Temple Day

What a great day! We were able to take Mitch to the temple today for the first time. I had the hardest time getting a grip on the fact that I have a child old enough to be going to the temple! Today just made it all the more real for me that he is leaving for two years! I am so proud of him and the decisions he has made in his life that led him to this day! He will make a great missionary as he goes out to teach the Gospel to the people in Peru! I know he has made the right decision to serve the Lord and that Peru is exactly where he should be for the next two years, even though I will miss him like crazy! I mean who is going to leave weird videos on my blog when he leaves??? I love this kid!
P.S he is standing on his tippy toes in the picture so that I would look extra short!

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A start...

We started the big task of mission shopping this week. We found a killer deal on white shirts at the Factory Outlet Mall in Draper. The shirts were half off. It is great to live in Utah because they also gave us another 10 percent missionary discount! So 7 short sleeved, 3 long, 3 dress pants,1 white pant and tie, 1 laundry bag and a pack of mission books down! He also bought a camera today. With all the stuff we bought we get a gift cert. so we are waiting for that and will go back and get him some socks for free! We still have so many more things to get! I am glad we have a couple of months still!
We went to the Peruvian store today and he bought some more Inca cola and chocolate bars. He also bought this juice made from purple corn that you would swear was grape juice until you taste it!

Mitch's new ride

This is what happens when you don't put oil in your car! Thankfully he is done with school and we just have to shuffle cars for a couple of months! Poor Maddi, she was really counting on Beyonce for school next year! Thank heavens that the Jenkins gave us one of Josh's old bikes a long time ago or Mitch would be walking to work! He says at least it will get him in shape for the mission!And the good news we are saving 17 buckaroos a month not insuring Beyonce!!

LILACS!!!!

Last year I took a start from a lilac bush that my sister had taken a start from my mom's lilac bush that she had taken a start from my grandma's lilac bush that came from a start from the lilac bush at my great grandma's house. Well I was a little worried that it wouldn't grow but I saw little buds on it and then today I looked and found a full blown lilac flower growing on it! I am so excited! I love it! The smell of lilac always reminds me of when I was a little girl playing in our backyard in the spring!

2nd grade field trip

When Mitch was in 2nd or 3rd grade, I went with him to the Kennecott Copper Mines. It was the worst field trip I have EVER been on! Mitch and his good buddies sang loudly the entire time and the bus ride seemed like it was 3 hours long! I vowed never to go to that field trip again! Well, Monday I went back with Jacobs class. I signed up to help before the teacher knew what field trip it would be. I was not looking forward to it but it was not nearly as bad as I remembered! The kids were well behaved and there was no singing! It was actually almost fun! It was fun to go spend the day with Jake even though he wouldn't sit with me on the bus!

Good news!

Yesterday we took Jacob to the plastic surgeon to check out the black spot on his cheek. Jacob was really nervous, he thought they were going to remove his entire face or something. Thank goodness they didn't have to do that! The doc said that for now he thought it wasn't a problem and he didn't want to remove it but wants us to keep an eye on it. If it gets bigger or changes shape he will take it right out. Jacob wanted to fake out Maddi and Thomas so we wrapped up his head like a mummy and he told them he had to get part of his cheek taken off. He was a pretty good actor they totally believed him, it was so funny!
Also good news, I paid off my first doctor bill today!!!! It was the smallest of the bunch but it feels really good to check one off the list! One down 4 more to go!

Mothers Day

Yesterday was a fantastic Mothers Day! I got to sleep in and then Jacob made me some yummy toast. Kevin made fajitas for dinner and Maddi made a yummy chocolate trifle for dessert. I have the best kids and husband! I can't wait to watch Top Gun! Thanks Maddi! Thomas gave a yummy cookie that I had made the night before and a really yummy pack of gummies from the cupboard. Mitch even wrapped up the U2 tickets that he bought a few months ago and gave them to me yesterday, even though they have been stuck on the fridge for weeks! Too funny! They all made me really nice cards even though Mitchell's was kind of creepy!(look at the weird guy holding a cat!)
I am also so lucky to have the best Mother and Mothers in law in the world!!!
What a great day!

The down side of swimming

Thomas swims..A TON, Thomas eats... A TON! I never really thought much about the stories of Michael Phelps eating so much food until lately. Thomas swims or works out in the gym every day. That is around 14 hours a week. With long course practice starting it will be a bit more than that. So...with all that working out there is also a lot of eating! He eats non stop! I bought a huge box of crackers yesterday and it was gone in an hour. Mitch used to be the biggest cereal eater at the house but Thomas has a bowl after every meal! I can't keep up!!!!!!

Here comes the sun....FINALLY!!!!

I must say I have HATED this spring! It has been so cold and rainy and even snowy! But the sun is shining today and it feels SO good!!!