March

 We celebrated my dad's and Emma's birthday with the few remaining members of our family that live in Utah.  Now OVER HALF of my family members live in Washington, not to mention that Bundy's WHOLE family lives in Oregon. Anyway, the 10 of us do the best we can to continue to have parties and traditions.

 

For St.Patrick's we left mushrooms out for the leprechaun and in exchange he had a gift for the girls every morning.  One morning he left them magic beans, we planted them in the ground and within the hour lollipops grew in their place.  The girls were quite thrilled.  We had a fruit rainbow for breakfast and a green meal for dinner.  I love this silly old Holiday.

Thank you Pinterest for the oh so many things you have inspired me to do for my kids.  This laser field is just one of many ideas I have put into practice.

My parents have bought an investment property to flip.  Bundy has gone from zero jobs, to four at one time.  This home in Hyde Park has turned into a great opportunity for my parents to make money, and us as well.  Who doesn't need a good handyman?  Bundy really likes the work that this house has provided him with and he likes the challenge of it, this ceiling represents the house very well.

It's been fun living in Logan and becoming close again with my Searle cousins.  My cousin Maddison got married this month and I enjoyed taking part in the enthusiasm for the big day.  Doesn't she make a beautiful bride?  There's a photo below of all of my mom's sisters.  I am soooooo thankful that I feel like I have a great friendship and relationship with EVERY SINGLE aunt of mine and I genuinely love them all.

Since Ryan has been working about 80 hours each week, we have hardly seen each other.  My parents have been great to let us have some alone time when Ry can squeeze it in.  One day we saw a movie and went to Spoon Me.  We have such a great time together and it's been so wonderful the corner our lives have turned within the last month.  Looks like we have good times ahead.

I play favorites.  It's no secret.  Emma has a couple little girls in her class I adore and I try to have play dates as often as possible.  Here she is with Hadley and Kalista at the Willow Park Zoo one sunny afternoon.

Sanity has been a member of this family for a few years now.  She got the name because she provided a break from all the chitter and chatter of little children.  All you have to do is load all the punks up, turn on a movie, give them their head phones, and voila!!  Quiet!  We've had some great road trips in her and some beautiful long rides.  It's time for her to be put to sleep.  Her mileage is too high and my mom is heartbroken about saying good-bye.  She will be sorely missed.  However, we did find her a good family via KSL and so now we can all sleep well at night.

It's not QUITE summer yet, but we're getting an early start.  We took my parent's Razr out and enjoyed exploring the mountainside.  I can't wait to have a whole summer of doing this and watching the beautiful seasons come and go.

We live in the country.  Literally, the country.  It has it's perks, but very few, if any, in the winter time.  Now that Spring is here and we are starting to get outside and enjoy the quiet and privacy of country living, things are starting to look up.  This is one perk.  What's that little two year old?  You want to get out and run in the road?  Okay, go right ahead.

Conference weekend was probably enjoyed by many.  I, however, had the flu.  So I pretty much spent my time in bed.  But boy howdy did it help when my mom made a beautiful meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner on Sunday.  I love me some good fruit to get my spirits up.

March is my least favorite month of the whole year.  Always has been.  I need to be better with documenting our lives and recording all of our memories.  I'm so thankful for the change in the seasons and also the changes in my own life that are happening.  I'm looking forward to a wonderful April and upcoming summer.