March 29, 2011

March 20, 2011

Dear Family & Friends,

We started to memorize the 5^th Article of Faith for Family Home Evening. B-man is doing a great job learning them, and we are re-learning them along with him. We, finally, celebrated R’s birthday with cake, though I should maybe have planned it a little better since R had made a peanut-butter , chocolate pie for an FHE treat.

B-man went to a friend’s birthday party on Wednesday evening. Just after getting the boys in bed, I had a presidency meeting (haven’t had one in too long) that was very effective. We now have a full quorum presidency, a complete set of instructors and a good plan for what is coming up. We need to encourage better home teaching, but that will come along just fine.

(B-man finally lost his first tooth... good thing since his next two are already in place.)

Thursday evening R went to a Relief Society meeting that was a tri-ward event. She reported that the classes were very good.

I had Friday off, so after B-man got off to school, R was able to go back to bed for a little while. While she worked out, J and I had a fun time at home (with RM napping most of the time). I spent the morning figuring out some of our summer plans and paying some bills. We spent most of the afternoon in the neighborhood; throwing Frisbees, playing tag, and playing at the park. We took a short break to go check out a house that just went on the market. It looked like a great house, on a really, really tiny lot.

Our HOA had a bingo/pizza party that evening, so we took the boys to play some games. The boys had a great time. J loved drinking endless Capri Suns, while B-man was intent on winning a bingo game. He didn’t end up winning any games, but R and I made up for that. We came home with a few boxes of Girl Scout cookies and a toy airplane that B-man thought was cool.

Saturday was a busy day. The boys slept in (maybe until 7:30) and then we got rolling. R made pancakes and then we left the house in a mess to go to a basketball game. On the way we stopped at a garage sale (first one of the season) and didn’t find much worth purchasing. It’s hard to buy some stuff, when we don’t have a house to put it in.

R played a great game, against a ward with a lot of our friends in it. Our women played very well, and dominated throughout most the game (think BYU v Gonzaga). R might have had her best, or second best, scoring game. It’s a balancing act, or watching the kids run around and cheering on our team.

B-man and I helped a family move into the ward early in the afternoon, and then we went over to our friend’s house to watch NCAA basketball tournament. It was fun to get together, and the weather was good enough that the kids could run outside. We had a late night, just starting the BYU v. Gonzaga before having to take off to get the boys in bed.

B-man spent this afternoon building and playing with Lego’s. J had a great nap and we had a great dinner together. With the three boys, dinner is getting to be a very noisy event. We constantly are trying to keep J from yelling for more food, RM crying to be held and B-man actually wanting to talk with us. We have some room to improve!

We love you all!

The C Crew