For My Family

Ronell dressed our children today. Nice color combo, babe! I thought this would be a great tribute to my mom. Her high school colors were yellow and brown. Clearly, she grew up in the 70's.

My little brother, Landon, is part of a hi-hop club at BYU--yes, there is such a thing. Here are few (bad) shots of his performance. For those of you who know Landon, this comes as no surprise. He's been dancing since he could walk.

Landon's Goin' On a Mission to....

So, my brother Landon, who is a freshman at BYU, got his mission call tonight. He's going to PUERTO RICO SAN JUAN WEST. I had to work when he opened his call but the rest of our family was there. He seemed very excited. We're very excited for him. He gets to go foreign but not too foreign (PR is a US commonwealth). It's in the Caribbean, which means I will definitely pick him up after a few weeks sunbathing in the Virgin Islands. His mission is from San Juan to the western edge of PR, along with Aruba, Curacao, and one other island I can't remember. Did I mention that I'm so excited for him. He leaves June 18th.

A Very Big Accomplishment

So, since the day that I started blogging, I've been very envious of the cool blogs everyone has. So I was determined not to be left behind wth my blah template and my blah posts. I'm so proud that I figured out how to change my background on my own (it only took three hours) and to add the songs and other widgets (like goodreads) to my blog. I just have revel in the moment--I finally figured out how to do something technological all by myself! Yeah!

P.S. Don't ask me how I did it. I may be a teacher but I can't explain technology to anyone. Maybe you should ask Palmer. He probably knows.

Easter "Fun"

Easter was pretty low key this year. We just had baskets. The kids did an egg hunt with their friends at our weekly playgroup and that was good enough for me. Their baskets entertained them just fine. They got mostly balls, bubbles, sidewalk chalk and little candies. They were definitely most excited about the balls and the bubbles.

If you can't tell, Portia's got a robin egg in her mouth. Palmer just wanted his bubbles to be opened.

Neither one of them was very happy (We go to church at 11 am and they usually go down for naps right around then). But once we opened up the balls, the party got started! We got lots of comments about their cute clothes at Church, which somewhat made up for the seven times I had to take Portia out. Thanks, Nonna, for the cute Easter outfits.

I'm excited for next year, when both the kids can decorate Easter eggs and get the whole hunting for eggs thing.

A Different Generation

I have to laugh when my kids know what to do with technology. Palmer, who isn't quite three, can get on the internet on our computer. Both kids can work the remote and use my phone. Portia holds the phone like she's going to text. I had to laugh when Palmer grabbed my iPod the other day, sat on the couch, and proceeded to put the earphones in his ears. Quickly thereafter, Portia found it and couldn't decide if she should talk on it, like a phone, or just push all the buttons. How different from when I was a child. I thought it was fun to watch the rotary phone spin around and around!