who needs help.  He makes me so proud every day.

For his birthday breakfast he requested: english muffin breakfast sandwiches, bacon, bananas, & ding dongs.

After breakfast we went straight into presents.  He got all sorts of fun things.  Opa & Oma got him some stickers as well as a beautiful matching track suit.  The kids, Trek, & I got him a ton of clothes.  He's been wanting new clothes for school & we got him all sorts of pants, hoodies, & a pink bomber jacket.

And then of course Nancy sent him all sorts of clothing, shoes, soaps, a camping water bladder backpack, & more.  He got totally spoiled this year in the clothing department.

Happy birthday buddy.  You're amazing & we love you.

 

Salt Lake City Half Marathon

 

Trek ran his first half marathon (also during the same days as the play & dance concerts).  He's been training for a while & was SO SO SO excited to finally do it.

He said it was completely exhausting, but he was super excited to complete it.  He said his legs were literal jello afterwards, but he did the full 13 miles in less than 2 hours.  We are SO proud of him.

Lorien's Culinary Graduation

Also the same day as Canyon's play & Craiger/Taya's dance showcase, Lorien officially graduated culinary school.  (It was a crazy busy week!)

We are SO proud of Lorien & all her hard work in culinary school.  She has worked so hard & is now working at "The Roof" Restaurant in Salt Lake City as a chef.

For the graduation, the culinary students made us a beautiful meal to celebrate the graduates.  The food was so incredibly beautiful & delicious.

It was fun hearing them read her name as a graduate.  She received her chef coat & hat & can officially call herself a chef now.

She got to hug all the chefs that taught her all her skills & made her the chef she is today.  She was so excited to see them all again.

She had a very large graduating class!  I was impressed.

We are so incredibly proud of Lorien & the amazing woman she has become.

Lorien also got to take home her final project for her last course, which was a wedding cake.  Of course Lorien made a Lord of the Rings themed wedding cake.

It was such a fun & beautiful day.  We are so proud of you Lorien.