Hope...

There seems to have been a lot of talk on hope lately. ie. conference, sac. meeting, etc. (Or maybe I've been "hearing" a lot about hope.) Until recently, I've not had much of a reason for hope. I have faith in things - but I always thought hope was fake or artificial. To me it was like cheering for your favorite team on a game that was recorded 2 nights ago. After listening to these talks, I realize that hope is very real. It is very important to have hope. Hope springs life eternal - or something like that. At church a couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine mentioned my little pea spouts that I have coming up. He asked me if it gave me hope. I thought about it for a long time. He's right. Seeing my little seeds begin to sprout up gives me much hope. After the trials that we have faced lately, I realize that not only do I have faith, I have hope and a lot of it. Hope - it certainly gives me lots of things to think about.

Where is Spring?

This doesn't look or feel like spring...And we're supposed to get more tonight and tomorrow morning. I think it's supposed to clear out tomorrow afternoon. Next Monday and Tuesday should be in the 70's. Can you believe that? That's Utah for you. If you don't like the weather stick around, it'll change!

My Iris' under snow. Look how tall they are!
I'm not complaining. This weather is really greening up our lawn and garden.

Easter 2009

Our Easter weekend was great! On Saturday (4/11) we dyed Easter eggs. The kids had so much fun. Lewlew only liked dying the light colors so she could see her egg.

Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa's (Hubs's mom and dad) to dye more Easter eggs and have and Easter egg hunt. We went over to Taina's school for the hunt. That was such a blast for the kids. They played on gym equipment while the hiding was being done. Then they found all 100 eggs and then played some more. It was great! (Aunt Gina has all of the pictures from this.)

Then on Sunday, we went to church. We all wore our new Easter clothes. I made Noodle, Lewlew and I dresses from the same fabric and Hubs and Buddy wore ties that matched the fabric. We all looked pretty good, if I do say so myself.

On Sunday afternoon, we went to Aunt Karen's for her annual Easter Eggstravaganza! The kids decorated grab bags to store their eggs. And then the hunt was on.

After all the eggs were found, the Easter bunny stopped by to hand our a gift to all the kids.

The kids looked cute in their green outfits. I made the girls dresses. "Hop" over to my brag blog to see more pictures of the dresses.

The things they say...

Yesterday, I was trying very hard to get a dress finished when I heard Noodle and Lewlew arguing. I let this spat go on longer than normal because I was busy. Finally Noodle came in with Lewlew right behind her. Noodle kept saying "Leave me alone for a minute. I'm trying to think." So I stopped and asked Noodle what was going on. Apparently Lewlew wanted a crown Noodle was wearing. Noodle didn't want to give it up and was thinking of what Jesus would do. (What?? FHE lessons are sinking in?? No way! :) ) I told her she didn't have to give the crown to Lewlew, (Noodle had it first and Lewlew was being a grouch!) but the choice was hers. In the end, she gave the crown to Lewlew so she would "be quiet." Now I'm a little torn. I'm glad Noodle went through the thought process, but Noodle shouldn't feel like she has to always give in to Lewlew - just because Lewlew throws a screaming, bawling fit. But then again, there are some times when Noodle doesn't give in - no matter what. So I guess Noodle can (and does) pick her battles.