I want to join this ward, the bishop is HILARIOUS!

Ok I found this blog on another friends blog. It is seriously funny!
Thanks Molly for finding this and sharing.

Enjoy,

http://bishophiggins.blogspot.com

Relay for Life in honor of Grammie Marilyn

Taylor and Hunter's school is supporting Relay for Life this year. The students were given the opportunity to get an illumination bag to decorate in honor of a loved one or someone they knew who was affected by cancer. We decided that Taylor and Hunter could get a bag and decorate it in honor of Grammie Marilyn who lost her battle with cancer this year. Grammie Marilyn isn't really our gramma. She is my brother's mother in law who had a VERY kind heart and she LOVED being a gramma. Whenever we got together with my brother and his family and Grammie Marilyn was there she always treated my kids like they were her grand kids. We have fun memories of her at my brothers house and also at Disneyland. Hunter still remembers about how he got to ride on her lap in the wheelchair at Disney. She was a WONDERFUL person who LOVED to smile and laugh. In fact that is how I will always remember her, laughing. I'm pretty sure she is in heaven right now looking down on us and laughing. It was a privilege to know her and I'm grateful that she is part of our family.
You are missed Grammie Marilyn!

Taylors side of the bag


Hunter showing his side of the bag

Reading before school

As we were getting ready for school Monday, Hunter remembered he needed to read his AR book so he could take a test on it. I was trying to finish up lunches, get backpacks packed and notebooks signed when I looked over and saw Hunter perched on the window sill wearing Jake's hat reading. Glad I was able to get a picture. So sweet!

Here comes Peter Cotton tail...

Yes, I know Easter was several weeks ago. I told you I was WAAAAYYYYY behind in my postings.
But since I'm using this as a journal of sorts, I'm going to include it. Plus there are some pretty cute pictures.


Getting ready to dye the eggs.


These WAY COOL plastic cups came with the kit!

Putting in the first eggs

All done.


The finished product

Look what the Easter Bunny brought....YUMMY!!! CANDY!!!




Every year since Amber was a little girl we have had an Easter egg hunt for the kids on Easter. This year Amber and Jake complained about it. They said they didn't want to do it. Jake wanted us to ONLY hide the eggs in the back yard in case anyone he knew drove by and he be embarrassed. Well DUH!! Don't tell you parents that because of COURSE we are going to hide them in the front yard silly boy. Secretly they LOVED it as much as the little kids did. And who wouldn't? The eggs are filled with candy!


Thank goodness I was back some or I would have been run over! Even Sadie wanted in on the action.


Hunter was a good finder.


Always a pose!


Taylor wasn't shy about going in the front at all. There were eggs to be found!


Not sure if he wants to venture out into the side/front. Hey pull up your pants!

They worked hard for the money.....

The youth of our ward are taking a trip this summer to Nauvoo, Il to see and experience some of the history of the church. So the youth are doing things to earn money for the trip. They have already done trash pick up which they were NOT thrilled about but, they were troopers and made it fun.


The boys got to pick up all the yucky trash along the main road....


and the girls got to walk around the subdivision. As you can see they had it much easier.

For another way for the youth to earn money the bishop decided since he was redoing his backyard he would enlist the youth to help them with earning money. It was hard work! And they did a great job. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of the older boys working, but I do have some of Dave and Hunter helping lay the flagstone. Hunter did a GREAT job and had fun working with his dad.

Blue Bonnets....a Texas tradition

The state flower of Texas is the Blue Bonnet. They grow along side the freeways, service roads, open fields and the medians. This time of year they are everywhere. Cities actually pay to have the road sides seeded with blue bonnet and other wildflower seeds. This was started by Lady Bird Johnson when she returned to Texas from Washington DC. Each spring her legacy lives on here in Texas as they bloom. Texans LOVE their blue bonnets about as much as they love their state. It is a tradition each spring when the blue bonnets bloom to take pictures in them. Taylor was the only one who was game for this. In fact she specifically asked me to take her out and take her picture in them. Luckily there is an area by our house that is a popular picture taking spot. She had a lot of fun laying in them...till she saw the bees. Thankfully the bees didn't bother us.




Just a few of my favorite shots.

It's official....Amber is licensed in the state of Texas!

It's here, it's here!!


Her new love! I must say I'm loving it too. At this point she is still willing to go to the store whenever I need her to.


Can't believe she is old enough to have a license. YIKES!