Conference Sunday

In between conference sessions the kids wanted to play games with me. So of course we had to.

Toff

Ada's favorite character from The Last Airbender series is Toph. She's been asking me for a doll for a long time. I finally finished it and she's super excited.

I've got two of mine in there though you probably couldn't tell.

Cutie

Stole Dad

After the temple open house we stole Daddy from work to go for ice cream. That was fun. We haven't done that for a while.

Jordan River temple openhouse

I love going to Temple open houses. It's a nice opportunity to show the kids what it's like inside the temple. Sam has never done well walking through the temple because it's something we're asking him to do instead of something he's coming up with to do. He did really well this time. He didn't try bouncing on all the chairs like last time, he walked relatively quietly, and the only thing we had a problem with was him holding water in his mouth from all the drinking fountains while he's walking around. We asked the kids what their favorite parts were and Evelyn said that her favorite part was women's dressing room. Aida said that her favorite part was the sealing room altar. And Seth said Jesus, temple, building.

koi

I think koi fish are interesting.  They're not just pretty in themselves, but together they make very pretty colors, shapes and patterns.  The kids liked throwing the food in and watching all of them crowd in to get it.

Ada took this picture.  She was fascinated with the albino koi.

Spring

The tulips weren't out yet, but we did find lots of pretty flowers and even some cute and tiny baby bunnies.

Thanksgiving Point Gardens

It was a little cold on Tuesday, but at least it was sunny.  I got about a two mile walk in, which is the farthest I've gone since my surgery.  It felt good, but I was limping by the end of it.  Janelle was really fun.  We went and sat in the Secret Garden to watercolor.  It was a lot of fun and very peaceful. We bought $2 of fish food and went to feed the fish.  I don't usually spend money on the fish, but I figured that this was a special occasion.  I bought three bags of fish food, but Evelyn lost one along the way.  She was so cute, she back tracked a little to see if she could find it and was sad when she couldn't.