The Sword is Mightier...

David and Sam play awesome together..don't get me wrong, they fight every now and again. But for the most part they play well and get along. I just happened to look out the back one day and saw them playing pirates. I had to capture the moment!

Easter

So, Sam (as you can see, he looks tired) wakes us up good and early on Easter Morning...and what do my eyes see on this spring holiday? SNOW!!! How are they going to do the big easter Egg hunt outside now? Luckily it melted by the time our guests came and the kids got to hunt eggs in the back yard with their friends! We had lots of people over and of course yummy food. Lamb and ham, tarts and trifles. It was all good :) Happy Eostre!

Kill your T.V.!

OK, so we limit our children's intake of movies and television. But see what great games they come up with! It first started with a 'Sam"wich..Sam between 2 pillows. Then the pillows suddenly became horses and they were 'jousting' minus the poles and colliding with each other instead. I got some really good shots before one of them was crying and then got sent outside to play.

BYU Lu'au

I got the opportunity to dance with BYU Lu'au. I danced the Auana (slow pretty dance)for Hawai'i, and the girls dance and finale for Fiji. Check me out in front row..not too bad for an old lady dancing with a bunch a young college whippersnappers huh? You can watch the videos at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZM2LF56yxY I am front row 3rd from the left. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLwaCKFZKT8 I am 2nd from the left. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnaacswd92Q ...yeah these outfits are not very flattering...it was fun though!

Just Clownin' Around!

We went for a walk in Liberty Park up in Salt Lake City and happen to come upon a few clowns. These clowns work with Patch Adams and go to countries at war or orphanges or hospitals to cheer people up. They were going to do a little seminar and not many people were showing up, so they played with the kids at the park instead. Even Machiel got in on the action!

Book Reports are COOL!!!

David's class does awesome book reports. One he had to make a diarama of a non-fiction book. The book was called Jacob's Rescue. It was about a Jewish boy during WWII and his escape from the ghetto and surviving by being hid by nice Polish people. The other book report he did was on a person in history. David chose Louis Braille. To present this book report, the whole 3rd grade dressed up as their 'person' and presented a 'wax museum'. it was really cool!

Christmas Morning!

The cookies have been eaten, the milk is gone. The carrot has been nibbled, the stockings filled, There are presents under the tree...it must be Christmas Morning! And David and Sam in their cute sock monkey matching Christmas jammies!