Matching Buddies

Landon has been thrilled in the past little bit with a few days of being 'matching buddies' with Dad. Such fun :)

A Year of Owen

We sure love this happy little Owen guy. He is full of smiles and excitement and wonder and loves. He gives the best hugs of all time. And he's just learned to walk this week (!) which he thinks is the most fun thing ever :) Happy Birthday Owen!

All these smiles - a year full of smiles! How we love you little guy!

Party Preparations/Happy Birthday Owen

Happy Birthday Owen guy!

Right now, Landon is decorating the stairs with streamers and singing "Isn't this exciting?! Isn't this exciting?!" with Ellie as a back up singer "Yes! Yes! Yes!" They woke him up this morning with many encores of Happy Birthday... I love how thrilled they are to celebrate Owen turning one! :)

Landon and Ellie decorating Owen's banana cake

The one-year-old birthday boy!

Easter dress

Just for fun - Jenny and Debbie, Easter 1985

I've been working on an Easter dress for Ellie. I found a darling skirt at DI a few weeks ago that I thought I could turn into a beautiful little dress. I used the same pattern that I'd made her flower girl dress for Drew's wedding in the Fall. Not having much experience sewing with patterns...I thought since her flower girl dress was getting a little small, I'd make this one two sizes bigger. Unfortunately, now she has a darling Easter dress for when she is maybe five or six years old! Time to rethink my plan I guess. :)

Landon has been asking daily to put up more decorations for Easter. I saw these cute eggs today via Design Mom - we're going to have a watercoloring party when the snow comes back on Friday. For now, we are enjoying spending time outside in the beautiful Springtime and watching our world turn green!

I Don't Want to Live on the Moon

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One of my favorite lullabies to sing to the kids is Sesame Street's I Don't Want to Live on the Moon. I checked out a music book at the library with this song in it and sat down to play it on the piano a few days ago. Ellie came and sat beside me on the piano bench as I played. "Mom?", she said with real concern, "If you lived on the moon, I would miss you so much!" Yesterday, her lunchtime prayer included this "Thank thee that we can have our family stay here and not live on the moon."

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From Ellie -- "Thank thee that we can have our family stay here and not live on the moon. I'm glad that mommy will pretend with me for a little bit. I'm grateful to live with my family. I'm glad that I can eat food when I'm hungry."

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Owen is just getting into reading books (especially touch and feel ones) and it is such fun to hold him and read to him. With this and his amazing little hugs, he is just filling us up with Owen love!

Favorite from Conference

(Story from Elder Packard)

We watched conference today out and about around our beautiful neighborhood. We packed up the kids in the Bob stroller and went walking with Jordan's ipad and portable internet streaming conference. We had a walk to the park with highlights of Spring popping up all along the way - daffodils, crocuses, bright yellow bushes, and budding trees. And a nearly perfect time sitting at the park watching our sweet children play while we listened to wonderful counsel and instruction. Then another walk in the afternoon up to the Bonneville trail with the kids running ahead while we walked and listened. A lovely day!