He is Risen

 He is Risen

Last year in conference, we were invited to make Easter more like Christmas and celebrate it more than just one day.  The church made an Easter Study schedule to help with this and we really enjoyed following it this year.  Our ward had 2 activities to encourage us to learn more about Holy Week  It was wonderful to spend time every day thinking about our Savior and all He's done for us.  I'm so grateful for Him!. 

 The last few years, I've done an Easter Scavenget hunt with the kids for their Easter basket  This year, the clues were from the scriptures about Holy Week. Ex. Matthew 26:36  Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane and saith unto the disciples, sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. (CLUE find a statue of Jesus praying in Gethsemane) and the next clue was under the statue on my coffee table. Another one was Matthew 26:14 and Judas said, what will ye give me, and I will deliver im unto you?  And they covenanted with him for thirty peices of silver.  (CLUE where does Gram keep her purse with her money in it)   It was a good review of what they had been learning about during the last week.  

We missed Jamie and his family who were on Spring Break in St George.

Taylorsville Temple

The Taylorsville Temple open house is coming us very soon.  We are getting so excited!

I got to go plant flowers in several of the flower beds the other day.

My best friend Carolyn's husband Don, did lots of work on the temple, and they invited us to go with their family to the "Sneak Peek" open house for the construction workers and their families.

Mike has been struggling with crazy dizziness, but felf good enough to go.  It was so fun to see the things Don and his guys worked on.  It is so beautiful!

 

 

March Birthdays

Jack chose Panda Express for his birthday dinner.  He is such a fun kid, he never stops talking!

We celebrated the March Birthedays at our house on my birthday. Josh's family was in St George, but everyone else was able to come.  Jamie made us this gorgeous cake.   Emily's birthday is the week after, and we met the girls for lunch at a place called Fueled.  It was very tasty!

 

Boys first sewing project

Everytime I see Jack, he asks when the next boys sleepover is.  They love spending time together!

This time, they decided they wanted to do a sewing project. They made warm packs.

They really liked sewing!

Jack and Logan designed a crazy stuffed animal and sewed them.

               We ended the sleepover by going and watching Parker play basketball.  So fun!

 

Happy Valentines Day

 

To Celebrate Valentines Day, Mike and I had a delicious lunch at the Cheesecake factory. (We went the day after Valentines to avoid the crowd)

I did an early morning doughnut run and got doughnuts, chocolate milk and a bag of apples to deliver to our kids and grandkids as a Valentine treat.

We saw Josh's whole family and bonus, Libbie's boyfriend Matt

Jamie was sick, so she stayed upstairs so she didn't share the germs.

We arrived at Jamie's house just as everyone but Abi was leaving for soccer games.

Krista's big girls were at track, but we got a bonus of Oliver, Matt's nephew.  It was a very fun Valentines day getting to visit with so many of the people we love.

Savannah and Zac sleep over

Jamie and Jordan took their big boys to California to visit Jamie's mom who is very sick.  The 2 little kids had been there with Jamie a few weeks before.We got to tend Savvy and Zac for 4 days while they were gone.  We had a great time.  Savannah loves to bake, we made two kinds of cookies.

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Zac was our official cookie tester.  ( He had the perfect shirt)

 

                      Savvy had her first sewing lesson.  We made warm packs for her brothers. 

                                                       It felt good after playing outside.

                                                       Zac loves playing in our play room.

 

                            Savvy LOVES doing crafts. we had so much fun playing with these cute kids.  

St. George Vacation

Our neighbors, Jerry and Gisela Smith own a home in St. George where they spend most of their time these days.  They live close to the Red Cliff Temple that was just completed.  They invited us to come for a visit and go with them to the open house.  Gisela is not a member and Jerry has never come to church in the 30 years we've known him but they love to go to the temple open houses.  They've gone with us to the Jordan River and Saratoga Springs temple open houses.  (We are their "secret ministers}

The temple was BEAUTIFUL!  It was decorated in purples, light green, and had such fun fabrics and rugs.  It made me excited to see our Taylorsville temple.

The St. George temple was just remodeled and we missed the open house, but were able to do sealings while we were there.  They let us wander through it and take our own tour.  It was so fun!  It ws also beautiful, but totally different from the Red Cliffs/  It was the first temple dedicated in Utah and they used furniture and fabrics that were similar to those used in that time period.