.going down

The snow is gone. The grass is greener. Our cars are washed. We had a great weekend.

Feeling pretty good.

We haven't been taking too many pictures the last few weeks but after looking through our camera I found a few randoms:

Air's yummy stuffed potatoes

Our clean cars

Yesterday we did an engagement photo shoot for some friends

Tonight we made our own Vietnamese food. Chicken Vermicelli!

The good news is that we are going down to visit the fam and friends in Utard TOMORROW! As soon as Air is done with his last final.

It has been devastatingly too long since we've seen you guys, and we can't wait! We've got some fun plans already... so stay tuned?
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.awesomeness in the ward

Yesterday was a storm. A real storm. The wind was blowing so hard our house quivered and rattled. Lightning flashed through the windows as rain soaked everything outdoors. Snow and ice covered the ground, the wind made it form funny shingle-like shapes on the pavement.

Air was sick this morning so I drove on that icy pavement to seminary alone. It was still dark out. It felt cold again, just when it was starting to get warmer. I looked at houses I passed and saw warm glowing lights in the windows. Wished I were still in one of those warm houses. Preferably the one I had just left. With my husband in it. It could be any house really, as long as he's there to cuddle with.

I walked into the pitch-dark building and flipped on all of the lights. Same as every morning. But it felt colder than usual.

I opened my classroom door and felt an immediate rush of heat. Thank goodness the heater was running in there. Then I saw this and felt even more warmth. And I snapped some pictures with my phone.

Those lovely lovely "Masked Mormons" have done it again! For the first time?

{luckily they aren't too masked because they wrote their names for me to know who they were}

I'm so glad to know that I add some awesomeness to the ward.

I definitely don't add as much awesomeness as they do. They are the awesomest!

Speaking of that; I'm pretty sure I'm getting a lot of praise for doing a whole lot less than most members of the ward. Take the Relief Society President, for example: she constantly serves and gives to people in our ward. She works night and day and has a lot of responsibilities. Yet she still finds the time to drop by my house to give me a jar of homemade strawberry jam for my birthday. And she does this for everyone in the ward.

She deserves more praise and gratitude than I do.

Maybe I could bring more warmth and praise to people I'm grateful for.

Do you see how my students teach me more than I teach them?

By the way, the writing at the top of the board says:

PREPARATION PRECEDES POWER

The lesson was on preparing to receive personal revelation.

A topic that I very much needed to remember

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.Eastern...

Air’s parent’s The Easter bunny got us Easter “baskets” again {they were actually hats}.

That bunny is so so nice to us!

Don’t we look cool? Air even shaved a mustache for the full effect.

And, of course, we colored dozens of eggs!

We have way too much fun with this.

After being spiritually fed by some great conference talks we went for a family walk on Sunday night to the best park ever!

Check out Air’s Mom! She rocks at jump rope!

We all love jump rope…

And we played Rockband. A lot. All weekend long. I still have those songs in my head.

When we got home I was very surprised to find this note on our front door…

I followed the bunny footprints to our bedroom closet…

And found this loot!:

Thanks Air bunny! I heart you! A lot!

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.Saturday’s happenings

On Saturday we watched the first session of General Conference. As soon as it was over I headed over to the amazing Fort Edmonton with all the girls in Air’s family, aunt Tracey, cousins, and his Grandma.

We had so much fun! It was a perfect beautiful day! Once again we took way too many pictures:

Fort Edmonton is a beautiful place. We are definitely going back there this summer! {hopefully when Nichole and Joel come visit??}






We played all day, and then we left.

We went Easter shopping for the rest of the night while the boys were at Priesthood session. Oh what fun!

.Silly Symphony

The miracle of this Funny Little Bunnies cartoon has blessed my life immensely for as long as I can remember.

Please. Enjoy.

And if you're like me, you'll want to watch it on repeat...

Yes, I'm five.

Happy Easter!
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.Happy first of April/100th post!

I am deliberately not posting anything today because it's April Fools Day and I know that some of you won't believe anything I say anyway.

That being said, I guess I just posted something afterall... Dangit!

Well, while I'm at it, here are a few things that are making me happy today:

Sunshine coming through my windows

Remembering the fun birthday party we had yesterday for Tessa (the now 14yr old)

Looking forward to conference AND Easter this weekend

This still makes me happy

And, of course, this wonderfully amazing and caring man. The air pump.

And that's the TRUTH!

That being said, I guess I should mention that this is my 100th post! Yay for blogs!