April

In other news, this guy is sweaty and happy in Brazil.  

We look forward to his weekly emails and voice recordings.  

He has had some tough and wonderful experiences and we can't wait to talk to him 

on Mother's Day.

We got to have this cute guy for 8 days while his mom and dad celebrated making it through medical school with a much needed vacation together.  This is my brother Chad's little guy, Wilson.

He loved sitting in Uncle Tom's crook with his favorite blanket and binki.

Nanny Fritz attended to his every need. 

I had to go buy another stash of binkies

Naught Nanny Fritz.

For Tom's birthday, I thought it would be fun to try a French cooking class with our friends.

We each took part in preparing part of the meal.  

We picked up a lot of useful tips.  Did you know that you can get rid of that awful onion and garlic

smell on your fingers by rubbing it on stainless steel?  I promise it works.  

Tom and I nailed the roasted zucchini...because it was the easiest task on the menu.

coq au vin

The highlight in April was watching Meg and Summer perform in the high school musical together.

Summer played Laurie and Meg had the part of Kate.  

The girls really appreciated all the support from family and friends.
I wasn't able to get photos with everybody.

Even 92 year old great grandpa Bunker was there singing along.

Their "Mama" came to all three shows

...and so did cousin Cozi.  She was the first in line on opening night.

Summer's last Prom and Meg's first

 Summer went with Dallin Adams.  They have been good friends since junior high.

Meg went with Spencer Ludlow.  Spencer and Meg were in the musical together 

and are also in the same choir at school.

March

For Spring Break we headed to Carlsbad for a few days.

 I have no idea what was up with the sand this year.  It was very dark and ominous looking.

However, that didn't stop these guys from playing in it like they were little again.  We loved that my nephew Rock could sneak away from college and join us for a couple of days.

We also loved having Ike's good friend, Alex put up with us for a few days.

Summer still has some left over tennis and badminton skills.

I love that my bee keeper doesn't take any chances with the sun after having

 melanoma removed so close to his eye.
He was dangerously close to becoming
a one-eyed pirate.

We decided that we would brave the crowds at Disneyland ...but just for one day.

They still want to find out their animal totems.  

Our favorite lunch spot and place to rest our tired feet is the Golden Horeshoe.

My brother in law Mark and Meg got called up for the entertainment. 

I am not sure Splash Mountain was worth the 2 hour wait in the heat.
We were still trying to figure out the Fast Pass thing. 

Our church youth did a Temple Walk to the Gilbert temple.  

It was about 13 miles and they were able to follow the canals most of the way.

One of four pit stops where they could rest, drink, have a snack and hear a short thought.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Lake house.

One would list this egg hunt in the extreme category.

Most of the eggs were hidden in the lake this year.

Kayaks and paddle boards were required

Our church youth had a weekend retreat up in the mountains.

The theme was #BetheOne.

Meg showing how fearless she can be.

 A lot of team building activities