Me and my Peeps

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Antelope Island

Saturday, I took Veronica and Cristina to Antelope Island. They'd never seen bison or antelope before and Veronica really wanted to swim in the Great Salt Lake. There were a lot of bugs after we got out of the water, but other than that... it was great. We chatted, had dinner, relaxed, remembered and laughed.

We saw owls and lots of different kinds of birds.

Alleluia

This year, we joined my mom's stake to do an Easter program. It was so fun. Sam was in the orchestra (except had a fever the day of and had to stay home), Ada had a solo, Evelyn and Ada were in the youth number, and my mom, Jeremy and I were in the regular choir. It was so fun and all of us came out just beaming.

Neighborhood Easter Egg hunt

Our kids are getting older but they all still look forward to our annual neighborhood easter egg hunt. Seth hunted for his last year (it's for ages 0-12) but Evelyn and Sam both helped hide eggs again this year.

The first wave of little kids.

This cat has decided that it likes Tigresses food.

Sam and James being social.

Last year, our old and grumpy cat decided to bite some of the little kids that wanted to pet her, so we exiled her to the backyard while everyone was in the front. She's so old that all we have to do it shut the gate and she just peers out of the cracks wondering what we just did to her.

Sam was creative. The kids loved trying to get the ones up in the tree.

Elder's Quorum activity

Our Elder's Quorum borrowed the Wheelhouse's track and hosted a pinewood derby. It was so fun. Jer, Sam and Seth spent all week making new cars. And we pulled out our old cars to race as well. Seth's Batmobile won "most realistic". Jer's was "most aerodynamic" and Ada's won "most creative".

Evelyn and I ditched out of the race early to go practice our organ piece for our Easter program. Anna had her flute in the car, so we played a few songs together and taught her the basics of the organ. Evelyn had so much fun learning about the stops, pedals and registrations. It was fun to have her sitting by me during the meeting.