The first half of April

 babysitting Jett is always so much fun!

We love to take pictures with him.

Carly had a fun field trip to the dinosaur park

The girls had this cute idea for a picture

My foot is still trying to heal.  I keep sending pictures to the Dr. to see if the stitches can come out yet.  They said I have to stay off my foot so the skin will stick together.  It's almost impossible to do that while getting ready to move.

Spring Break 2017

Our Spring break went a little different than planned this year.  We were going to do all sorts of fun stuff.  We started out going to ice cream on Monday morning. 

 After ice cream, I took the kids home and went to the dermatologist for my foot.  I've had a growth on the top of my foot that drove me crazy and hurt when people stepped on it.  I thought it would be an easy fix, but Dr. Tingey decided to cut it out, since it had already regrown when we'd shaved it off.  Since it was kinda a mini surgery, it was going to take longer than planned.  I called my Mom to go watch the kids and feed them dinner.  The Dr. told me to stay off my feet as much as possible since that was going to be a difficult place to heal.  So, for the next few days, we hung out at home and I packed up the house in the mornings, and put my foot up for an hour or two in the afternoons. 

 Friday, Ben and I drove to Las Vegas for a George Strait concert.  I was nervous about my foot, but we spent so much time sitting in the car, that it was probably better than being at home.  We went to the Temple as soon as we got into town, we changed into our church clothes in the church parking lot next to the temple. 

  It is such a beautiful temple!  

Then we drove to Brent and Shelley's to visit with them, drop off our bags, and eat dinner.  We drove back to the strip for the concert.  George played his first 30 number one hits.  It was so fun, and Ben was a great sport to go with me.

Hands down, the best part was when He played his Pure Country songs.  It's one of my most favorite movies.

 We love to visit Brent, Shelley, and their boys!

House for sale

After lots of thought and prayers, Ben and I put our beloved house up for sale.  It's amazing how much you can love a place.  We've put so much work into this little house over the years, and had so many memories here, it's hard to think about leaving... but the lure of living next to family in my home town is too great.

We put the house on the market, and our realtor said we broke the MLS record of showings on the first day.  We had nine families come through, and by that night we had four offers.  We had one more come in the next morning. It was such a whirlwind or emotions.  We were so excited to have the house sold, but then it hit us that we were actually moving. 

Our Harrisville ward and neighbors are the best people we know.  The kids have amazing friends, and so do Ben and I.  I'm sure we'll make new friends, but these will always be so dear to us.

Luke's a young man!!

He's 12!  He is so excited for YM, scouting adventures, and Jr. High.  I can't believe all of this has come so fast.  He is so responsible, funny, and artistic.  He loves to hang out with him friends,  they ride to the park a lot, have late nights, play basketball, and run around the neighborhood.  He takes good care of his sisters and Ike.  It's so nice to have a babysitter! 

 Luke asked for German pancakes for his birthday breakfast.

 I asked for a picture of the birthday boy...

and all the kids wanted in and got carried away.

 We had a crazy little party with the kids while waiting for the Grandparents to come over.

 I made an Overwatch cake for Luke.

 Grandmas and Grandpas came over for gifts, cake, and ice cream.

The next day, Luke had a friend party at the Dart Side in Layton.  It was a fun party! The kids ran around and shot each other with nerf guns, then when they were all sweaty and ready to pass out, we did dinner and gifts.  Luke has such good friends, I love it!