Piano Man

My son LOVES to make music. He is always singing or drumming, and he's never met a piano he didn't like. He was at church tonight and wanted to play a song "for Jesus."He then proceeded to "play" and sing "Happy Birthday." Too cute!

Egg hunt

The boy and some of his little buddies had an Easter egg hunt today. The boy was quite excited, running around faster than I could get good pictures. Later, I found a pink plastic egg in baby girl's car seat. What a sweet brother, sharing with his baby sister!

For the beauty of the earth, we thank thee...

This is the view from my living room window...
Thou hast led us here in safety
Where the mountain bulwark stands
As the guardian of the loved ones
Thou hast brought from many lands.
For the rock and for the river,
The valley's fertile sod,
For the strength of the hills we bless thee,
Our God, our fathers' God.

For you Momma

The boy was outside with Daddy looking at the wind bending the trees. Suddenly,he came running into the house and thrust a handful of dandelions at me. "For you Momma," he said and just as suddenly ran back outside. I followed a few minutes later, and found him with another fistful, and when he looked up for this picture, he said "I want to pick you all the flowers in the world!"

Traditions

I'm sure that most families have the same tradition, but we dye eggs together. The boy was the "cruise director" so to speak, telling us what color to make each egg, what to write on it in crayon first, etc. We made a LOT of eggs, so we will be having egg salad for the next several days. Baby sister is obviously too little to help, but the boy made her a special pink egg. We had a really good afternoon, watching General Conference all together (admittedly the kids slept) then making eggs. What a special fun day.

Joy

One thing I love about my boy is that he finds joy in simple everyday things. And, he shares that joy with everyone around him. He was playing in the bubbles, and said "hold on!" He ran into the house and got his pirate swords to "protect Mommy and Baby sister from the bubbles." It was so sweet. He brings a smile to my face every day.

My miracle children

I was told I would never have children. We tried for the boy for 5 years. We tried for the girl for 3 years. My children are miracles in every sense of the word.