Sunny weather... for a minute.

The weather here in Utah has been on a roller coaster for the past two months - it can't decide whether to be spring or winter, or whether it just wants to blow us clean off the map altogether... and it has tried. As a testament to this, we woke up to find our newly assembled (and I do mean NEWLY assembled... as in less than a week old) trampoline on the opposite side of the yard - the frame smashed beyond repair. Kayla was sad... Rendan was devastated. In his own words, "our trampoline was right there and the wind blew it clear over there, and it was crushed and ruined" (followed up by hanging his head and looking completely miserable).


On the bright side, the colder days are getting less cold, and the wind has been a little less scary this past week. Although we've had a few nice days here and there, yesterday was the nicest day of the year so far - somewhere up in the 70's. (I actually managed to get a sunburn! Yaay!!!) The kids, the dog and I spent the afternoon at Grandma Nae's house - They rode around the field with grandma in the back of her Rhino and spent hours chasing butterflies, climbing hills (see if you can spot them in the little pictures above!), and finding various other ways to get dirty. I think they would have slept out there if I would have let them.

Yin & Yang...

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this one ought to keep me quiet for a while. The date on the picture is wrong, as usual, but still... you get the idea. Take what ever you want from this picture, because this is pretty much how it is at our house. On the right, my calm little Makayla making friends with our new miniature schnauzer. Then, there's Rendan...mid flip, or handstand, or whatever it is that he was attempting when the flash went off. It is no wonder that our schnauzer follows Kayla all over the house and, though she tolerates him with good humor, has learned to give Rendan adequate clearance whenever he starts acting like... well, like THAT.

This past weekend, Todd & I actually took a rare trip away from the kids and attended the Sunday morning session of General Conference in Salt Lake with Todd's parents. Listening to President Monsen and the other speakers was a great experience, and I hope we get the opportunity to go again sometime. I took the camera along and never managed to snap one picture of our trip - I did try once to take a picture of Todd and pushed the power button instead of the shutter. Oops.