april around here

Nathan and Sawyer had a great time playing in a spring hail storm. Crazy kids.

Dave and I went out to dinner and then to see Captain America at the theater with our neighbors. We feel very blessed by the great people we get to live by.

Ben is now wearing underwear and continuing to delight us with his sense of style.

We enjoyed General Conference. Megan and Tim came over on Sunday morning and made crepes for us. Delicious. I managed to stay awake through 3 of the sessions but finally succumbed in the last. I am really glad they publish the talks so I study them again and again.

Spring Break was the second week of April. We stayed home and had a rather boring week. Oh well. Sometimes that is just the way it has to be. We did go to the aquarium at Emma's request. Unfortunately it was so crowded it was hardly enjoyable. We get to go back sometime this summer. Hopefully that will be a better experience.

We woke the boys up to see the lunar eclipse. They were too tired to be very impressed. At least we tried.

Dave served as a delegate at the county convention.

We went to lots of baseball and soccer games. Lots.

Our ward had an getting to know you activity for the adults. They requested pictures of us in our 20s for a slideshow. No one could believe it was Dave in this first picture. In truth, he hardly ever looked like that but it is such an awesome picture. Oh, we were so young and skinny once!

Dave ran another Thanksgiving Point half marathon. This year it was in the pouring rain. I don't think this will ever be my idea of fun but I think it is so great that he does.

I was able to get together with a few folk dance friends since one of them came into town. I am so blessed by the amazing friendships I still enjoy so many years later. It doesn't matter that we live miles apart or that we rarely see each other. We just pick right back up. We ate dessert at The Chocolate in South Jordan and talked, cried and laughed until it closed.

Keri, Michael and Josh came over for dinner the last Sunday. We had a delicious Asian buffet because Josh and Emma requested Orange Chicken. After dinner, Anne was brushing everyone's hair. Even Michael's which is in a buzz cut. She still got mad at him when he "messed it up." We thought she made Keri look particularly lovely. :)

spring break in st. george

We joined the masses that fled south to St. George for Spring Break. We stayed in a 3 bedroom condo which gave us plenty of room to sleep, a kitchen to prepare meals, 2 TVs, and a beautiful view from a large balcony. We drove down on Wednesday. I think 4 hour drives are just about perfect!

On Thursday we went to Zion National Park to meet up with Heather, Katie and Grandma and Grandpa at their campsite. We did the Riverwalk at the Temple of Sinawava which was a good "hike" for our large group of varying ages. Sitting at their campground afterwards, watching the kids dig in the dirt, just solidified my feeling that I am not a camper! I was quite happy to go back to my condo with running water and technology.

We did a lot of screen-watching--TV, movies, computer games, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest. I read a few books. And then we (well, everybody but me) did a whole lot of swimming.

We saw lots of familiar faces from home including our neighbors across the street. We met up with them at the pools a few times, traded kids for movie watching, and had a BBQ with them and another family who lives up the street from us. They were even generous enough to let us take out their ATV for a ride. Dave feared for his life but Emma loved driving.

We left for home on Sunday morning. We listened to General Conference on the radio on the way. In between sessions, we stopped at Cove Fort to appease me, the history-lover.

Annie dancing with her reflection

It was a really nice week and I was definitely not ready for the break to be over.