Primary Temple Trip

We just had a trip to the temple for our Primary activity. The kids were so cute, they were looking forward to it for weeks! It was a wonderful activity. The kids all seemed to have their testimonies grow and it felt wonderful to me to see it happen.

love bugs and tree climbers

We've been taking daily walks after picking Lili up from the bus. David's newest thing is to pick "wishing wells" which are dandy lion seed wands and making wishes. He often offers them to me to make my own wishes too. Lili has been learning to climb the trees around the neighborhood with a vigor. She and her friend "trevor jones" ( I haven't figured out why she says his whole name each time, but it's cute), love to climb together. David has been afraid up until today. He climbed his first tree and even tried his best to smile about it!

Alex's Baptism

"I can't wait until I'm eight... for then I'll be baptized, you see!" Alex's baptism was wonderful. He grinned the whole time in the font. It was so great so see him so happy. Both of his grandparents were able to make it, Since his baptism he's been trying to hard to CTR. He has even been reading his scriptures every night before bed wether or not we remember to remind him. I suggested in the beginning that he read at least 1 verse a day to get the habit formed. He decided to try to read a page a day and has stuck to it for a week now! What a man! I can't tell you what a wonderful thing it is to have a son that is growing into a true elder of Zion. What a feeling!

like mother, like daughter

Lili has taken up photography on her own initiative. She borrows my camera, while I pray for it's safety, and takes pictures of her siblings and surroundings. She really enjoys it! She has become quite creative and takes very interesting photos! Here are some of her favorites!

Easter

Easter was a lot of fun this year. We went to our neighborhood's annual Easter egg hunt on Saturday. The kids collected eggs full of candy, money and tattoos. The Easter bunny came early for us and the kids found their newly emptied baskets full of more Easter treats! Their favorite thing was their "Webkins" which are apparently all the rage at their schools. It's all the kids talk about now. They are stuffed animals that you can register online in "Webkin world". In this virtual world the kids can feed, cloth, bathe, and play with their webkin pet. Alex got a tree frog(he named it "froggy"), Lili got a golden retriever (named it "bow" like a hair bow), and David got a panda (named "Goli" sounds like the beginning of Goliath... no I don't know why). If you want to get them talking, just ask about their Webkins pet!

On Sunday, we dyed hard boiled eggs at Grandma and Grandpa Syphers house, had an egg hunt thanks to Grandpa and one million plastic eggs and penny's, and I made the silliest looking lamb cake ever! Of course we also talked about the true meaning of Easter. Grandma gave us a wonderful FHE with symbolic things and scriptures, inside 12 Easter eggs. The kids loved it, despite David having a hard time keeping reverent (what's new?). HAPPY EASTER!

Lucy's 1 year old!

Lucy turned one year old! She is such a character and loves to communicate. She walks around babbling baby language. Oh, yeah I forgot to mention that she's walking everywhere now. Today she started telling us when she has a dirty diaper. I never thought the word "poo poo" could sound so cute. But no fear, she also says cuter things like "tank oo" (thank you), boo (for Blue, our cat), "Ahh" (for Alex - does that count as a word?)and of course, "Momma", "Da!" and "baba". We are all totally infatuated with her antics. When she was getting her one year photos done (see the slide show), we were trying to get her to smile with out a lot of luck. When Alex walked in the room, she yelled his name and started laughing and smiling all over the place. She sure loves her siblings. Yeah for that!