official trailer

So this is the official trailer from the play.  I don't love it- mostly becauseof the sound- but Spencer really likes the ending.  How humble of him.  :)

I'm going to see it again tomorrow night and then most of us are going closing night. 

I think I might be all Les Mis'd out.  

Les Mis Teaser

This is the teaser trailer from Spencer's play.  It's his part, but not his voice. 

Does that even make sense? 

Enjolras, (Spence) is in the yellow vest- in case you couldn't catch him.

as quietly as she came into our lives...

this morning we drove june to the airport.

 the car ride was almost silent.  just like the drive we took 10 months ago as we drove her home to herriman.

 our home has been somber and solemn. 

i told will that it feels so strange, almost like someone has passed away. 

we knew this was going to be hard, but we weren't quite prepared for this hard. 

there have been many tears today- and my feelings are all over the place.

last night.  packing her stuff.  watching her room being emptied of her things was awful for me.

trying to make it all fit.

last family photo.  this morning before the airport.

nobody wanted to be doing this.

shifting the weight to make it work.

just waiting for the horrible moment to come.

our

final

goodbyes.

even with a packed airport- no shame in our emotions. 

very last photo.  with jenny.  the same way she came into our lives. 



graduation

my firstborn graduated.  such a strange feeling.  he did fantastic in school and has really set the bar high for his younger brothers.  i can't believe he's going away in two months. 



Preston's Talent

Now that I think I've got this down, this is from last summer.  In August we took a trip to McCall Idaho.  We went canoeing, rented wave runners, and a ski boat.  We had a blast.  But this video is my favorite memory from the whole trip.  It's funnier to us, but if you watch Preston closely it's worth it.  Around minute 1:38. 

Interesting side note:  from the amount of time the boys were on that bank, we counted over 45 mosquito bites on Brig and I don't remember how many on Preston.  They were standing in some sort of nest.  It was completely disgusting. 

Spencer's Talent

So I'm trying to figure out how to add video to my blog.  (This is tricky for me.)

I'm trying to make this a place Preston can go on to view whats going on at home.  (thus, video required.)  I had a much better audio recording of this perfomance from my phone, but you could hardly see that it was Spencer singing.  So this audio isn't great, but at least you can see him.  :)   

My favorite thing about this video is Preston's beaming pride for his brother.  He's on the right behind the guy in glasses- behind where Spencer walks down from, and he is so happy and proud the whole time Spence is singing.  Oh, and Spencer always winks at the audience when he sings a solo.  Always. 

havasupai....again!

at the top, when everyone was still clean.

barely heading down.

in the village, about 7-8 miles in.  no longer clean. 

clayton and cobe, havasu falls.

sharp clan, getting ready to jump.

june and spencer.  really not sure.

spence and kenna, jumping from navajo falls. (30-40 ft.)

brave abby.

taking lincoln behind the falls.

preparing gourmet dinners.

by the lds church on the way out.

preston, first one of the sharps that came out with the regular group.

brig, clayton and i hiked out first, about 2 hours earlier than everyone else. 

brig ran back down the switchbacks to help lincoln get out.

spencer was next.  in his words:  that ultimately sucked!

preston ran back down and brought quincey up the switchbacks.

and june (suffering from serious heat exhaustion) being helped out by preston and james.

she really did NOT love the hike out.  after a blessing and lots of gatorade, she ended up okay.

i didn't get a final group picture at the top, but everyone else did.  i'll add it when i get a copy.  it was hard and hot!!!  but there were some good experiences.  i told will, that was my third time- i'm NOT going again.  but if i ever have to, hiking out was a thousand times better than riding out!