Easter

Easter was a lot of fun. We took the kids to an Egg Hunt on Saturday at Riverton City. Then we had a great day at church and went to Grandma Williams' house for more Easter fun. Aunt Stacy gave a family home evening lesson on the last week of Christ's life. It was wonderful.

Where has time gone?

I have not fallen into this "not blogging" thing to this point. Sorry to anyone who keeps checking and finding the same old posts.

Anyway, a lot of the same has been happening here for our family. We had parent teacher conferences last week and we were really happy with how the kids are doing in school. It really is amazing to see how they learn. We are grateful for teachers who put the time and effort in to our children and their education.

Baptism Day

Lexi was baptized today and it was a beautiful day. We are so happy and proud that Lexi made the choice to be baptized. We love her so much. Grandma Marks made her beautiful baptism dress. I will post pictures really soon. Hopefully later today.

Baptism Plans

Well, Lexi will be turning eight on the 12th of February. We have been able to make special arrangements so Grandma and Grandpa Marks can come down from Sandpoint. She will be baptized at 9:00 on Saturday the 14th. I think it will be a perfect day. Lexi has such a big heart and what a better day than Valentine's to be baptized on? We are so proud of her. The other night she was talking to her cousin Kassidy, who was just recently baptized, and she asked if it felt fresh when she came out of the water. It was so cute. I remember feeling fresh and clean when I was baptized.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

We had a very interesting Christmas this year. There was a huge snow storm and Shawn and I both have to remove snow with our jobs. Shawn was called out to plow at 5:00 in the morning. He got to come home for an hour and we opened presents and had breakfast and then back to work. He put in 18 hours Christmas day. I had to do snow removal here at the apartments so that was kinda lame. After I was done the kids and I went to the $ movie and saw High School Musical 3. It was fun. Santa spoiled the kids. Good thing for Santa 'cause for some reason at Christmas we are just always strapped for cash. :-) New Years came with another snow storm, so again out to push and plow. New Year's Eve was fun we went to Shawn's mom and dad's and had a sleepover with all the cousins. Played games and got bruised up playing spoons. :-) We are all ready for the kids so go back to school tomorrow. It will be nice to get back into the regular life routine again.

Lights at Temple Square

We have the privilege of living close enough that we can go up town and see the amazing lights at Temple Square. This year we rode the trax up with Shawn's Mom and Dad. On our way up we saw the Bell family from Sandpoint. What a small world. Then while we were walking through looking at the lights I heard a voice calling my name. It was Sam Hiatt from Sanpoint too. It was a good night to see the lights. Both kids fell asleep on our way home. What a beautiful world we live in.

Credit Cards for Christmas

On Monday I was asking Lexi what she thought Santa would be bringing her for Christmas. She sat there for a second and then she said, "I don't know but I know what I want." She went on to tell me that she wants a credit card. I asked her if she meant like a gift card and she said yes. I asked her why she wanted a card. She told me she wanted to buy stuff for people. Then I got thinking maybe she wanted to buy Trevin, Shawn, and me a present so maybe I should give her some Christmas money to go shopping. I asked her who she wanted to buy stuff for and she told me probably the most heart felt sweet thing I have ever heard. She said, "I want to buy cans of food for poor people who have no money to buy food." I wanted to break down in tears right then. I am so happy that she has such a kind heart. I hope I can be the same way. My little seven year old is a wonderful example of Christ like love to everyone.