Changes at Home

I'm home!!! On Thursday I drove home with my Grandma Gail and walked in the front door to a lot of changes. Nothing major, just life at home had moved on without me. Here are some of the things that have changed:

1. Spencer is up to my nose and has braces. He's growing up!

2. Ben is big. Period. And still growing.

3. Dad's hair looks the same as it did in his high school year book from the 70's. And yes, he'll be 50 this year. (You have my permission to tease him.)

4. My room is now the craft room...or it was going to be until I decided I was coming back home for the summer. Now it's just guest room/my bedroom.

5. Our dog, Toasty, can now sit, lie down, crawl, spin, jump through hoops, jump up to give kisses, and eats anything he can get.

6. My bathroom has a new wall decoration. I saw it as soon as I came home, but didn't say anything until later when I asked Spencer what it was. This is how he explained it. "Dad went to a garage sale, saw it, and thought, 'A work of art!' so he bought it and then Mom saw it and went 'bleeeehhhhh!'." Dad won and got to hang it on my wall. He thinks it's a great match. I just think it's funny.

One last thing. I went to Savior of the World last night with my family because Ben's in it and before the production there was this gorgeous sunset, something I never saw in Utah. And the performance was wonderful, by the way. If you ever get the chance, you should take the opportunity and go see it!

Clothes Drop/I Don't Like Finals

Yesterday, I came home from taking a final to Tegan, Kelli, Josh, and Nick dropping their clothes (some of them) off the balcony. Apparently it was this game they invented due to burnout ( a dangerous disease that makes people do weird things) from finals. Below are the videos of this great game. Sorry about the shaky camera on the second one.

And here are some more pics (for Josh).

Easter Message: None Were With Him

This video is part of Elder Holland's last conference address with added visuals. Click HERE to see. It's wonderful. Enjoy.

Snow or Spring?

This is what it looked like yesterday.

And this is what it looks like today.

I really don't understand Utah weather.

Easter at Nana's

It is so nice to have family close by so that I can spend holidays with them. Yesterday, for Easter, my Aunt Donna picked Tegan, Kelli, and me up to go to Nana's for the day. Uncle Vedel, Aunt Jan, and Anna came over for a delicious dinner, then we just spent a couple hours at the house. For dinner we had funeral potatoes, ham, corn, salad, rolls, and pumpkin pie filling. We were so full by the time we were done eating that we hardly fit in our clothes, so Donna brought out three skirts with elastic waists. They look good, huh? After dinner we went outside because the weather is beautiful, and so I could show off the swingset and pole on the front porch. I showed Tegan and Kelli how to swing around it, which is always an adventure in a skirt. Here are the videos of each of us.



How fun! Thanks Nana and Donna for a wonderful Easter.

Family Pictures!!

Last night for FHE we took family pictures. It was a lot of fun and this is the best one of everyone (in my opinion). We had a hard time getting all of the boys to cooperate at once, thus the contemplative look on Michael's face. But I love it. They're all so funny. Here's the guy's picture: There's actually a big cave with pumps for the waterfall where Michael, Daniel, and Will are. It's too bad they didn't decide to turn the water on while they we all back there. And here's the girl's picture. Notice that there are about three times as many of us. The ratio in my ward is a little off, but I wouldn't have it any other way. It's just too much fun with 150 girls. And I probably don't need to point this out either, but again, we couldn't get the boys to cooperate. Just like little brothers (I'm assuming big brothers would be the same, but I wouldn't know from experience.) We also took pictures with Dad (David) and the girls, and Mom (Kelli) and the boys. So, there we are. Only a couple more weeks with this family and how I'm going to miss them! Love you guys.