Happy Easter and March Little Things!

Wow - somehow the month of March has passed us right by.  We're going to try to catch you up and treat you to a taste of our Easter weekend.  

First up - Hints of Spring Days.  We had snow this past week, but in between wintry storms, we've had a few days here and there of warm weather.  We took advantage of a recent March warm day to play some mini golf.  

Here's Sam - he loves the holes where the ball has to go in a specific spot to come out in a lower green from a couple of different tubes.  His is trying to figure out where the ball needs to go to come out in the best spot.

He was also having lots of fun jumping over our balls as they traveled down the greens.  

We're finally to the point in our lives where we generally like to play for a good score.  

Sam does more jumping.  Good times!

Check out that great golf form!  Keep my head down, arms locked, feet properly positioned!

March is also the month of our Speech Festival at school.  Both Sam and I made it to our grade finals this year.

Sam's 2nd grade group was up first.  He performed "Sick" by Shel Silverstein.  He did great!  He needed to work on volume - other than that he did really well!  

His good friend Yaw also made it in to the finals - here is Sam with Yaw, his younger brother, and Yaw's parents.

Then it was time for the 4th grade finals.  I did "The Man in the Arena" - an excerpt of a speech from Theodore Roosevelt, my favorite president.  

I also did a fantastic job!  I got tripped up a little bit on one line which kept me out of the top three.  But i did it perfectly every other time, darn it!  I've already started thinking about which speech I want to do next year.  

In Easter happenings . . . . we got to have our traditional Easter Egg hunt at Grandma L's yesterday with our cousins.  It is our most favorite Easter tradition!  

Here's Sam, gathering up eggs.  

And me - loving the eggs and the lure of all the candy hiding inside.

Here we are emptying our stash.  Sam really hauled in the most eggs this year.

Grandma L is so good to us!

 We spent last evening coloring our eggs.  Of course this is another fun tradition that we have.  And how delicious are hard boiled eggs?  We love them!

We love the old classic color tablet dyes and got creative with rubber bands and wax crayons.

Ah - Easter eggs we love you!

And then the big Easter morning arrived.  The Easter bunny was good to us this year.  Sticker books, candy, and games.  Oh, and a cute little stuffed animal for each of us.

We even got a couple of micro lego-type sets that we spent all morning building.

And of course, some breakable erasers.  These are quite the thing at our school!

Both Sam and I made Easter egg hunts for the Easter bunny to do when he visited our house.  He left us notes saying how much fun he had doing them.  

Sam Alert:  Hey everyone - Sam here.  Here I am loading up my eggs after the hunt, taking them back out to storage.  We love this tradition and love being with our family.  We got to have Easter dinner with a good friend's family tonight.  It's all about family, isn't it!

Just for fun - mom snapped this picture of me early one morning before I woke up.  

I'm all snuggled up with my stuffed animal friends.  

Ok - Sam out.  Have a great week everyone!

Wrapping up February

There have been lots of fun happenings in February.  

We ended the month with a trip to the Provo City Temple open house.  It was a beautiful day and it is a really beautiful temple!  

The attention to detail on the inside was amazing.  They had a little museum after you finished the tour that showed some of the old details prior to the fire.  They really did a wonderful job rebuilding it and transforming it.  We especially loved the stain glass and the round stairways on the corners.

Here's Sam . . . .

and here's me.

It was a great evening.

To top our temple evening off, we stopped for a yummy dinner at Waffle Luv.  We usually eat at their food trucks, but they have actual restaurants too.  So we had a tasty meal - the best!

One of our neighborhood parks got all new playground equipment over the winter.  It's finally been warm enough to go test it out.  

Climbing and playing . . . . a great afternoon!

Oh - and sliding too!

Oh and wait - some football too! 

I ended February with my third broken bone - my little finger.  

I was playing a mean game of dodgeball at school and caught the ball wrong.  No worries - I heal quickly.  I'm a pro at broken bones!

Sam Alert:  Hey everybody - Sam here.  I love being outside - our play day at the park was just what I needed.  We've been riding scooters and enjoying the warm weather.  Ahh - spring is just around the corner - I can feel it in my bones!