March 19-April 1



      My favorite part of our spring break was seeing my sister's babies!  They are all so cute!  However we did some other great things too.  The kids got to play lazer tag with cousins, watch movies, fly a kite, see a snow storm, play video games,  and ride the UTA Trax to Gardner Village.  Ethan had the opportunity to go with his Opa to rehearse with the Jordan Youth Symphony.  He got to play timpani and base drum.  They played Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory, Super Man Returns, Phantom of the Opera, and Mission Impossible.  Mom had the awesome opportunity to go to the conference center with her 12 year old niece and sister-in-law to see the Young Women General Broadcast!  Wow!  That was awesome!  We had a great break.

      Getting back into school is always hard after so much fun, but, we managed.  Olivia had her 4th grade field trip to the Sand Canyon on Tuesday.  I got to go with her!  She had all sorts of stations to go to from birdwatching to aquatics.  She loved looking at critters from the creek in the microscope.

     That night the kids had Karate and earned their yellow belts.  They have been having fun doing this at our church learning from a friend of ours.  I was amazed they rememberd their katas even though we had missed karate during spring break.  Way to go guys!

     Gina was excited to get back to Joyschool.  She mixed play dough colors togther to make new colors.  Amazing! 

      Derek worked on our deck this weekend.  It's coming along nicely.  We just have to get more supplies to do the railing.  Way to go honey!

          

       Watching General Conference was a nice ending to our weekend.  We loved seeing our Prophet and hearing his messages to us.  Conference goes by so fast!  The last session we watched together at the Stake Center.  That was a first for our family.  We normally watch it at home.  I'm glad we did that.  We are looking forward to studying the conference in more detail these next few months. 

     Easter is approaching.  What a wonderful time of year to think about our Savior and all that He has done for us.  We have truly been blessed as a family because of the gospel Christ taught and the church He restored in these latter days.  Until next week!