happy easter

easter was memorable. we went to our friends' mom's house in camp verde and had an easter egg hunt. it was unforgettable watching max, holding up his way-too-big-because-they're-kai's basketball shorts, search the big yard for eggs. it was fun to be with wonderful friend and it was WARM!!!
sunday consisted of finding easter baskets, eating our traditional conference breakfast scones, and enjoying conference together...and eating all our candy in one day!

april fool's day

sadie had dave cast her arm for an april fool's joke. at school she told everyone she broke it rollerblading. one teacher told her she was very convincing. the next day, dave cut it so it would slip off. she stood in front of the class and said, "i had a miraculous recovery!!"

her friends signed it and took turns wearing it. it was a fun joke, but by the end she was happy to tell the truth!!

max

max will only be two for a few more weeks. i am trying to savor it.
here are a few joyful moments with max:

i walked past kai and max who just finished setting up connect four--when max says in his two year old, as competitive-as-possible voice, "Game on".

max was standing in front of his drawers with the top one open, crying. i asked what was wrong and he (crying) holds up the only pair of socks in his drawer and says, "these are not my awesome socks, these are my dumb socks."

"so much" -- it can be i love you.. or i want that.. everything is so much.

"all night long"-- he is a snuggler! he will put his arms around my neck and say, "all night long"

olympic spirit

kiss

sadie's class had a valentine's day costume contest...here's what we came up with the night before. she had a few second graders asking her if she was a princess:) anyway, she won and i had a nap so we were all happy.

b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l

when abe was in second grade he missed the word beautiful on a spelling test. he reassured me he would NEVER need to know how to spell beautiful in his ENTIRE life.

he recently made it into his school spelling bee (3rd-6th grade). he was excited and we practiced for two days, as much as possible between soccer practices, homework, and running around. the morning of the bee, we were eating breakfast and doing some last minute cramming. we came to the word beautiful. he spelled it wrong. i happily reminded him of his second grade experience and told him i really hoped he got the word beautiful. we laughed, and as we packed up sadie taught him some secret ways to remember how to spell beautiful.

he made it to the third round. he looked cute and visably servous (a mix of nervous and serious) as he waited at the microphone for his word.......beautiful.

he spelled it correctly! it was great, but far better was when he turned and looked straight at me with a giggle in his eye and the biggest, greatest, smile i have seen.

he got out the next round with the word grimacing. he was the last third grader left and he was disappointed he didn't win. but to me, it was one of those moments that make life happy...and beautiful. i will always remember the connection i felt when he looked at me, smiled, and i knew exactly what he was thinking.

strong work abe!

yeah!

my wedding ring has been long gone for two years. a few weeks ago dave replaced it. we were sitting on the floor last night and max came and hugged my knees... then he noticed the wedding ring on my finger. he looked at me with his big eyes and asked in his best surprised voice, "mom, you got married?" and before i could respond he said, "yay!"