Sometimes you have to leave it up to a woman to get the job done!

Our house projects...Oh, where do I begin. My husband has many talents and is great at what he does, BUT, when it comes to our house projects they seem to linger on and on and on. For example, our sidewalk from the driveway to the porch...9 months.
We started this shed project last October and month after month after month the framework sat and no progress was made. I finally took matters into my own hands and worked on the shed. You know if you want something done right, you better do it yourself.

Okay, so here's the truth. We worked on it together. Ryan captured a rare moment of me actually helping with a house project. I usually piddle out about 1/2 hour into something. I did assist with roofing and whined about it the whole time, but all in all it was a good experience. I'm glad it was just a shed and not a house.

Easter

This week I had such good intentions of making Easter special and doing all the wonderful activities associated with Easter, and then I came down with the flu. Just last week I was thinking how healthy we've been this winter and praised myself for having such great "hand hygeine" :-) and then Trevor and I were slapped with the nasty flu. Of course, Kayla and Ryan walk away once again with nothing. Where do they get such great immune systems? So all the cute pictures of us dying eggs and doing fun things does not exist this year.

As I've reflected this day on the Savior, I am filled with extreme love, gratitude, and awe of his atoning sacrifice. I am blessed to have a knowledge and a testimony of his divine role. The primary children this year are encouraged to memorize the 13 Articles of Faith. They have created charts and get to place a sticker on each one they memorize. We have incorporated this goal in our daily scripture reading by assigning an Article of Faith each month and reciting it every morning. This month, we are on the 3rd Article of Faith. Kayla has been practicing and was ready today to recite it to a member of the primary presidency. I stood by her today, as she perfectly recited it..."We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel." Of course, I am pleased with her desire to have this goal, and as we walked away today the thought came to me..."this is what Easter is all about". Although the eggs, the candy, the basket full of goodies are so fun and exciting to do; in the end it's all about that 3rd Article of Faith. I hope you all have enjoyed this day. Know that we love, miss, and appreciate you all.

Does it ever snow in this town???

These were taken a few weeks ago, when mother nature attempted to give us snow. This town seems to be situated just right that everyone else around us gets great snow, but we get nothing. Last year I bought snow suits and boots for the kids and we used them one time. This year Santa brought them sleds (what was he thinking), and yet again we were disappointed with the lack of snow.
It was forcasted for us to get 3-5 inches, and as you can see in the background we got a dusting. Believe it or not, they cancelled school here; so we went over to some friends house to attempt sleding. The kids enjoyed themselves even though they would hit dry spots and go flying off their sleds.