Dear Loved Ones: 5 April 2015
It feels
like we’re having spring around here! We’ve had both warm, sunny days and cool,
rainy days this week, which is exactly what makes stuff grow, right? However
today, EASTER SUNDAY, we’re having a blizzard!
This week we
had a Get-to-Know-You BBQ for James’ baseball team on Monday night, so we had a
little Easter Family Night on Sunday night. The weather on Monday was a rare
perfect sunny day with NO WIND and we had such a good time (except for the
allergies afterward…time to start up daily rinsing again). We are excited for
James to try baseball this year.
Tuesday was
overcast and windy but we didn’t get much rain. I went to the new fancy, expanded
Ace Hardware to pick up some gardening supplies. I’ve never really studied what varieties of
vegetables I should plant here and when to start them, so I read a bunch of
stuff from MSU in March and planned what we hope will be a better garden this
year. Tuesday night we had the Joneses over for some chicken curry and hanging
out a bit before they leave for their Spring Break. It was a nice night.
Wednesday
was supposed to be a reading and sewing day and we worked hard to be sure the
house was clean Tuesday night so mommy could chill. HOWEVER, some toast got
left in the toaster as the kids left for school and I went back to lay down by
Ammon who was miraculously still sleeping. After he woke up and I opened our
bedroom door about 45 minutes later, the house was full of smoke. The bread had
caught on fire and burned out (Thanks, smoke alarms! You beep at 2am for no
reason, but you’re silent during an actual fire. Nice.) So I spent the morning
trying to get the smoke smell out of our house. It’s pretty nasty. Everybody
went to Scouts/YW/ Activity Days except Mommy, Niles, and Ammon. We had baths
and watched Peg Plus Cat (I LOVE that show) and planned our Weekend Menu.
Thursday was
the last day of school until April 13th. We had French Dips for
dinner and watched a movie and decorated sugar cookies to take to people for
Easter (unfortunate people who aren’t traveling on Spring Break like us ;)).
Friday the
weather turned cold and rainy and stayed that way all weekend. The kids are on
Spring Break until 4/13, and the weather is supposed to be horrible until next
Friday. I’m trying to get creative keeping them busy indoors without eating us
out of house and home! We had lots of Easter Prep on Friday, and a wonderful
general conference over the weekend, so it’s off to a great start. It’s been
relatively peaceful and full of good times and good food. We love our family so
much and we are so grateful for Jesus’ Atonement!
Happy, Happy Easter!
Love, Rich, Jamie, and
Family
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Flashback: flying kites at the soccer fields on 3/21
Niles |
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| Addie, Heidi, Niles 3/21 |
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| James dodging the dragon kite 3/21 |
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| James with his Cub Scout friends at the Pinewood Derby 3/24 |
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Family Night discussion 3/29
Based on THIS talk by Elder Hamula in October Conference
I loved the dual symbols he emphasized in paragraphs 7-9 |
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| Addie and Heidi and sisterlove at the park 3/30 |
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| Ammon loving the outdoors 3/30 |
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| Ammon reaching for birds flying by |
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| Ammon and Mom at thepark 3/30 |
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| My Silly Niles Ninja Turtle 3/31 |
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| Two silly boys waking me up from a nap on 3/31 |
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| Easter Cookies! 4/3 |
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| Ammon at the window 4/4 |
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| Niles' Easter Chalk |
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Niles' Easter Chalk People
drawn during a sleet storm on Easter 4/5 |
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| Coconut cake with cream filling for Easter dinner...yum! |
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