Look at her go! 

SILLY!! I think the paint fumes were getting to Addie!

Heidi cheered us on as we painted... 

Addie showing Heidi how it's done (Heidi was in their closet). 

There's Addie sitting on her window sill watching the neighbors on their deck.

Mom and Addie finish off the room! 

May 1st--Remember how we always made up silly games and did crazy stuff when we were supposed to be taking a Sunday nap? My girls are already starting! We found them giggling in one of the entertainment center cabinets last night.

Makes a nice cage, huh? 

Thoughts for the Day

Leave it to Emerson to have said something I have been trying to find words for.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Oh, yeah. Chew on that while I try to find time to write between painting the new house, babysitting, laundry, housework, Young Women, Ward Dinner preparations for tonight, Fast Sunday combined YW lesson, packing, and--oh, yeah, personal hygeine. Do I really have to get DRESSED today? Where will I pencil THAT in?

Lest I sound whiny, here is a quote I am painting on my laundry room wall this week (courtesy of Aunt Marti):

"May we never be discouraged in doing those daily tasks that God has ordained the common lot of man." --Joseph Fielding Smith

More soon...

Sunday Dinner Outside

We had a cook out next to our apartment on Fleshman Creek with our neighbors, the Mhemberes from South Africa (via Massachusetts). That's Godfrey, Rosemary, Addie, Tanaka, Me, Heidi, and Tsitsi (laying on the blanket because she got cold). We had delicious food, but it was way too windy. PS: Here's how you say their name: "mem-BARE-ayz." It's not as hard as it looks.

Heidi, Addie, Tanaka, & Tsitsi (under the blanket) at our Sunday night cook out. My girls love Tanaka and Tsitsi!