Our busy weekend...

Friday night, Jen's parents (aka Papa Chick and Grandma Jonna)came into town. We met up with them at the Mayan restaurant where we had front row seats for the cliff divers. Jen got sung too for her birthday and we enjoyed Mexican food. The kids got a balloon train and penguin made by a very talented balloon artist.
Saturday morning, Jen made an iris fold and paper piecing card for Grandma Jonna's friend Darlene's wedding while Grandma took the kids for a walk around the neighborhood. It was from a pattern posted by Ingrid at CircleofCrafters.com.

That afternoon we went to The Living Planet Aquarium that is now in Sandy. It is only a preview exhibit but the kids had a great time. They got to say hi to sharks, sea horses, Nemo and Dori. We also got to pet friendly sting rays that jumped up to say hi. We got a yearly family pass so we will be visiting there lots. Its great that it is only about a mile away.

Today, Sunday, Grandma and Papa headed home to Idaho to put their house on the market. Hopefully we will get to go visit them one last time at their current home and see Mary's spring lambs.

Kylie's drawings today

Kylie had lots of fun at church today drawing flowers and faces. It is so cute to watch her try to get eyes and mouths in the right places. Considering she isn't even 3 yet, we're pretty proud of her! The first picture is a quick drawing of our family (including grandma and papa since they have been visiting) by mommy. Kylie drew in all of the faces and colored the kitties at the bottom (the blue blob) and her's and Cameron's clothes. The 2nd picture is of flowers. The far left flower has eyes, a nose, mouth, a "flower holder upper" (stem) and leaves. Aren't her drawings cute!

Last Snowfall of the Season?

We had a good snowfall on March 4th and it was finally wet enough snow to make a snowman! And the kids didn't have colds so we could go out. Yeah!!! We had to pack really hard and it took forever but the kids had fun so it was worth it. A few days later, our snowman was a lump of snow.

We are looking forward to spring though. Today was a beautiful day and I am so grateful that we have a fenced backyard to send the kids out to play. The tulips are sending up shoots and the grass is slowly turning green. Here's to more sunshine and no more valley snow til next year!

Pergamano Temple Picture

When I bought my pergamano kit, I intended to do some temple pictures. I tried one of the practice cards from the instruction book and wasn't very happy with it. I set my kit aside for the past 2 months thinking often that I should try it again. CircleofCrafters.com had a contest this month to do a card with something unique to where we live. I decided to finally try out a temple. I traced the temple with white ink from a photo I took years ago. Then I embossed the white areas. I decided to be brave and do some color. I used gold gel pen behind Angel Moroni. The rest of the color is watercolor pencil spread in places with lavendar oil. I'm really happy with how it turned out and have decided I won't be giving this one away.

Some Recent Cameron Pictures

Cameron has been busy drawing as usual. He wakes up drawing and goes to bed drawing. The first picture is of Tow Mater (from Disney's Cars) when he was younger and had his hood still. Cameron drew the big rig and police tow truck for mommy for her birthday. The writing was on the back of the picture when he gave it too me. We are always amazed at the detail in his drawings.