lazy or inconvenient?

So, I've been spoiled.  I know it and so do you.  Since Jer and I got married 7 years ago there has always been anywhere from 2-7 working computers in the house.  Not all of them were set up.  A lot of them were hand me downs from other people that knew that Jer works with computers.  One by one they have been dying.  My laptop has mostly died a couple of years ago.  It works with careful consideration.  So, I've been using the laptop that Jer got from his job before this one.  They owed us $18,000, could only pay $10,000, so... they gave us a laptop, a monitor and various programs.  Well, it's two years later and some of the hardware has called it quits... Jer says he can fix it, but it brings me to being a "beggar".  I either steal Jer's laptop when he's gone at work or the kids game machine, which never works for long... as soon as I log on I have two kids clamouring around me asking to play games.  It also means that I've gotten so far behind on blogging and reading blogs.  I've tried doing it from my phone.  It's possible, but it's so much harder to write a blog entry on a swipe screen than by typing it.  So I haven't really tried. To catch up, here's a picture dump with a few notes on how we've been doing.  Good luck reading it, but I won't really be mad if you don't. 

Not too long ago, we went to 2 of my neices homeschool production of "Twelth Night".  It was so fun!  I loved every moment of it.  They did a really great job. 

I got to see these cute people.  (My gorgeous cousins, Tiff and Aliesha)

And these ones (my sister Janelle and my Dad)

And these ones too  (my mom, Aunt Darlene, baby Kat, and Aunt Diane)

All because of these two.  (My cousin Daniel and his new wife Sarah.  They are so perfect for each other!  I'm so excited for you!  I love how everyone thought you were polynesian Dano!  Vietnamese... Samoan.  Same diff right?)

Got to hang out with this cute mug...

And watch this cute mug...

And have a picnic at Great-Grandma's house...

These are 5 of the 11 great grandchildren... we're missing Elliot's two boys, Russells two girls, Wendee's boy, and Mitch's new baby boy.... and soon... McKay's new baby boy on the way.

And roll down Great-Grandma's hill

We also got to go to my sister-in-law's baby shower... baby boy almost here.  My soon to be sister-in-law's bridal shower.  Play groups at the park.  Biking with the kids.  Seeing baby Hannah.  Going to "The Avengers" with my brother Seth, and.... last but not least, going to the temple with my in laws. Just a little about that.  We went to the temple with Jer's parents, his oldest brother and wife, his youngest sister and wife, and Jer's Uncle Alan and wife.  We went because it was a fun way to celebrate his Grandparent's 65th wedding anniversary.  We did temple sealings for Grandma Jane's family names.  One in particular felt special to me.  A mother that was sealed to her husband and children for all eternity.  I was acting as mother and Jer as father and Jim was the sons...  When the sealer read the first son's name I felt the mother's love for the son.  The second son's name... again I felt how much the mother loved that son.  The third son's name and I felt how sad it was for the mother when the son decided not to accept the sealing.  I could imagine how I would feel if one of my children decided that they didn't want to be with me after death... or if they decided that it would be too much work to be with me after death.  It makes me want to try that much harder to love and teach my own children. 

Well, I hope that I didn't bore you all too much, but I think I've caught up on most of my life.  My kids are crazy... Evelyn is officially a walker... Sammy can't wait for his birthday... and Ada decided that she wants to learn to "run really fast".