Me and my Peeps

Monday, March 28, 2016

Robertson Easter dinner

We had fun eating things that Christ might have eaten. Fish, lamb, dates, figs, flat bread, olives and grape juice.

Our Easter morning started early. We got up and dressed, then off to church in time to make the program, practice with the choir and for Jer to get a new calling. I love Easter music, and Christmas music. Ada has been doing just a great job with choir. She loves being there just as much as Jer and I do. Sam joined in today. He sang loud and strong... all the altos were giggling and patting my back for having such a cute son. Baby Seth was bouncing up and down with them music. So fun. We got one present for the kids to share... a stuffed Appa... they're in love.

The Sacrament talks were great, and the Relief Society lesson didn't have anything to do with the Resurrection, but it was amazing. My friend, Echo, taught using the talk called 'Why the Church' by Elder Todd D. Christofferson. She had some amazing things to say. Some of the ones that caught me were the fact that we are part of an organized religion so that we can put our religion into practice on one another. It tied in really well with the General Women's Conference that Ada and I went to on Saturday with Janelle and my Mom. It was about love, service and especially about helping the refugees. When I was about 8, my Grandpa Ellis sponsored a family of 6 from Vietnam to re-establish their lives here. They lived with us and I completely fell in love with them. It's such a neat experience to associate with someone else in such an intimate way. To have love for them in a situation where they aren't sure how they will be received or how their lives will go forward. My brother and sister in law went for a few years in a row to help those in Haiti. Their love for the people is apparent when you speak to them. Another sister in law collected baby carriers to be sent to the families that had lost so much when they were forced out of their homes. We can all make a difference in many different kinds of ways. We don't have to travel half way across the world to love our neighbor, but it is a vital part of our own salvation.

Jer was called as the Executive Secretary for anyone who's curious. I know he'll do well. He's already friends with those he'll work with, so that will make it easier to help and serve them. He was also already serving in that same calling when we met. Our Sunday schedule will change, but when they find someone to take his place in Scouts then we'll have about a week of vacation days back every year.... I'm excited about that.

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Grandma's house

We had an impromptu Easter party at my parents house. We baked/boiled eggs and decorated them, hunted for them and watched Easter videos from lds.org. The kids loved all of it, Seth broke most of the eggs, and Nellie was awesome with the decorating.

This picture makes me happy.... look at these people that I love!

Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

For the past few years, our neighbor has put on a neighborhood easter egg hunt. We all drop on a bag of candy and she fills about 1,500 plastic eggs. Then the older neighborhood kids hide them around our cul-de-sac and the youngers find them. That along with a pot luck breakfast and there's something for everyone. Seth didn't quite get it at first, but caught on in the end.

This grabbed his attention after finding 2-3 eggs... then it was over from there.

My hunters.

He wanted to put the empty eggs into his bucket at the end... yep, he got the idea by then.

Fencing

Last Thursday was our fencing competition for this Spring. We have 3 boys that are about 7-8 years old. Sam's been fencing longest, one of the other boys is tallest and the third is the fastest. Between the three of them, you never know who's going to win the bout. Sam worked so hard this time because he wanted to win the trophy... and he did. I'm glad that he had a goal in mind. Evelyn's goal was to finish all her bouts, and she did. She even touched a point on Sam. Fun stuff.

Friday, March 25, 2016

These brothers sure love each other

Wilcox St Patrick's/Easter party

We had our Wilcox Family party last weekend. So much fun. The kids had box races, jumped in the jumpy house for hours and hours, played with play dough that my mom made, played lawn games, ate dinner, made smores, and flew kites. It was so fun!

Sam was not happy about being put in a box at all.... hate all over that face. Yeah, he hates to dress up unless he's given a few weeks advanced notice to get used to the idea.

Ada was a cute little goalie... There were several of us with balls and she loved trying to block them all.

Ada loves when Grandpa pretends to be stuff crawling up her back.

Grandma played with the girls. So fun!

Even baby and I did a race. It was funny because as soon as Ada got the box on him he ran.... and he ran/walked the entire race course.... then he tried to get the box off as soon as he got to the end. Super funny.

nice weather

We've been enjoying the nice Spring weather. All the neighborhood is out on their bikes and it's so fun. I've been trying to clean up the yard a bit, and Seth kept trying to follow the bikes so Ada volunteered to pull him in the bike trailer. They made it into a game. "Bus stop". They made a bus stop on the street and Sam and Ada took turns picking up the passengers and hauling them up and down the street to different bus stops.