Mitchell's tooth

Mitchell pulled out his tooth!

The space left by his baby tooth.

His baby tooth.

One of my favorite times at Mandi's house was cuddle time. After we had family time in the front room where we read in the Book of Mormon and from Grandma Helen's life story, followed by famiy prayer, we would go into Mike and Mandi's room, get on their bed and read some more or watch TV. The length of time varied each night, depending on how close it was to Rachel and Austin's bedtime. One night, Mitchell pulled out a loose tooth!

Austin the jeweler

See, Kyra, you're not the only one to tilt your head. Its a family trait!

I have enough pictures from my trip to Utah to post quite a few more entries. You'll really enjoy this one. When Austin (age 7) came in from school on Friday, the 27th of Feb, it seemed like the first thing he said was "I want your rings". So I promised him that when I die, he can have my wedding rings. When he found out I have gold teeth, he said he wanted them too. I told him he couldn't have them and made his mother promise that they wouldn't take out my gold teeth. She readily agreed with that. Then a few days later, I walked into the living room and he said "I'm going to kill you." I replied, "Why?" "Because I want your gems." So I immediately handed him my CTR ring, which is gold. He enjoyed wearing it for the next several days but gave it back to me the day before I left there to come home.

More flowers

Back in December and January, a lot of customers were coming through my line buying bulbs--daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, etc. I kept saying I was going to buy some to set out. Well, I finally did and it was about the middle of January when I finally set out hyacinths, tulips and crocuses in these two half-barrels that were just sitting around with soil already in them, waiting for something. I was very hopeful that I wasn't too late. This picture shows hyacinths blooming, taken right after I got home from Utah.

This barrel shows a hyacinth and a crocus blooming.

I just took this picture this morning. I was so excited to have a blooming tulip that I called Kevin at work to tell him. I don't think he was as excited as I was. To the left of the tulip that is blooming is another one getting ready to burst. I love them! Isn't it interesting that right next to the tulip is a hyacinth of almost the same color!

Spring!

Spring is my favorite time of the year. I love daffodils, tulips and all the other flowers that come up then. This was my first sight driving in the driveway coming home from the airport on the 9th. Its always exciting when my daffodils bloom!!!

Rachel the great imitator

Isn't this the sweetest face ever?! On Saturday morning (Feb 28), I was getting ready for the day by putting on my makeup and Rachel was watching very carefully and asking "What's that" about everything I used. I finished the job and put everything away and didn't think anything else about it. The next afternoon I found Rachel in the bathroom off Mandi's bedroom very carefully applying makeup to her eyes from my makeup bag. Later, at dinner, Mitchell asked Rachel what she had on her eyes. So cute! This was taken on Sunday after I curled her hair for church.

Draper Utah Temple Open House

I almost forgot to take a picture but remembered just as we were getting on the bus to take us to Jenny's car.

The rest of the pictures I took as we rode out on the bus.

One of the things I really wanted to do while in Utah earlier this month, was tour the Draper Utah Temple Open House. I talked to Jenny about it, hoping that she and Danny could take me out there. Well, the week got away from me and it wasn't until Monday morning that Jenny and I went out there (Danny was working). Mike and Mandi were back from their cruise by then so I didn't have to worry about who would mind Rachel. Jenny picked me up at 8:30 and we drove to a church in the Draper area where we watched a short video and then boarded a bus to take us to the temple (Remember you are on the yellow bus!). We were lucky to get there so early because our group was small. The group that came in after us had about twice as many people. The temple is beautiful! I enjoyed another excursion with my wonderful daughter-in-law. Thank you Jenny for all our time together. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness. Note to readers: I posted all my pictures of the temple so Jenny could take her pick of the one she wants to post.

A better picture of Flamson

Here is a closer picture of Flamson under construction.