Kitchen sinks...

aren't just helpful for cleaning dishes. They are fantastic for mixing together croissant sandwich filling for 200 plus people. Mollie, Melody, and I got together this morning to get our assignment ready for our Women's broadcast dinner tomorrow. Mollie suggested giving the sink a good scrub and throwing all of our prepared cubed chicken, chopped fruit and veggies, and mayonnaise into it for quick mixing. Melody thought to use gloves for hand mixing and that quickly made it ready to bag and store in zip locks until tomorrow. The smell was amazing...despite complaints from the picky non-onion loving kiddos.

Another Spring Tradition

Megamind was playing at Justin and Tiffany's house today. Rachel and Eliza set up the room and snack bar. Movies at Tiff's are becoming a Spring Break tradition. This year Cameron joined in on the fun which meant I got THREE hours of alone time. Wow!!! I like this tradition!

Final Spring Break Sleep Over

It's looking like today may be our final sleep over during spring break--the boys at Sarah's and the girls here. These kids love each other so much; it's the sweetest thing. Yesterday while recouping from all the fun we cleaned and organized a few things. The sleep over was a great incentive for getting work done.

The Sillies

The kids worked all morning--happily cleaning, reading, writing, playing the piano, etc. It was late morning when we were finished with our to do's. And I know I always question it, but it made me contemplate home school. I think you can get so much more done, educationally speaking, in such a shorter time when you do it one-on-one at home. Plus, you don't have to nag the kids at all to do any of it because they are not exhausted from six hours of school. This is a debate that I often think about.

By the evening, after quietly listening to the message from the missionaries we had over for dinner, the kids had the sillies pretty bad. They were home the entire day and so running around chasing each other wildly was the best option for letting loose. It was a little noisy, a lot silly and loads of fun.

My Little Kitten

Mary's not feeling well. She has been resting on and off today inside this cozy furry blanket while watching episodes of Full House. I just love her tender and gentle spirit. When Mary's not well she'll just quietly come over to you and hope for a little snuggle or a little back rub. You can see it in her eyes. And I have to say that when she curls up next to me. I don't mind it at all!

Brookings has...

the cutest young men, according to Emma who was shamelessly checking out the boys surrounding the sacrament table on our way into church today. Here is the picture she took of the cutest one, vest boy, who gave a beautiful opening prayer I might add.

It was sad to say good-bye to the beautiful beaches and waves. It's been a fantastic get away. I hope the next time we hit the coast it's just as warm and rain-free.

Baptism Pictures

This morning Tiffany took some amazing pictures of Mary in her baptismal dress for me. Just a few weeks now until Mary's eighth birthday. She looked so angelic. The rest of the day was spent enjoying the sand between our toes.