Monday, April 22, 2013

Earth Day Picnic

We took a lovely cool walk today and ate a lunch picnic on a nearby grassy hill.... 

Happy Earth Day!








Sunday, April 21, 2013

Circus!

My dad treated us to a fun day at the circus!  
We had an awesome time!  
Thanks PoppaKeith, for letting us celebrate your birthday with you!  























A great squinty-sunny day, and sticky cotton-candy kid fingers marked up the lens...


:)








Thursday, April 11, 2013

Temple

While we waited for Jonas and Leslie serving in the temple...








Spring Trees

Jonas' FHE activity this week was to take pictures of the Bush Family going tree-hugging.  It was fun to look through our neighborhood and pick out a favorite tree or two and give it a thankful hug.



















These next pictures are from our outing to see the cherry blossom trees in D.C. this week.  
We had a beautiful time...
but it was hot!







General Conference April 2013

As always, we loved General Conference.  I love how my kids take notes or play Conference Bingo somewhat quietly.  I love their enthusiasm for recognizing the prophet and the apostles.  We are excited to review the talks frequently these next six months.  We try to listen to a conference talk each day as part of our "reverence practice" as well as for inspiration and instruction.






Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Leslie's 14th Birthday

I can't believe she is 14.  
She is so cool and amazing.  
I wish I were more like her.
Here are some fun pictures of her birthday presents.  
Love her personality, it really shines through!

a car from Troy


money from grandparents


the third and final book of the Beyonders


a cool t-shirt


a skateboard (yummy?)


bubble wrap, gotta love it...


ipod touch 
(she promptly named it "hot dog", we don't understand, but we smile anyway)


um,  yeah...



a nature center made by Owen 


practicing looking cool
(no practice needed kiddos!)





I am super proud of the cake I made (not so proud of the pictures)...
She requested a red velvet cheesecake (copycat of the Cheesecake Factory).  
It looked amazing and tasted even better!




Easter 2013


The Egg Hunt on Saturday morning...








Easter Sunday pictures