Random March!

This little boy.... I was so sick at home one Sunday and Derick had gone to church just to remind some people of things and was coming back to help with the kids while I slept. As soon as Derick left without Andrew, he ran upstairs, dressed himself (could ya tell?) and headed out (running/biking, who knew) to go to church with dad. I was trying to call for him to stop but he didn't hear or wasn't listening :) I tried to call anyone I thought may have a phone with them at church or who would be home during church. I was able to reach my neighbor and he said he would go out and look for him. After a while Derick showed up back at home and I told him what had happened, but Derick didn't pass him on his way home. I was so worried he was lost! Our church is a 1/2 mile away, but there are a few streets he could have turned on to get lost. Derick headed back to the church to look for him.
Before Derick got back someone from church brought him back with his bike. Derick searched the roads, the building and couldn't find him so headed home. Come to find out from our friend, he saw Andrew in church looking the way he did and knew something was up. He knew Derick was leaving to head home to be with his sick family so tried to get Andrew to come home. He asked how he got there and Andrew showed him his bike parked in a spot in the parking lot! Thank you Jose for noticing something was wrong and bringing him home to us! I told Andrew he is never allowed to cross the busy street without us. He said, "ya, a car almost broke my bones when I crossed it." AHH! SCARY! (look closely at the picture.....spiderman pj shirt with a tie, suit and skate shoes- he's got style)


My sleepy little girl always cracks me up before I go to bed.


Derick hanging out playing the guitar. He loves to do it and is really good!


Who doesn't like to sit on their brother in a car seat and watch tv?!


My cute Andrew. Loves to be silly and loves to play the guitar like his dad!


A little water and a comb can really make a difference :)


At the Young Women's broadcast with my fun young women! Look how young they all look :) (that includes us Lori, Angie and Jocelyn :)

Temple Square in the spring!

It was such a fun experience to go plant flowers and prepare the grounds at Temple Square this weekend. I was amazed at how many other wards and stakes had signed up to volunteer. We got there at 8am, got our gloves and shovels, were assigned an area to plant and got to work! I loved it when I heard a bunch of the boys say, "Wow, I didn't know it was this easy to plant flowers." After we got our flower beds done, they needed people to help haul mulch buckets. We stood in a long line and passed them down as they were dumped out and brought back. It is amazing how quickly you can get such a huge job done with that much organized help! Afterwards we clean up the dirt that had spilled, swept, put tools away and were ready for lunch! I am so grateful we had such a willing group of youth to wake up early on a Saturday morning and serve!

Temple Lights with the Young Women!

For a combined activity we went to go see the beautiful lights at Temple Square and do a scavenger hunt at the Church History Museum! It was a lot of fun and reallllly cold!