Micah and Daddy Campout

Daniel took Micah on a camping trip a few weeks ago. They had lots of fun paddle boarding and saw some fun peacocks. I love that Daniel takes the kids out one on one. It's such a special time!

6 months pregnant

Well, for those of you who don't know, we are having a baby GIRL the first week of August. We were all very happy when we found out the baby's gender. Lea of course was happy to be getting a sister and Jonah was happy it was a girl so she will play with Lea's toys and not his. I haven't taken any real pregnancy photos yet so here I am at 6 months. I have been more uncomfortable than I remember during my other pregnancies and I know I will get much bigger, but I am very excited for baby Emma to join our family. We are pretty sure that is her name. I am so blessed to have the perfect husband for me and four beautiful children.

Pinewood Derby

 So, the Activity Day Girls decided to have a pine wood derby. Little did I know my first pine wood derby would be for my daughter. :) Lea and Daniel made her car - Butterfly Express - and Lea had fun racing it at the pinewood derby.

The girls had a lot of fun being creative with their cars. Lea won some races and lost some races but it was all in good fun. The pine wood derby was a good experience and it was fun for our family to go and support our Lea.

The BEST...

 Recently I made the BEST pie I have ever had or made of course. It is DELICIOUS! Daniel is CRAZY about it too! It is a blackberry-strawberry pie. I followed this recipe http://www.joyofbaking.com/BlackberryPie.html and the only thing I changed was to add strawberries and to do a lattice top crust instead of stars. It was so pretty and so yummy!

 Before it was cooked and after.

And to go with the BEST pie ever - the BEST package ever! I love my silly Micah!

Let's Go Fly A Kite!

 For Family Home Evening a couple of weeks ago, we went to a nearby park and flew kites! We had kind of a late start after dinner so it was already getting dark. But we had a lot of fun anyway!

 Lea had a Dora kite and Jonah had a Spiderman kite they had gotten a year ago that we still hadn't flown yet, so we took them out and let the fly!

 Micah and Mommy played at the park for a while.

 All the kids got turns kite flying, even Micah!

I love family night!

A Night In The City

 While my sister Cheryl was visiting during her spring break, she, Daniel, and I went to San Fransisco to the theater. We saw an artsy drama called "The Caretaker." The acting was very good, but the play for me was just okay - I enjoy a great musical much better, or at least a play with more story line to it. Anyway, before the play we had dessert at a diner and we saw this fun art gallery "The Art of Dr. Seuss". We enjoyed the evening and it was fun to share it with two of my favorite people!

Three White Dresses

Our Relief Society at church had a beautiful fashion show/celebration of covenant women with the focus around "Three White Dresses". These dresses are the blessing dress, the baptism dress, and the temple/wedding dress.

My mom is the Relief Society counselor over these events and she and several other talented friends and committee members who decorated the church's cultural hall and organized a fashion show and three great speakers and a beautiful musical number, a song called "What Heaven Sees in You" preformed by myself and two other singing talents. The night was amazing and all women age 8 and up were invited to attend and enjoy the strong spirit that was felt.

The dress in the center in the picture above was my mother's wedding dress.

The fashion show began with four eight-year old girls who were recently baptized modeling their dresses. Lea was one of the lovely models. She did a great job!

Then several of the Young Women modeled wedding dresses lent out by Relief Society sisters and my first temple dress that I let them borrow as well.

It was a wonderful evening and I am so glad I was able to share it with my daughter and my mother - three generations of covenant women!