Dueck's Roost

And to finish off the great month of May with a handful of random pics ...  A beautiful Mother's Day walk, fun times with fantastic friends, Joseph "Sunbeams" prizes. And can't leave out being silly with the kiddos and Mae's first set of good 'ole fashion roller skates!! Moving on ... 

And for the grand finale of our fun, all-encompassing Utah adventure ... we got to enjoy the highly anticipated (around our house anyway), fantastic wedding of Mr. D and of course Ms. H!!!  Outside the Timpanogos Temple, where Heidi received her endowment (special LDS/Mormon temple ceremony).  And then at the beautiful Temple Square in SLC on the actual wedding day! This picture is pre-wedding ceremony. And then post-wedding ceremony, hanging out on the beautiful temple grounds.  Having a little (actually a lotta) fun. While waiting for the new couple to join us!! Here they are!! Obviously everyone was very excited--especially all the nieces and nephews.  Some group pics in front of the temple! Then on to the Beehive House restaurant for a brief luncheon. Back to the hotel for a quick snooze--wedding festivities can be exhausting;).  And then off for more fun at the reception! Oh my goodness, what f...

Just a couple of days after the older boys set out for their sports camp, Mae, Brooks, Joe, and I headed to the airport as well to join the party. It was honestly a bit chaotic getting all our stuff through the airports without K and the "big" boys, but we made it and had a relatively decent flight;). Mae was awesome about having to sit across the aisle from me, with a couple of pleasant strangers.  In fact, she was quite the trooper--and helper--the entire time! The boys has just finished with their camp earlier in the day, and met us at the airport all ready to head to a Carl Bloch exhibit at the BYU Museum of Art. It was especially fun to experience the exhibit with much of the fam!! Joseph hung out back at Aunt Allison's house with Kent and Ryan--oh, and his little pal the iPad:-).  The next morning (I think) we all ventured out to hike the Y! Although just May, Utah was already warm and dry.  The kids made sure to take lots of little break...

And now for our Utah outing posts! The boys again headed off for their traditional BYU Fathers and Sons sports camp. This time Kevin was traveling from a conference in Cali, so P and J actually got to fly on their own to Utah--which they quite enjoyed. Uncle Ryan was there to meet them at the SLC airport, as Kevin's flight was arriving just a few minutes or so after.  And off they went to camp ...  Enjoying time just hanging out and meeting around at the dorms. Having fun with some friendly foot races:). Enjoying a myriad of sports, including ultimate Frisbee. Not exactly sure what sport this is, but had to include it of course!;) Playing lots of basketball!! The camp is primarily basketball focused.  Posing for pictures with Tyler Haws and the cougar mascot (that I seem to have cut out of the image--oops).  Doing drills--at least I'm guessing that's what's occurring here.  Having fun hanging out together....