WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING LATELY....

April

The first weekend of April was spent watching General Conference. I love conference and always get so excited for this weekend!! This year I found some fun ideas on www.sugardoodle.net to help kids pay attention to general conference. While I was sharing the ideas with our siblings for their kids, I decided that Andrew and I might as well incorporate a few of the ideas into our conference weekend. We set up our "conference reverence tent" in the front room and played conference bingo with jelly beans and m&ms. It was a lot of fun, but more importantly, we learned a lot from church leaders and felt the spirit. What a great weekend!!



The next weekend was Easter. On Saturday we woke up and had eggs benedict for breakfast- a tradition Andrew's family had while he was growing up. Then that afternoon while Andrew was studying, the easter bunny found our house and left a trail for Andrew to follow to his easter basket (something the easter bunny did at my house one year when i was younger). We finished the day with a trip to the temple and the easter video on the church website. On Easter Sunday we did a spiritual easter egg hunt to help remind us of the real reason we celebrate Easter-the Savior's Resurrection. We are so very grateful for this gift and the knowledge that our Savior loves us! For dinner, we had a yummy dinner of ham, cheesy potatoes, Rhodes rolls, peas, and strawberry shortcake. Our celebration didn't stop on Sunday because on Monday we received an Easter package from my mom. We hid the eggs she sent and ate some candy!

March

Spring break and feeling a little green...We invited our friends, Meagan and Cody Harding, over for a little green feast on St. Patrick's Day. We had the traditional corned beef, a bunch of green food (salad, green jello, green mashed potatoes, kiwi, broccoli), and dessert (brownies with mint chocolate chip ice cream). Unfortunately we forgot to take pictures, but we had a lot of fun!!

Andrew had a whole week off for spring break and I was able to take Thursday and Friday off, so we decided to take a trip to Philadelphia to visit some friends. It just happened that BYU was playing in Philadelphia for the first round of the NCAA Tournament, and we really wanted to go. When we first searched for tickets, the only ones we could find were $75, but luckily we found some cheaper ones and were able to go watch the game. Unfortunately there wasn't much to watch, but it was still fun.

After that we went to BJ and Meredith's home(which they've fixed up very nice I might add). We tried our first philly cheesesteak, and enjoyed visiting with them. The next day we woke up and headed to the city to visit some of the historical sites. We were able to see Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the location of Benjamin Franklin's home, and Elfreth's Alley. There was a lot more we could have seen, so we'll have to go again sometime. We then drove to Valley Forge to look around. After that it was back to BJ and Meredith's for Tanner's birthday party. Thanks BJ, Meredith, and Tanner!! We had a lot of fun and are sure glad we came!

February

A whole lot of work and a whole lot of school with a little romance...The day before Valentine's Day my wonderful husband sent me some beautiful flowers at work. And props to the flower delivery man for finding me even without a complete address:)! Then on Valentine's Day I woke up and made heart-shaped cinnamon rolls with pink frosting, eggs, and sausage. We ate breakfast in bed and played some games (tic-tac-toe and cards). That evening Andrew made a delicious dinner of chicken pillows, carrots, and salad. We also watched a movie. Oh how I love Valentine's Day...it really should be Valentine's month!



From pink/red to orange...I didn't really feel like cooking after work one day so I thought of the easiest and quickest thing that I could possibly make and still include all the food groups. We ended up with juice, carrots and dip, cheese sandwiches, and soup. When we sat down to eat, I just started laughing. Take a look why...