Julia's new look

Julia is getting so big. She lost her first tooth on Tuesday night. It has been loose for almost a month. On Tuesday night she said it was hurting her and she wanted me to pull it out.  We tried for about 15 minutes and then got Moby's help. Julia did not like that. Moby pulled pretty hard and it hurt her. I told her we would try again in a couple of days when it was more ready, but she wanted it out then. After Moby's attempt I was able to get it out. She cried for a minute but mostly from the little bit of blood that she saw and tasted. She put the tooth under her pillow and in the morning she had one whole dollar. She was excited!

Easter Sunday

This year Easter Sunday was an extra special day. General conference happened to be on the same day this year. It was wonderful. I loved conference and all of the talks on families, parenting, and how to raise righteous children.
As always, the Easter Bunny left string for the kids to follow to find their Easter baskets. This year he was tricky and left each basket in a different car. One thing the bunny wasn't expecting was the snow that came in the middle of the night and covered his string and made it wet and yucky. The kids got so excited when they saw their string. After baskets we went to Moby's parents' house to watch conference and eat a huge, delicious breakfast. After the first session, we went to my parents' house for ham and funeral potatoes and to watch the second session of conference. When that was over, the kids got to have an Easter egg hunt. Their eggs had candy and little prizes in them. The kids absolutely loved it. They loved it so much that after we got home they had several more hunts, hiding and finding the eggs themselves.
It was a very special, spiritual, and fun Easter/conference Sunday.

Colored Easter Eggs

On Sunday, March 28 we went to my parents' house to have a barbeque and color Easter eggs. It was a yummy meal!!! The kids loved coloring the eggs. Jack found it much easier to use his hands when it came to getting the eggs out of the dye. When he was done his hands were an odd sort of green color. The kids also got to be outside, they love being outside. It was a nice warm day. Thanks for the great food and fun Mom and Dad.

Precious

My sweet babies!!!

Sunny fun

When it has been nice weather, we have gone to my parents' house to play outside. The kids like being able to swing and slide. Here are pics of us enjoying the weather. This day was St. Patrick's Day.

Change is good, I hope

We got a call on Saturday that would change our lives, at least for now. The Stake President wanted to meet with both Moby and me. We weren't sure who the calling would be for. Moby was released from the Elder's Quorum presidency the Sunday before and I haven't had a calling since Ben was born. We kept trying to think of callings that the Stake President would call you to. When we got to his office, he asked if he could meet with Moby first. I thought, yeah the call is for him. Once our meeting was over we were both pretty stunned. It wasn't a calling we even thought about. Are you ready to know what it is? Wait for it...........Wait for it.........Second Counselor in the Bishopric. Crazy, I know. So our life is going to be changing. He was set apart yesterday. We are both a little nervous, not sure what to expect. He will be even busier. But he will do a great job and it will be a great blessing in our lives.

Ummm...

Is it really the middle of March or is it the middle of December?!!!

Mom and Dad. I hope you guys are enjoying Hawaii because when you get home it's back to winter.