So very proud of this girl! After hearing a talk in Women's Conference about the refugees and how we can all find ways to help Lizzy went (without my knowledge) to talk to our bishop about wanting to do something to help. We didn't know what to do at first, but with some help and encouragement of our friend Nicole, it eventually turned into this. The youth gathered donations and made 84 hygiene kits and also tied 9 blankets to send to a center in Seattle that sends items to refugees in need. So many of us heard the talks and wanted to help, but Lizzy just did it without hesitation. She's my inspiration.
Grayson got bitten by a dog. When we were taking dinner to a friend and we were standing on her porch, the dog came out very casually and walked up to Grayson as if to simply smell him and immediately bit him in the mouth with no provocation at all. The picture doesn't do it justice, his mouth was all swollen and it looked pretty bad. But besides a small scar and a fear of dogs... he's recovering just fine.
Andrew at his fun recorder concert!
Our first spring in our new house is turning out to be more brightly colored than we ever imagined. Our yard is splashed with beautiful flowers. We're loving it. Fresh flowers are in a vase in the house everyday.
Spring soccer season has started and is almost over already, but this picture sums up pretty well how Sam feels about it.
Musical measles was a big hit in primary. I love my calling.
Sometimes we are in a hurry and this happens. Whoops.
I hosted a baby shower for my friend and did this cute "ready to pop" theme. I'm really not good at this kind of thing, but I did think it turned out cute.
Last week our family all tried paddle boarding lessons at our high school pool. We had a blast. Now to try it in some real waters!
Just because.
Grayson has been way into dressing up lately. In this pictures he started out as spider man and later morphed into a safari guy. He called it a police suit, but he searched for bugs all day long while wearing it.
I used to be much better at writing down quotes and haven't done it as often lately, but Grayson says the most hilarious things lately. He made me laugh the other day when I was working out to a video downstairs. He wanted me to play a game and I kept responding, "but I'm working out!" Finally he said, "ok mom, I got dea (an idea). I work out for you and you come play da game." Haha. I wish it worked that way. Every night at dinner as soon as we sit down he says, "ok, my turna talk." He then chatters on for several minutes about all kinds of things that don't make sense. We are always entertained. I also have to mention his obsession with the word "applesauce". Not sure why, but he says it 100 x's a day. It's kind of crazy.
Sam lost another tooth. Yay! Since that other tooth was knocked out when he was a baby, he now looks kind of funny with one tooth hanging out in the middle there. Luckily it is loose and will be the next one to go.
Also... this kid can read. He is taking off on his reading skills and it is so fun to watch. Here he is enjoying the pizza he earned by meeting certain reading goals at school. Go Sam.
Life is so good. I look back at this blog and see how fast the kids are growing. It seems so recently that Sam was dressed up in all the costumes that Grayson is wearing today and now Sam looks at those pictures and laughs about when he was little. It's wonderful and sad to see the changes coming so fast. I love life right now and want to enjoy every minute of every kid and their sweet little selves.
