April 2021

 Rich and I finally were able to use our 2019 Christmas gift from Scott and Rachelle--we went rock climbing!  It was really fun! (But it would've been nicer without a mask!)

We had lots of fun for Easter!  We dyed eggs, visited the Easter bunny, and went on a neighborhood egg hunt!  Easter dinner was delicious!  The Easter/Conference weekend was wonderful.

Lydia and I spent some time on the hammock in the beautiful weather.

James and William got to back to school in person!  Hooray!!!

Our friend's, the Mathewson's, moved to Texas!  We got to spend a few last times with them.  We will miss them!

For Rich's birthday I got him tickets for a helicopter tour of Las Vegas.  It was a really fun experience!

Lydia wanted to learn to cross stitch.  She helped me a little and did a great job!

Rich took the boys camping so Lydia and I had a girls night.  We went to Target, grabbed dinner at Cafe Rio, and then watched Frozen and built her new Lego set.  Afterward we cuddled up for a story.  Lydia *loves* girls nights!

Random photo: Lydia as a "business woman."

Happy Easter!

We had a wonderful church meeting at home today—Alex wrote a talk all on his own about the real reason we celebrate Easter. It was wonderful! 

We spent time watching “The Testaments” and then walked over to the lacrosse fields.  (Lydia called this a "cuddle" instead of a "huddle")

We enjoyed a delicious meal and carrot cake for dessert. (James asked if we can eat it for breakfast since it has carrots in it!)

April 2019

At the end of March William's bike was stolen from school.  I spotted it the next week in the bike cage at Heckethorn.  Lydia and I staked it out waiting for the bike thief to appear.  They didn't show that day but I saw the bike again and the school police turned it over to me!  Hooray!

Lydia and I played with the filters on my phone and took some selfies.

We spent a beautiful day at the playground as a family.

The boys had a super fun field day... until they got rained out.

The neighborhood had a fun Easter Egg Hunt.

James and I had a little date to Panda.

We lit our little oil lamp as part of our Come Follow Me lesson.  We let it burn until it went out--which was almost all day!  Every single drop of oil counts to keep your lamp burning!

We had a fun time dying eggs.

I took James and Lydia to see my cousin Kayla perform her acrobatics.

The Easter Bunny stopped by our house!

Easter Sunday Selfie!

William taught us a great Come Follow Me lesson about forgiveness and letting go!

Henry kept plugging away at his Book of Mormon reading.

I took the boys to see Avengers: End Game.  It was a super long movie but we all enjoyed it!

Lydia was so happy to play out in the rain one afternoon.